Where are the "my body, my choice" advocates now? Conspicuously absent, once again. This fucking nanny + police state is completely out of control (tanning beds are banned, here, too, as is a lot of manga and anime. Yes, tanning beds), and this is another brick in the wall...
A lot of nefarious shit was announced, today, including QLD likely going back into lockdown over SIX (!!) cases, and the cancellation of our main international cycling event, NEXT YEAR...
So France, Italy, Germany and Spain can ALL have their big cycling events, with a crowd, in 2021, but Australia, fucking Australia, can't even have the race, in fucking 2022...
I realise that most people here won't care about cycling. That's fine, but it isn't the point. The point is that what this means is clearly the government has no intention of opening borders, even by fucking JANUARY 2022, which is four months away. It also means they obviously have no intention of allowing the return of large-scale sports events (except the ones they can bet on, of course, like AFL, NRL and fucking cricket), even next year... That's important, because Australia now has one of the highest vaxx rates in the world, will likely have reached AT LEAST 80% (forced) vaccination by then, and yet they won't even allow us THE ILLUSION of some sort of "normality", let alone anything actually resembling it, in reality...
That's it. I give up on Australia, today. I knew this day would come. It just came EVEN FUCKING SOONER than I thought.
Suggestions for where to seek a "working holiday", to get out of this nightmare..? The US doesn't offer them, so... Outside of the US/Mexico, would be good...
I'm still calling it...they will open up for a little bit with this freedom day shit and then shut us back down by the time Christmas comes. Or they'll give us Christmas before shutting us down early next year when it comes time for the "Boosters" to be implemented. They'll give us a taste of "freedom" until the time for booster shots come...then they'll lock us down yet again until we comply with their boosters.
The fact that they call it "Freedom Day" is completely tone deaf in and of itself.
I am saving every damn cent I make to get the fuck out of this country. I have some knowledge of Japanese. I have friends who live in Japan. I'm pretty sure I could get a working visa if things don't change on that front and find somewhere to live over there. Even if I have to house share...I'll do it!
They say Teaching English is the easiest way to go in Japan...the only thing that might hamstring me is that I don't have a degree. I don't know, some people say you can get a Teaching job there without a degree so long as you're fluent and present yourself well enough. Others say it's difficult without a degree. That might be the one thing that may hamstring me.
But I do have 8 years of Japanese under my belt. I've been there 7 years in a row before the lockdown. I've lived and studied there for a month and found it pretty manageable. I'm pretty sure I could do it...the job part is the only thing that worries me.
But yeah, the moment this country opens up (if ever) then I am fucking out of here!
Where are the "my body, my choice" advocates now? Conspicuously absent, once again. This fucking nanny + police state is completely out of control (tanning beds are banned, here, too, as is a lot of manga and anime. Yes, tanning beds), and this is another brick in the wall...
A lot of nefarious shit was announced, today, including QLD likely going back into lockdown over SIX (!!) cases, and the cancellation of our main international cycling event, NEXT YEAR...
So France, Italy, Germany and Spain can ALL have their big cycling events, with a crowd, in 2021, but Australia, fucking Australia, can't even have the race, in fucking 2022...
I realise that most people here won't care about cycling. That's fine, but it isn't the point. The point is that what this means is clearly the government has no intention of opening borders, even by fucking JANUARY 2022, which is four months away. It also means they obviously have no intention of allowing the return of large-scale sports events (except the ones they can bet on, of course, like AFL, NRL and fucking cricket), even next year... That's important, because Australia now has one of the highest vaxx rates in the world, will likely have reached AT LEAST 80% (forced) vaccination by then, and yet they won't even allow us THE ILLUSION of some sort of "normality", let alone anything actually resembling it, in reality...
That's it. I give up on Australia, today. I knew this day would come. It just came EVEN FUCKING SOONER than I thought.
Suggestions for where to seek a "working holiday", to get out of this nightmare..? The US doesn't offer them, so... Outside of the US/Mexico, would be good...
I'm still calling it...they will open up for a little bit with this freedom day shit and then shut us back down by the time Christmas comes. Or they'll give us Christmas before shutting us down early next year when it comes time for the "Boosters" to be implemented. They'll give us a taste of "freedom" until the time for booster shots come...then they'll lock us down yet again until we comply with their boosters.
The fact that they call it "Freedom Day" is completely tone deaf in and of itself.
I am saving every damn cent I make to get the fuck out of this country. I have some knowledge of Japanese. I have friends who live in Japan. I'm pretty sure I could get a working visa if things don't change on that front and find somewhere to live over there. Even if I have to house share...I'll do it!
They say Teaching English is the easiest way to go in Japan...the only thing that might hamstring me is that I don't have a degree. I don't know, some people say you can get a Teaching job there without a degree so long as you're fluent and present yourself well enough. Others say it's difficult without a degree. That might be the one thing that may hamstring me.
But I do have 8 years of Japanese under my belt. I've been there 7 years in a row before the lockdown. I've lived and studied there for a month and found it pretty manageable. I'm pretty sure I could do it...the job part is the only thing that worries me.
But yeah, the moment this country opens up (if ever) then I am fucking out of here!