Well I have had quite the last 10 days since I last wrote. Finally finished the 5 day street promotion job I had then jumped right into working for the Ministry of Transport. It has been quite an interesting job! Usually I'm not a writing type of person but I'm forced to be with this job! People write to the Minister of Transport about questions and concerns with the transport system and I have to write back to them on behalf of the Minister of Transport or the Parliamentary Secretary! It's kinda cool! Here they have only 35 hour work weeks and since I'm working for the Government I don't have to take a 1hr lunch break so I can work 830 - 4 and be outta there!
I also joined a gym here! There's only so much holiday eating you can do before things start to change lol It's an amazing gym. You can take unlimited yoga, dance, cardio classes and they have choreographers from So You Think You Can Dance Australia which is great! All of their running/cycling equipment have tv screens on them which doesn't make it so boring to exercise! lol
Still can't believe I only have 5 more weeks here in Sydney and then I travel up the Coast for 3 weeks and then head over to Bali!
Yesterday was Australia Day and everyone got dressed up in Australia gear and went over to a friend's place for a FEW drinks of course. It was kinda cool because on the big radio station here they do a countdown of the top 100 or so songs of the year on Australia Day. Kind of what we do back home on New Year's!
Hope everyone is doing well back home and I will update you again soon! I keep hearing I need to go see Slumdog Millionaire so probably going to do that this week!
Ciao for now.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Big Update!
Hello hello! Didn't realise until now that I haven't done an entry in 2 weeks and a lot has happened!
First off I have finally moved into a place in Bondi. It's at a perfect location a 1 minute walk to the beach and has Internet, washing machine/dryer and pretty spacious, why says alot about the places I have looked at! Can't believe I'm only in Sydney for just over 6 more weeks.
Second of all I finally have a job! This week I have been doing promotions work in Darling Harbour. What's involved is six of us walk around handing out newspapers promoting iiNet, an Internet/Phone company in Australia! It is so tiring as we are working in 25-35 degree weather and work split shifts so don't get home until late! But it's good pay! This week I was worried I wouldn't find a job for next week but I receieved a call from a Temp agency and I have an office job for 4-6 weeks starting on Monday! I'm told I'll be doing grammar work, drafting letters and checking for errors, so not very exciting but it pays very well! So pretty excited to start that.
My friends and I have started planning our trip up the coast and over to Southeast Asia. We booked our flight to Bali from Brisbane for March 25th so we will be traveling up the coast from around March 2nd until the 25th! Pretty excited for that part of the trip. It will definitely be an eye opening experience.
I am really enjoying myself and feel like it's just going to get better from here! I of course miss everyone from home and can't wait to see everyone again! Hopefully the snow has melted for you guys already.
I'll let you know how the new job goes!
First off I have finally moved into a place in Bondi. It's at a perfect location a 1 minute walk to the beach and has Internet, washing machine/dryer and pretty spacious, why says alot about the places I have looked at! Can't believe I'm only in Sydney for just over 6 more weeks.
Second of all I finally have a job! This week I have been doing promotions work in Darling Harbour. What's involved is six of us walk around handing out newspapers promoting iiNet, an Internet/Phone company in Australia! It is so tiring as we are working in 25-35 degree weather and work split shifts so don't get home until late! But it's good pay! This week I was worried I wouldn't find a job for next week but I receieved a call from a Temp agency and I have an office job for 4-6 weeks starting on Monday! I'm told I'll be doing grammar work, drafting letters and checking for errors, so not very exciting but it pays very well! So pretty excited to start that.
My friends and I have started planning our trip up the coast and over to Southeast Asia. We booked our flight to Bali from Brisbane for March 25th so we will be traveling up the coast from around March 2nd until the 25th! Pretty excited for that part of the trip. It will definitely be an eye opening experience.
I am really enjoying myself and feel like it's just going to get better from here! I of course miss everyone from home and can't wait to see everyone again! Hopefully the snow has melted for you guys already.
I'll let you know how the new job goes!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Years in Sydney!
To say New Years in Sydney is different from Vancouver is an understatement! I was lucky enough to watch the fireworks from a roof top apartment overlooking all of Sydney. It was pretty crazy! Their were fireworks going off at different parts of town at the same time and the fireworks going off of the Harbour Bridge were incredible! It was a New Years I will never forget.
So I finally got a job and it definitely wasn't what I was hoping to do. It actually was a one off event at Field Day, this huge music festival in Sydney. Some friends and I sold Calipo ice creams from carts! The good thing is we got $20 an hour and make commission on whatever we sold! I'm almost positive I sold almost 900! After working for 7 hours we were so tired and almost left until we realised we were at a sold out event for free! We danced for a couple hours with thousands of other people and had a great time! They definitely so music festivals better over here!
Well next week the offices are open in the city and I am going to find a job no matter what it takes! Also gotta find a place in Bondi! Just want to get it over with!
So I finally got a job and it definitely wasn't what I was hoping to do. It actually was a one off event at Field Day, this huge music festival in Sydney. Some friends and I sold Calipo ice creams from carts! The good thing is we got $20 an hour and make commission on whatever we sold! I'm almost positive I sold almost 900! After working for 7 hours we were so tired and almost left until we realised we were at a sold out event for free! We danced for a couple hours with thousands of other people and had a great time! They definitely so music festivals better over here!
Well next week the offices are open in the city and I am going to find a job no matter what it takes! Also gotta find a place in Bondi! Just want to get it over with!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Happy Holidays!
Christmas has passed but I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
To say this Christmas was different than all the rest would be an understatement.
Christmas Eve we went out to the city since not too much was going on in Bondi. Had a drink at a cafe beside the Opera House then heading to Kings Cross, the party area of Sydney. We didn't know if anything would be open since it was Christmas Eve but a place called World Bar was open. Their were tons of travelers there! This place is known for service drinks in tea pots! After that we wanted some late night food. I guess I take it for granted being able to have Fritz or 99 cent pizza because here pizza slices can run up to 6 dollars a slice!
Christmas Day was spent at an all day party on Bondi Beach with music and drinking all day long! It was pretty crazy to see a sea of santa hats throughout the day. Definitely not a fancy Christmas dinner. We ended up getting fish and chips at 10pm at night! We thought it was going to be cloudy weather but it ended up being over 25 degrees. Even wearing SPF 30 gives you a tan.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas! I can't wait to watch the harbour fireworks on New Years!
To say this Christmas was different than all the rest would be an understatement.
Christmas Eve we went out to the city since not too much was going on in Bondi. Had a drink at a cafe beside the Opera House then heading to Kings Cross, the party area of Sydney. We didn't know if anything would be open since it was Christmas Eve but a place called World Bar was open. Their were tons of travelers there! This place is known for service drinks in tea pots! After that we wanted some late night food. I guess I take it for granted being able to have Fritz or 99 cent pizza because here pizza slices can run up to 6 dollars a slice!
Christmas Day was spent at an all day party on Bondi Beach with music and drinking all day long! It was pretty crazy to see a sea of santa hats throughout the day. Definitely not a fancy Christmas dinner. We ended up getting fish and chips at 10pm at night! We thought it was going to be cloudy weather but it ended up being over 25 degrees. Even wearing SPF 30 gives you a tan.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas! I can't wait to watch the harbour fireworks on New Years!
Monday, December 22, 2008
First Entry!
I can't believe it's already been a month that I've been here and I haven't done an entry yet! I'm going to try and do them once a week.
It's pretty crazy that it's December 23rd and it's sunny outside. Been tanning by the pool for the last couple of days. I am not missing the crazy weather at home!
So to update everyone on what I've been doing the past month. The first week I stayed in a pretty cool hostel called Wake Up, right in downtown Sydney. First time living in a hostel and it's apparently one of the nicest! It took a good four days to get over the jet lag.
After a week in the hostel I moved into the place I'm in now, in Manly, a 30 min ferry ride from the city. The ferry ride is pretty nice. Get to see the Harbour Bridge and Opera House everytime I take it! The apartment I'm in now until January 11th is really nice! All glass doors in the living room so have perfect views of the water. The apartment is right on the water with an outdoor pool. We're on the top floor and have balconies and all sides. You can see some amazing sunsets when out on them.
It has been way harder than I thought to get a job here. I can get an office job in January but it has been impossible to find something until then. I'll just have to watch how much I spend! Although it is quite expensive to live here.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and going to spend it with some friends from home and then on Christmas day we are going to a beach party on Bondi Beach! Apparently it's where all the orphans (travelers on Christmas!) go to on Christmas day. Hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it's sunny outside! Hopefully for New Year's I'm going to watch the Sydney Harbour fireworks from a friend's rooftop apartment!
Well I better get ready for another job interview! Crossing my fingers!
It's pretty crazy that it's December 23rd and it's sunny outside. Been tanning by the pool for the last couple of days. I am not missing the crazy weather at home!
So to update everyone on what I've been doing the past month. The first week I stayed in a pretty cool hostel called Wake Up, right in downtown Sydney. First time living in a hostel and it's apparently one of the nicest! It took a good four days to get over the jet lag.
After a week in the hostel I moved into the place I'm in now, in Manly, a 30 min ferry ride from the city. The ferry ride is pretty nice. Get to see the Harbour Bridge and Opera House everytime I take it! The apartment I'm in now until January 11th is really nice! All glass doors in the living room so have perfect views of the water. The apartment is right on the water with an outdoor pool. We're on the top floor and have balconies and all sides. You can see some amazing sunsets when out on them.
It has been way harder than I thought to get a job here. I can get an office job in January but it has been impossible to find something until then. I'll just have to watch how much I spend! Although it is quite expensive to live here.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and going to spend it with some friends from home and then on Christmas day we are going to a beach party on Bondi Beach! Apparently it's where all the orphans (travelers on Christmas!) go to on Christmas day. Hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it's sunny outside! Hopefully for New Year's I'm going to watch the Sydney Harbour fireworks from a friend's rooftop apartment!
Well I better get ready for another job interview! Crossing my fingers!
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