One day great career in business, a year later working girl in Langtrees! Why we work in brothel?

[Anastacia]

As some of you already know, i just came back from big trip all over the globe. I must say, it takes only a few hours to fly outside of Australia to understand and appreciate how GOOD IT IS TO LIVE IN AUSTRALIA!!!!! I swear i kissed the ground when i got off the plane in Sydney. Australian ( and foreigners) live in here and after some time start to "bitch" about government, politics, how hot, cold it is, expensive, whatever.... Australia doing so great in comparison to the rest of the world. People really struggle every where else, where the economy in Australia and average person doing ok. I am glad to have this wake up call to stop complaining and taking for granted the beach, sun, and a GOOD LIFE!-)))

 

[Langtrees VIP Perth 3]

Welcome back Anastacia. It was a beautiful surprise to walk in and see your beautiful face this morning.
I agree we are very lucky but for all the poverty and hardship that I have witnessed in other countries, the people are so loving and happy.
Here in Australia the people take life so for granted and treat their fellow man or women with such disdain. Everything here in WA is about money.
What will it take for people to see that life is so short and we only get one shot at it

 

[Rochelle]

You certainly have got a point, Viv.........I spent a lot of time in the so called third world and I did have the same impression......people seem to be happier. I think it might has to do with the fact that you don't have to worry if you have nothing to lose and maybe living from day to day is easier than making long term plans, worrying about the financial market and don't know what to eat because there is too much of everything.......and again maybe I can only say that because I am one of the few millions who live a life of luxury.
However I don't believe that money can buy happiness. But I do believe that in general the more people have the more tied and suspicious they are.

 

[svengali]

The more exotic places on this planet are definitely great for a visit but for day to day living you can't beat the land down under. Not the best recording but this song says it all.

Amen Armada.

 

[Tania Admin]

I've always praised Australia. I love our country and I celebrate Australia day everyday Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

 

[Madam Jacqui]

Like i've said it is the Best place to Be in.xxxxx

 

[SAO26.2]

The only thing that would make Australia better is allowing left on red.

 

[Salvatore]

I like to think I'm reasonably well traveled and seen both bad and good. I agree that many of the poorer countries seem to have a general happiness that sometimes is lacking in more of the materialistic places. Mind you, some of the places I've been too are also much scarier and I grew up in one of our so called rougher suburbs.

 

[wr3xr]

Everything here in WA is about money.
What will it take for people to see that life is so short and we only get one shot at it

I certainly agree there. Sure australia is a beatiful, safe place to live with good infrastructure.

But here in WA (and really Australia wide) we are all so busy working our arses off trying to chase the dream of owning your own house and being in debt for the latest 4wd / hsv / boat etc. Hell, all these people have to go work FIFO to either get ahead. Ruins families, relationships and social lives. All for the australian dream.

Australia is a great place to live but there are plenty of countries that offer just as high "living standards", if not more.

 

[Happy2]

Is it FIFO that is making Perth so damn dear
Maybe the predicted downturn in the resources field May be good news for those in Perth who have nothing to do with mining
Less low qualified workers with money to burn Artificially pumping up the prices of basics like a simple ol coffee

 

[Langtrees VIP Perth 3]

Life is a beautiful thing but it is moments that we will all remember not the stuff. Perform one act of kindness a day. People will smile at you if you smile first.
Kiss and cuddle your family everyday. Listen to what people are saying without judging and always appreciate the beautiful things around you. If we all do this it will create a domino effect.
Lets start a trend xx

 

[colzilla]

I'm a lazy bastard, eat vegemite and the occasional 2/3 full meat pie, wear thongs and watch AFL and cricket... I'm as dinky di as you can get.

 

[HappyPirate]

Ahoy, I am a Pirate, trust me, Australia the best

 

[Tania Admin]

At least in Australia we have the chance to work (there is always jobs if you really want one) and to buy our own homes. Some places they have no job prospects and absolutely no chance of owning their own home.

 

[Langtrees VIP 6]

I have being pretty blessed to have lived and traveled all over Australia in the past 30 years.

I love the Northern Territory… from Darwin,(which was my fist home) right down to Alice Springs. I had the best childhood there.. Always out camping.. Waterfalls.. BBQ.. Sundown Markets.. The Beer Can Regatta, which is still happening every year.

I love Queensland.. From Cains to the Gold Coast.. The best beaches in the world.. Amazing Rain Forrest.. Music, Food and Wine Festivals.. You can be at the beach one day and a rain forest the next.

Melbourne is fantastic if you enjoy the colder climates.. Great old buildings you might see in London.. It’s so cosy. Most houses still have fire places.. Lots and lots of unique café that’s pretty chilled with live music and a great Theater culture.

I am moving back to Sydney after being in Perth for the past 2 years and I can’t wait…!!

No matter where I go in the world, even if I go back to Mauritius, where I was born..

I will always call Australia home xo

 

[suzythefloozy]

Australia is only regarded as the best/luckiest etc because its time has yet to come. We too have huge debts. The minerals and resources are expected to run out in 65 years time and then we'll be in real trouble unless there are alternatives. People here are "selling the farm" and finally as real estate prices climb and we get more and more tax bludgers (as opposed to be people in REAL need of welfare assistance) and as the population ages...to be continued.

 

[Tania Admin]

Perhaps but still those who want to get somewhere have ample opportunity to do so. Australia is awesome. The opportunities, the smiling faces and of course big and beautiful wide open spaces. I am so glad I was born here Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

 

[Happy2]

I am so glad I was born here Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

I hope your not one of those drunken loud Aussies Who annoy the hell out of me when on holidays abroad are you Tania Oi Oi Oi ?

 

[BigMike]

I like it here. Is it the best? Depends how you want to measure it.
Until I've lived in every country for an extended period of time... I'll reserve judgement.

 

[colzilla]

It could be a lot better I reckon

 

[Tania Admin]

I won't travel abroad. I haven't seen all of here yet

 

[wr3xr]

I hope your not one of those drunken loud Aussies Who annoy the hell out of me when on holidays abroad are you Tania Oi Oi Oi ?

We are starting to get a bad rep hey! I remember when i started to travel OS (not even long ago, 12;years) and being an aussie was a free meal ticket. Dead easy to make friends. 2 years ago i went to Oktoberfest and more than a few locals were complaining about aussie behaviour getting worse.

Sure, its still case by case but i reckon our reputation has changed in the last 5-10 years. Mind you, im sure we have a better rep than the yanks and russians!

 

[Langtrees VIP Perth 3]

All you need now is for all you staunch Aussies to appreciate it x

 

[Happy2]

Yes Vivien To Quote Joni Mitchell

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

We dont appreciate how lucky we are And as a Kiwi I guess you Feel the same
way about home The young ones coming through dont appreciate home til they see how the other half live

 

[Tania Admin]

All you need now is for all you staunch Aussies to appreciate it x

I've always appreciated being Australian, I guess my eyes have always been open from a young age because I was a reader. I have brought my kids up to be patriotic too.
But your right, so many don't appreciate what we do have here in this fine country.

 

[svengali]

Congratulations Suzy, you have found the worm in out beautiful little apple.

Australia is a great country to live in but we have become a bit like the fat, lazy yobbo who wins lotto and spends his days sucking cans and lounging in front of the T.V. There does not seem to be any sense of urgency to try and improve things and when we run out of minerals to dig up and send to other more industrious countries we will become the poor white trash of this region.

Crudely put ,we cant keep selling ore at $100 a ton and importing Toyotas at $50,0000 a ton forever. If the Chinese or Japanese ran this country those Toyotas and all their component parts would be manufactured here. But their Asian workers don't demand executive level pay for grunt work so they have cornered manufacturing.

 

[honestman]

The way I see it. Home is home. Like it or not. There's no place like it.

It's all relative to decisions and choices. We are all influenced by our own.

So what facilitates decisions and choices? Simple - it's how much money you have.

Either you live paycheck to paycheck and of course enjoy (the most) of what any country offers (idealist) or you take the life-long serious approach of saving/investing (seriously considering those ETFs folio myself) and analysing each, and every expenditure (realist).

The problem I'd find is that at the very least in Perth - either you have to stick to one end of the mindset or the complete opposite other. It's difficult to trying to balance.

With the upcoming newer generation Y; and each time I walk along the CBD from work's late lunch break it is not uncommon to see the early 20s gobbling up at Jamie's Italian restaurant and those exorberant $5 coffees & $20 breakfast cafes along murray st mall. How much credit debt these people have? Mind you - we didn't raise the $500 billion debt ceiling for nothing.

It's all relative to how cashed up you are at the end of the day. Either you lavishly enjoy as a king and struggle to make ends meet month to month, or you struggle to lavishly enjoy whilst keeping your options open.

There's no right or wrong answer to this of course. All that matters is the when / realisation of time. My dad coined this sentence up when I was 5 yrs old - do you live to eat or eat to live? I certainly did not know the real difference until I was at least on my second/third job.

I'd like to say this again - It's difficult to trying to balance. I'd most certainly be willing to forego holidays and what not - because that's what Casey's, City West and Langtrees are there for . Those are my holidays. If you have $3000 as a holiday plan do you 1) go book that winter special and spend lavishly and blindingly or 2) Equally distribute $3000 across at least six $400 Langtrees bookings for the month?

All relative to choices folks . Either you're happy in debt or you're just barely make it without a single debt.

 

[bushseeker]

People like to bag the yanks. But after going on holiday there I found them nothing like the stereotype.
Most were quite smart and had a good understanding of many things outside the US. Alot had been to australia or knew people that had.
They had far more knowledge about australia than the averadge australian has for some other far flung country smaller than us

 

[Barbosa]

Ayyyyyyeeee Australia is the best

 

[Rochelle]

At least in Australia we have the chance to work (there is always jobs if you really want one) and to buy our own homes. Some places they have no job prospects and absolutely no chance of owning their own home.

True.....there is enough work in Australia but it becomes more and more like "no chance of owning your own home".......especially in Perth.
I never believed Australia would take over Germany when it comes to house prices. But here we go it has happened. Honestly even average double income no kids would struggle to get into the first home in Perth. Yeah great country but the price of housing is unreal.
And just another thought.........I think we should judge (good place or bad place to live) countries by the way they look after the ones in need........the wealthy ones are always looked after regardless of the country they are in.