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:cool: Australia is definitely the best country in the world. And just because I live here doesn't make me biased at all :rolleyes:
Ryan
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typical aussie :doh: Bryce
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I've no idea why you got voted down so much. I gave you a five cause Im a super sweet person :)
leckey wrote:
what citizenship are you giving up
Australia allows dual nationality (I have two passports) depending on the Indonesian policies he way be able to keep his Indo citizenship
leckey wrote:
Vegemite is icky though. It's kind of like boiled green peanuts, rhubarb or sour cream raisin pie--if you aren't raised on it, it is just blech.
Fortunatly my parents started me young on vegimite even though niether of them ate it
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oh GOD theres another perfectly good human being about to be labotomised another aussie - just what the world needs....not Bryce
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Ha ha ha ha...!! :laugh:
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Quiet, kiwi. Don't you have some sheep that need attending or something?
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Congrats! Out of curiosity, what citizenship are you giving up? I have to agree on many of your points. If I wasn't married, I would be living in Australia, but in Victoria somewhere. Or Kangaroo Island. Love that place. Love lamington, wombats, and the super sweet people. Vegemite is icky though. It's kind of like boiled green peanuts, rhubarb or sour cream raisin pie--if you aren't raised on it, it is just blech.
OMG! I think you've just offended a lot of vegemite-eating, green peanut-boiling, rhubarb munching, and sour cream raisin pie-licking crowd :laugh: I have to give up my Indonesian citizenship unfortunately (see my response to Josh above for a brief history of my roots). The Indonesian goverment does not allow any other citizenship, as my grandparents also had to discard their Chinese and Dutch nationalities, I think the goverment is just jealous :laugh:. Since I've only been back there for 2 months in 8 years I figured I'd rather choose to be an Australian (and also because I love it here). Seeing how sour Australian and Indonesian relationship has been recently (Schapelle Corby, Michelle Leslie, Bali Bombing, East Timor, etc) it's quite surprising Australia still accept migrants from Indonesia (though the Koreans, Japs, and Europeans have it easier in applying for visas here).
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Egh...looks like a horror movie from the pic of the sheep :laugh:
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin Edbert Sydney, Australia
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Congrats! Out of curiosity, what citizenship are you giving up? I have to agree on many of your points. If I wasn't married, I would be living in Australia, but in Victoria somewhere. Or Kangaroo Island. Love that place. Love lamington, wombats, and the super sweet people. Vegemite is icky though. It's kind of like boiled green peanuts, rhubarb or sour cream raisin pie--if you aren't raised on it, it is just blech.
leckey wrote:
Out of curiosity, what citizenship are you giving up?
That's a bit of an assumption. Some countries don't permit you to give up citizenship - You have to be a dual national.
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Oy oy oy! :-D I'm gonna have my Australian Citizenship Ceremony tomorrow on the 15th of September at 4.30pm in Sydney CBD Town Hall. It's going to be a special ceremony as we're also celebrating Australian Citizenship Day on the 17th. All in all, I'm proud to be a part of Australia :cool:, as I fell in love with this country since I came here 8 years ago in 1998. First thing that came to my mind would be Circular Quay, I have fond memories of seeing Opera House for the first time and going to and fro Manly beach, Bondi beach, Taronga Zoo, The Rocks, Royal Botanic Garden, Art Gallery of NSW etc etc. Then of course the second thing would be the friendly people here (yeah yeah, Michael Martin might be grumpy all the time but I can assure you most aren't ;P). Most are pretty laid back and easygoing, and boy you do get to know people from every nation on Earth in Sydney. Third would be the BBQ (best way to spend a weekend with friends), and the koalas, the kangaroos, wallabies, crocodiles, and Steve Irwin :rose: Lastly would be the vegemite. My first (and last) attempt in tasting vegemite ended up pretty buttery. It wasn't bad, but I wouldn't want to touch it again for no particular reason :laugh: *sigh* It felt like only days ago that I came here. Oh well, here's :beer: to all of you. :) :badger: :badger: :badger: -> pretend they're koalas
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Congrats! :cool:
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