Firstly.....the job! I really landed on my feet. I went into Hays recruitment on a Wednesday morning and by 3pm the same day I was offered the job at Bankwest and started on the Friday (30th May)! The role is support on a project where the bank are reviewing alot of critical assets and all of these reviews and the outcomes have to be tracked and completed by the 30th of June, which is when the job will end for me. So its perfect, 2 months hard work and then I'll be able to up sticks and use the $$$ to see Australia. Its alot of spreadsheet work and is right up my street and enjoy it but am doing 50+ hours a week at least! My Boss Bernie is a great guy and recently had a baby boy, Tom, which was interesting having to look after things while he was off for a few days. Also because of the large workload Bernie got 2 more support staff on board, an English guy called Tom and an Irish girl called Marita. Tom's a good lad and also a fellow Liverpool fan and we catch up quite abit out of work and hope to stay in touch both here in oz after the job and back home as Tom is on the same visa as me but his one ends in August so will be heading home soon.
Outside of work we've been having great nights out! Normally for me on a Friday drinks start at work................in the kitchen!!! Its an aussie thing that on a Friday at the end of the day everyone has a beer or 2 after work in the office! I think its great and always a good way to start a Friday night......and cheap too!! Its been a good way to get to know all the work people too, and as the reviews on the project are being carried out by external companies its been a great way to meet lots of new people too! Not really sure what else to say about the nights out as they all seem to have blurred into one.......but they've been good fun!
On the house front, we're all moving out of Nicks flat! Nick has decided to move in with his girlfriend and the other flat mate, Dylan, has decided to head back to his mums place so they have ended the contract and we all have to be out by next Friday, the 11th!! Due to this, me and Lee have been looking for a place and actually found a guest house in a place called Glebe, which isnt far from where we are now and its perfect as it a "pay as you go" place, so we are gonna stay there for one month which will be around the time my Bankwest job ends then I think I'll go travelling for a while after that! Lee will stay in Sydney though as he has just got himself a job based in the middle of the city!
The world cup starts this week and its gonna be hard work catching games as they kick off at silly o'clock in the morning here (the first England game is on at 4.30am)! Also this weekend coming is a long weekend as we get Monday off for the queens birthday, so even though I wont be getting paid (cos im on a contract) its going to be good to have a nice long weekend and watch some real football at last rather than AFL or Rugby!!!
I probably wont update this for a while again but when I go travelling around Oz i'll make sure I do update it more regularly! I promise!!!!!!! And maybe even some pics too!!
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