Australia Day and Opportunities...

Hello all!

Thanks for following my blog; my mum tells me that people are reading it and enjoying it which is nice to hear. Sorry if i ramble on too much.

The weather hasn't been too great at the moment so my volley ball skills haven't been able to improve, and I have been working quite a bit at the moment as well. We have had quite a few new people at the hostel and have been doing a few fun things - Australia Day was really fun I finished work by 2 and then me and a few of the boys from the hostel went to the city to The Rocks which is a nice area with cool bars, restaurants and a market with live music etc! was great, we went to a bar called the arcade i think :-/ where there was an open air bbq and we drank german beer. then we went to darling harbour, drank more, watched the fireworks which were amazing!!! and then went back to manly for the evening to see everyone else (who couldn't afford the trip, loads of people are jobless) and then we went out to shark bar (aka the new brighton hotel). a lovely day - one of the best in while in terms of activities!!

Today i went to meeting malcolm auld - who i am doing marketing social media work for... got more work coming which is great... and he has just enrolled me on an online marketing course worth $700 ... which is amazing :) he is an ace guy and i really enjoy the work i am doing, and great opportunity to learn more. he has also given me his friends book and advertising books too to read :) great!

tonight i am working but we are going out because katie's brother has just arrived from germany for a few days then after work tomorrow all of the girls and guys at moo are going out :) staff party yay! and then maybe a night out in the city on friday with dan and hopefully the zoo on sunday as it is my only day off with everyone (who works mon-friday!!!) :)

so just a quick update - also there is an opportunity that i may become actual entertainment manager as someone is leaving... fingers crossed !!! which will obviously mean free rent :) yay that would be amazing obviously...

so ill keep you updated :)

love and hugs to all

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Mooing, Marketing and Volleyball

Hello all,

Apologies I have been out of touch for a while. Time flies and the last three weeks have gone by so quickly.

Moo Gourmet burger is still good, we have a new store manager now which is good so i am not responsible for absolutely everything now which is good. my hours have gone down though because we are not very busy and we have a few new girls starting.

I have some marketing work at the moment though which is great; so have been earning $25/hour for 16 hours a week which is a great bit of extra money - tax free :) and the work i can do remotely from the hostel which means i can do it in the morning when everyone is either hungover or at work. all the boys have labouring, building and removal jobs which start early, so people aren't going out for heavy one as much as they used to, but the weekends are fun and i still finish at moo quite early (10pm) so i can meet people out afterwards.

I have appointed myself activities manager at the hostel; there are entertainment managers who sort out official bbqs and stuff but on my days and evenings off i like to do different things and go places so i have started to play volleyball which we are doing nearly every day now and the boys have started football every monday and we are looking at going to some new bars, live music gigs and comedy nights. but mainly sporty stuff because people are broke cos jobs here are bad. everyone is looking since christmas so there are no jobs :( I'm lucky i have two i feel greedy. the boys have started to get lucky though and have a few removal and painting jobs like i said. so there are jobs, its just the girls i think because they are mainly wanting retail and waitressing! but they have cleaning jobs in the hostel at the moment in order to at least get free rent. they have to do 15hours a week to get free rent which is 210/week.

the set up in the hostel is really great at the moment. i thought it would be awful because martha hannah and polly left and they are my best mates but as soon as i got to hostel i couldn't even remember why i left!! no idea. so glad i moved out of the house and i am back here. i love all of the people; the boys are amazing, really good mates and a good laugh and the girls are lush too :) everyone is friends there are no cliques or groups so the set up is great at the moment. my best mate katie is leaving in a few weeks though so i will be gutted; but her brother is coming from germany in a week so we will go out and do loads of things then including kayaking and bike riding and sight seeing, so that will be a fun last week with her :) one of our best mates jack is getting deported though because he faked his second year visa application :( gutted he is leaving he is a lush guy. would miss anyone who leaves, want it to stay the same!!! but things always change and improve so thats ok, hopefully the visa people will get off of his back and he can stay!

this week james (one of the boys from the old crew) is back from new zealand (he has been away three weeks ) and we are going out thursday to ivanhoe to do karaoke haha i did it the last few weeks always singing ''single ladies'' beyonce and because i sound so awful and put on quite a show, i have actually started to quite enjoy it, so i will probably do the same song this week, beyonce tribute act!!!! :) haha I'm taking requests!

we are playing volley ball today and tomorrow. katie and i are having a few drinks tonight because she is off tomorrow day. i am working 1045-3. for australia day we are probably going to the beach but if it is crap weather we may just have a party in the hostel all day! and then go out.
today i went shopping, as i did last week... i have spent quite a bit on clothes recently; bit of retail therapy :) bought a few new bikinis for $130... they are beautiful and a few new dresses and tops for about $200 haha :) money well spent, the clothes here are beautiful.

south park and the simpsons is on all of the time here haha but its quite funny i suppose. hard when you're trying to work but nice background sound. we have been watching a lot of tennis since the grand slam has been on. now i better get on with some marketing work... and i have a new cv to design from mycoolcv.com!!! :)

speak soon, love to all <3

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Nothing stays the same!

Got an email from the owner of 12 Below; a Digital Marketing, Communications and Web Design agency in Sydney. He said he has no immediate positions available, but is keen to meet for a coffee to meet me and see what I can do. I met him this morning at 8:30 (woah, too early) and had a chat. He said that he thinks I have a great vibe about me and thinks I'd fit into the company well, but it would be about a month before they'd be looking to take someone on on the Marketing / Account Management side of things. BUT, the fact he said he thought i'd fit in, has really spurred me onto look for something else. He also (as promised) emailed me a list of contacts he has and said that if any of them take my fancy, he'd send them my CV and put in a good word for me... :-0 so I am on Cloud 9 today.

Just been chilling at the house for the rest of the afternoon downloading some new music. Loving Rihanna's new album Talk that Talk :) and been getting into Bliss n Eso Hip Hop. Woo. So I have work in a few hours at 6 then I'm heading to Shore Club tonight for Reggae night with Andy and his mates. Cant actually wait, haven't been in ages! Live Reggae bands and such a chilled vibe <3

Moving out of the house and into the Hostel Saturday evening. Gah, hate packing!! lol. So will probably do that tomorrow evening when I get back from work. Then will spend Saturday evening with Martha and Hannah cos they are off after that :( Gonna miss them a tonne but hopefully will make some more friends when I get back to the hostel. Also a guy called Jose Franco, from Peru i've been in contact with and he wants to get a cheap two bed place on the beach, so if we can find somewhere cheaper than the hostel and as near to the beach then I'll look into that too. Keeping all of my options open!!! :)

Weather has gone back to clouds now I've gone back to work... lol. Want it to be lush again! Fingers crossed! So everything is changing from day to day here, is crazy.

Anyway better get in the shower and get ready for work - wanna have a sneaky look around town before work ;) may find a reggae style dress for tonight :) Im absolutely knackered though - so tomorrow 1045-3 / 6-close split shift should be fun :-/

Love to everyone
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Happy New Year

Hello All and a Happy New Year!!

2012 has so far been very chilled. On new years eve we went to the city to a bar called jacksons on george (on george street) for an all you can drink session . we went to watch the fire works at 9pm but by the time they were done we tried to leave and there were crazy queues to get in and out of circular quay. there were gates up cornering off the whole area and guards standing stopping people from entering about 9:30... crazy!!! so instead of leaving and coming back for 12 (which would not have happened) we stayed by the quay for a few hours, had an ice cream and chilled until midnight. then we saw the big display and it was out of this world. then we went to the bar and drank our way through the evening. we ended up getting breakfast and then the ferry back to manly about 8am !!!! nightmare!!! fell straight asleep but got up at 10am to spend the day on shelly beach :) make the most of the day and nice weather. and thats pretty much what we've been doing since!!!

I'm back at work at moo tomorrow, but i am thinking about leaving soon in order to find a marketing job in manly. i have a few in the pipe line in manly and a few in the city. want a 9-5 monday to friday job ideally so i can go and visit people and go on holiday up to byron or surfers or brisbane or bondi for the weekend and stuff :) like my evenings off too :) moving back to the hostel on sunday too because its cheaper and nearer the beach than the house. will be weird going back though as all of my friends have left :( pretty much all 20 of them have all dispersed to do their regional work, carry on travelling and meet other people... so feel left behind a bit! but hopping to make more friends. met a bloke on christmas day who went to plymouth uni and did architecture and his mates are funny so have been hanging with them the last few days on the beach! small world!!!!! haha.

my bike fell apart and still haven't got that fixed... on a long list of stuff to do!!! loving the lovely weather and eating bbq all the time!!! need some more hours at moo until i find something else in order to pay my rent and fund my nights out.

so everything is changing yet again... haha, but i still absolutely love manly and everything about it!!!! :)

everyone keep me updated like i said :) wish u were all out here with me! you'd all love it.
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