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Sometimes I wish I could be anonymous. Isn’t funny the things we can say when noone knows who we are? I wish for just one day I could have a conversation with people anonymously, completely explore what could be if I said X, Y or Z. Sometimes I’m just too polite, not brave enough or just too slow. The latter becoming all to often an occurance. Imagine leaving anonymous messages in places they have no meaning – like this blog for example. Random anonymity isn’t really helpful if you don’t truly understand what is going on. Trust me, you have no idea!
This blog is my way of being anonymous sometimes. But now everyone reads it, sometimes I dont even bother. Want to know about New Zealand? Upto now other than one or 2 cool people I have been hanging around with there is not much to see or do! the weather is crap, and this portion of my trip isnt the most eventful.
I can no longer be annoymous hence the 50 words i just deleted. one of these days it will become clear – balls to your far sea’s romeo cos sometimes it’s nice to just lie on the beach alone.
When you are on it you will swear blind you’re not addicted, even not on it. The moment it is taken away it hits you with a thud. Love is like a drug. Hilary and me split up this week, all on my part but it was something i felt I had to do. I am careful in writing this as I know you (hilary) will be reading this. I still feel it was something I had to do, but it was hard to follow through. Now I am off to New Zealand and I just want my fix of the Nicotine I was used to. Through time who knows what will happen? maybe we will get back together, maybe one or both of us will just up and leave to another country and never see eachother again. The next 5 weeks will be a test for me, I always put others first – I always have done, instead of making my own plans and sticking to them regardless I change and incorporate someone else, sacrificing independence en route. That’s not to say I didnt like the company, I did, I do. It’s something I will miss but at times people just need a little time apart, to figure out what or who is important in their life. This is my time away, does absence make the heart grow fonder? only time will tell. of course i miss everything right now, but i just need to get on with it – chin up – and enjoy New Zealand, and FIJI!!!
watch this space for new stories and photos as at last there should be something happening on my travels!!
Went out yesterday for the first time in ages, with my not so hard earned money. I had to buy some clothes because since they have been dragged through Africa, everything is knackered! so i spent $380 on a new outfit! which took about an hour to choose in one shop. then i went out and spent over $100 on the night, it wasnt even a massive night, but it was great! I met up with a guy who I hadnt seen for 4 years, I worked with him in America, when i was 18! time flies. Ended up crashing at his place 20 mins south of the city, i live 30 mins north of the city! needless to say i wasnt in the mood to travel through the city on a saturday afternoon!
So why am I telling you this? because its not all doom and gloom, there are some good bits, and I’m probably going to New Zealand next week!!
At the place i work there is no such thing as handing notice in, its a case of just not turning up one day as my predecessor did, or just looking the boss in the eye and saying, “thank you, but this job is not for me!”
and that was it. so officially my last day is tomorrow but i wouldnt be suprised if he asked me not to come in tomorrow. i dont care really, there is no point being at work when it gets you this low…as im here typing the guy is selling his class, total bull shit..
apparently 3 and a half hours on a treadmill is equivalent to one 45 min rpm class
what an idiot, common sense would tell you otherwise! today will be a case of getting through the hours, just earn enough to spend on some new clothes tomorrow!!
now New Zealand could be happening much sooner than i originally thought!
My last post was written at work, I was bored and I had lots of thoughts on my plans. The last thing I wanted to concentrate on was spelling, punctuation and grammar but now i’m conscious! that said my typo’s will be everywhere. you know what sod it – you’ll get what you’re given!
Basically last time i posted I posted a plan, now I have a better one. Im going to New Zealand next month, tonight my teaching application was sent off that will take 4-6 weeks so my thoughts are, why not travel for that time? rather than be stuck in the job that i hate :/
so thats the plan, then i will come back, teach, earn millions then finish off the trip just not sure on what time scale!
so fiji and new zealand, then come back to work in OZ on my WHV then go to Bali, singapore and whereever I can afford.
great news as i write this mt ABN number has been granted and now i can be paid full amount to arrange my own tax file!
no plans, im just going to go for it. whats been going on lately? actually not very much, once again most of the activity lies within my head.
one month in brisbane has seen me complete a couple of weeks work, a job that at times i thought i would never ever find. we arrived on the 15th January, smiles on our faces, we had just had a great 2 week road trip from sydney afterall. The holiday was soon going to end, the very next day was one of focus, if i didnt get a job my year away was going to end 6 moths early. With a lost of recruitment agencies we trapsed around the city handing out CV’s like the london lite guys!
We hit a low at of these agencies. After handong over our CVs to the receptionist she told us she would speak to a recruitment specialist…2 minutes later she came back. She told us we didnt have enough experience to be placed in an administrative role, that hurt. she basically called us thick. never mind the 2 higher education qualifications, good academic results, positions of responsibility in employment….it came down to the fact that i had never had a job filing paper and answering phones, it certainly couldnt be the lack of ICT knowledge….could it? slight sarcasm, yes. that really did annoy me though, recruitment specialist? what you mean the huy who calls people to place them in a job? he was an idiot, he probably couldnt even spell BSc.
So with my rant over, i did find a job. a job in a gym, one you think id be happy with, well i kinda am, except im working for the dodgiest cockney wanabe ever! michael shumacher couldnt cut corners like this guy, the way he runs the show is unbelievable and expects the result of a corporate company. believe in what you sell, focus on health benefits – god knows i couldnt sell the crappy equipment he has to offer. at what price? depends on his mood that week – yo could get 12 months for $450 if you smile, $600 if he’s a little short that week. anyway i plug on because the next step – well i dont knowwhat that is next, hence i stick with this.
It’s not all been doom and gloom – back to the real world with a bump. Hilary and I spent a weekend on Fraser Island, a beautiful island only accessible by 4×4. how hard could it be? noone wanted the initial responsibility of the first drive, so up i stepped – id never driven anything bigger than a match box. it was great. the steering wheel wasnt and the tracking was dodgy which meant it was a pain to drive straight on the tarmac, and reverse up a ramp onto a boat into a tight little spot (remember the matchboxes i told you about). I loved it though. as soon as it was 4WD time we switched over and the truck just loved it. as did I.
The island was amazing, no swimming in the sea due to sharks and poisonous jelly fish but the lakes were crystal clear and the drives were brilliant, including 90 mile beach which was the main highway. I really want to go back. just to drive.
check out the photos and a video of me driving.
so what next?
I dont anticipate being in this job for too long. its not right for me. so I am applying to teach. why? why not? my current train of thought is that I will use my remaining ticket and be home in Wigan to immediately start work. why not just work here and make the most of the journey home? there are epic trips that would replace my final flight from bangkok to london. why not get the train through russia? or drive through india and the middle east? this would be after a trip around SE asia. it just sounds a little more appealling to do it this way than fly home work then fly back. I have a WHV that runs til Nov so don’t be suprised if i see that out, travel NZ Fiji and Bali in the mean time and find a teaching job that pays a decent amount keeps me awake during the day.
all the time decisions come with negative points otherwise it wouldnt be a decision, just the thing to do. so whats stopping me? i really want to travel, the money is getting low so i need to consider timing of it all, when to go travel and return and work. i need to focus on where to work and live, i could do some time in new zealand schools? importanly to me is what is Hilary doing? she cant afford to travel with me, and she has applied to go to school in september. that could possibly mean the end for us, that is if she gets in school. so many things could happen, i have expectations as does she. we will both focus on what is best for us individually, i wont hang my travel boots up just yet and i wont be working for eternity either.
ask e what im doing now, i will tell you working til May or so, then travelling 6 weeks then working as a teacher hopefully for as long as need to earn enough to travel home, that could be until xmas.
ask me next week and i could be out of work and travelling! who knows the major decisions will be made in april unless forced upon me by my current crappy job!
at the end of the day im in australia, somewhere i never thought possible 4 years ago. make the most of it while i can! dont be expecting too much on here over the coming weeks not wnough is happening anymore, now that surfers paradise, byrin bay, coffs harbour and newcastle are all in the past!!
the future holds the whitsunday islands, the great barrier reef, ayers rock and much more! looking forward to the weekend!!
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