Evening all, its been nearly a month since I last wrote a piece for this blog, and to be fair few things have happened since then. I am now in full time employment again, this time in retail at a clothes shop in Bath. I won’t reveal which one as if in later posts I feel the need to slag them off, I’ll risk ending up like the girl who ended up getting fired from her job after ridiculing her boss on Facebook!
Work has actually been quite tiring, I’m no stranger to working long hours but being on your feet for ten hours a day with only one break for lunch does take a lot out of you. One of the things I have enjoyed about the job is effectively being a personal shopper for female customers who haven’t got a clue what to buys their boyfriends for Christmas. I think I’ve also become highly skilled in folding jeans, shirts and jumpers to a high standard.
The money isn’t great, not many retail jobs are, and to be fair as I’m spending about an hour’s wages just getting into work every day I can’t see the job being a great money spinner. I’ve been thinking about the whole “work” concept a lot these last couple of weeks. I’ve been saying for a long time that if I had any money saved up I would just do what lots of graduates do and “bugger off” somewhere, maybe to Australia, or South America or maybe fulfil one of my lifelong ambitions which is to go and rent an apartment in New York City for a few months.
I always used to be quite positive about working, and thought that anybody who actively CHOSE not to work was a bit of a bum, but at the moment I really would rather be doing something else rather than working all hours for a very low wage. I can hear the Daily Mail readers out there muttering “bloody idle bugger” and “f***ing students” under their breath, well, frankly, fuck em! I have come to a temporary conclusion that life is just too short to spend working.
Getting back into radio I suppose is a long term goal, but with not a lot of that kind of work about, especially in the west country, it may have to wait until sometime next year. On the plus side I had a couple of friends down from London to stay last weekend, we went and watched Bristol Rovers smash Swindon 3-0 in the afternoon, then went for a meal in Bath in the evening, followed by a night out with some of my new work colleagues. All in all this weekend has been a more laid back affair, I went out running on Saturday morning, then watched football in the afternoon and spent the evening at a friend’s house watching a Bill Hicks DVD and drinking Jack Daniels.
Christmas is just around the corner so I’m planning to buy presents on Wednesday, which is my day off this week. Oh, and Rage Against The Machine are now No.1, which is awesome, I wonder if they’ll let us play it in the shop tomorrow??????
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Highlights of the week.
Well, another Sunday evening is upon us and with nothing better to do than wait around for MOTD 2 to come on later, I thought I’d scribble down a few things that have happened since the last time I uploaded a post.
It’s been a week now since I moved back home and there have been a few ups and downs so far. I’ve been out job hunting in Bath this week, armed with freshly photocopied CV’s to hand out to the cities many fine retail establishments. Sadly it seems I may have left it a bit late to apply for Christmas temp work, lots of stores seem to be already staffed up. On the plus side there is a full time position at FCUK going on the menswear section which would be pretty cool. I’ve always liked the look of working in a clothes shop, and whilst I harbour no ambition to be the next Gok Wan, I reckon I could pass on some tips to guys who could do with a bit of style advice.....but that remains to be seen!
I’ve also been researching graduate training schemes in the retail sector, an industry I’m becoming more and more interested in developing a career in. If I want to learn the trade with Asda, a company I spent a lot of time working for whilst a student, then I’ll need to start working for them again, something I’ve been told won’t be possible to do until after Christmas.
There have been two big highlights of the week, one of which being the ABSOLUTELY AWESOME 100th Hospital Records Podcast which I’m listening to as I type. For those unaware of what that is exactly, Hospital Records are a record label routed in the drum and bass genre of music, and for the last two or three years have been producing podcasts hosted by label owner London Elektricity. They feature the labels new upcoming releases, interviews with artists and news on the day to day happenings in and around the label. I’ve been an avid subscriber since Podcast No.54 and No 100 Part 2 is in my opinion the best yet. It features some of the best tracks to come out on the label over the last ten years or so, and having the time to sit down and properly listen to it this week has been truly uplifting. I would seriously recommend that absolutely anybody who has even a slight interest in electronic music to subscribe and give it a go (take note Robin Blamires!)
The other highlight of the week came on Saturday morning when I managed to complete a 6 mile run with the running club I’ve joined. I surprised myself with how well I did, and only really began to seriously struggle on the last hill, where my legs started to feel like lead. During the final ascent I really thought I’d need to stop and spend a few minutes gasping for air, but perseverance paid off and I reached the finishing post in just over an hour.
Some of the things I’m hoping to achieve next week are mainly work related, the main one being to actually get a job!!! It’s been pretty frustrating not having a lot to do during the days this week. Don’t get me wrong, I really appreciate not being woken by my alarm at 4.30am, struggling out of bed and traipsing to Kilburn tube station to catch the train to work like I did in London, but there is only so much Jeremy Kyle and BBC News 24 that a guy can take in one week! So hopefully my CV blitz on Thursday of last week will bear some fruit and I’ll get invited to an interview soon, as always I’ll keep you posted.
Have a good week and we’ll speak soon.
It’s been a week now since I moved back home and there have been a few ups and downs so far. I’ve been out job hunting in Bath this week, armed with freshly photocopied CV’s to hand out to the cities many fine retail establishments. Sadly it seems I may have left it a bit late to apply for Christmas temp work, lots of stores seem to be already staffed up. On the plus side there is a full time position at FCUK going on the menswear section which would be pretty cool. I’ve always liked the look of working in a clothes shop, and whilst I harbour no ambition to be the next Gok Wan, I reckon I could pass on some tips to guys who could do with a bit of style advice.....but that remains to be seen!
I’ve also been researching graduate training schemes in the retail sector, an industry I’m becoming more and more interested in developing a career in. If I want to learn the trade with Asda, a company I spent a lot of time working for whilst a student, then I’ll need to start working for them again, something I’ve been told won’t be possible to do until after Christmas.
There have been two big highlights of the week, one of which being the ABSOLUTELY AWESOME 100th Hospital Records Podcast which I’m listening to as I type. For those unaware of what that is exactly, Hospital Records are a record label routed in the drum and bass genre of music, and for the last two or three years have been producing podcasts hosted by label owner London Elektricity. They feature the labels new upcoming releases, interviews with artists and news on the day to day happenings in and around the label. I’ve been an avid subscriber since Podcast No.54 and No 100 Part 2 is in my opinion the best yet. It features some of the best tracks to come out on the label over the last ten years or so, and having the time to sit down and properly listen to it this week has been truly uplifting. I would seriously recommend that absolutely anybody who has even a slight interest in electronic music to subscribe and give it a go (take note Robin Blamires!)
The other highlight of the week came on Saturday morning when I managed to complete a 6 mile run with the running club I’ve joined. I surprised myself with how well I did, and only really began to seriously struggle on the last hill, where my legs started to feel like lead. During the final ascent I really thought I’d need to stop and spend a few minutes gasping for air, but perseverance paid off and I reached the finishing post in just over an hour.
Some of the things I’m hoping to achieve next week are mainly work related, the main one being to actually get a job!!! It’s been pretty frustrating not having a lot to do during the days this week. Don’t get me wrong, I really appreciate not being woken by my alarm at 4.30am, struggling out of bed and traipsing to Kilburn tube station to catch the train to work like I did in London, but there is only so much Jeremy Kyle and BBC News 24 that a guy can take in one week! So hopefully my CV blitz on Thursday of last week will bear some fruit and I’ll get invited to an interview soon, as always I’ll keep you posted.
Have a good week and we’ll speak soon.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Well, it’s been two days since I moved back to Frome. I’ve found myself with quite a bit of time on my hands the last couple of days and so have decided it’s time to start up a new hobby. I spent quite a bit of time (and money) on a gym membership whilst living in London, and with that now cancelled I’d like to get into doing some more exercise. So today I googled “Frome Running Club” and was happy to find that there is a running club based not too far from myself at the local rugby club.
I’ve wasted no time in getting in touch and it now looks like I’ll be setting out on an 8 mile cross country run this Saturday morning! Now truth be told, I really should be a much better runner than I actually am. I would have thought that being young, long legged and pretty skinny would be an ideal build to give Paula Radcliff a run for her money. But after attempting a fairly short running route used by lots of locals on Monday afternoon this week, it’s safe to say I’ve got a long way to go before attempting a 4 minute mile!
After looking at the clubs gallery on their website, it also looks like I’ll need to invest in some quality outdoor running wear. Judging by the skin tight leggings and sweat tops worn by the regulars, my baggy Nike t-shirt and shorts just won’t cut it. But then this is cross country running, where surely endurance is the name of the game?
Anyway, I’ve now committed myself to an 8 mile challenge this weekend so I think a serious work out is called for tomorrow to prepare myself. I guess one of the perks of being temporarily out of work is that you have time to focus on other goals that aren’t work related, so I’ll report from the finish line on Saturday!
I’ve wasted no time in getting in touch and it now looks like I’ll be setting out on an 8 mile cross country run this Saturday morning! Now truth be told, I really should be a much better runner than I actually am. I would have thought that being young, long legged and pretty skinny would be an ideal build to give Paula Radcliff a run for her money. But after attempting a fairly short running route used by lots of locals on Monday afternoon this week, it’s safe to say I’ve got a long way to go before attempting a 4 minute mile!
After looking at the clubs gallery on their website, it also looks like I’ll need to invest in some quality outdoor running wear. Judging by the skin tight leggings and sweat tops worn by the regulars, my baggy Nike t-shirt and shorts just won’t cut it. But then this is cross country running, where surely endurance is the name of the game?
Anyway, I’ve now committed myself to an 8 mile challenge this weekend so I think a serious work out is called for tomorrow to prepare myself. I guess one of the perks of being temporarily out of work is that you have time to focus on other goals that aren’t work related, so I’ll report from the finish line on Saturday!
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Back Again.....
Its Sunday night, its 9pm, and with nothing better to do than listen to a live performance from JLS on Radio 1, I have decided that after a two month hiatus from this blog it was time to start contributing to it again.
Quite a lot has happened since my last entry.... Wayne Rooney has become a father, Nick Griffin has hopefully dug his political grave once and for all with a more than dodgy performance on Question Time, the world of F1 has a new British champion in the form of Jenson Button and two Irish twins called John and Edward have split the nations musical opinion down the middle.
There’s also been quite a lot happening with me. Two months ago I started a new job in sales, and on Tuesday of this week I handed in my notice. In the few short weeks I spent in the corporate world there were laughs, tears and lots and lots of cold calls, but ultimately I decided it wasn’t for me and so decided to call it a day. I can safely say it was probably the hardest job I’ve ever done and I have maximum respect for anyone who can carve out a career for themselves in such a tough industry, particularly in the current economic climate.
So with no job and finances dwindling I decided it was time to head back to my West Country roots and have just spent the last couple of hours unpacking my belongings from cardboard boxes into my bedroom where I spent most of my teenage years before heading off to Uni five years ago. For a long time I was very against the idea of moving back home to my home town of Frome in Somerset, which incidentally is where the aforementioned Jenson Button went to school, learnt to drive, and swiftly left to live in Monte Carlo once he had earned enough from his first season in F1.
Having seen the “bright lights” of London I was convinced I’d never move back home, it just seemed like a step backwards. But thinking logically I think I’m now in a position where I can save up some money for myself. I can also take this opportunity to hopefully get in touch with some old school and college friends which I haven’t seen in a long time. I’m also hoping to make some new friends through whatever job I end up getting, which in the immediate future is likely to be some Christmas temp work in the retail sector ( yes I know its only November, but you know you’ll only regret it if you leave it till the last weekend before the 25th!)
From a purely lazy point of view I’m also quite looking forward to having a few home cooked meals, getting some fresh country air inside my lungs as well as getting back in to watching the mighty Bath City FC on a regular basis.
So we’ll see how it all pans out, I’ll keep you posted on how it all goes and hopefully the big move will throw up some new stories for this blog which I’ve shamefully ignored over the last few weeks. Must dash, my dinners on the table........
Quite a lot has happened since my last entry.... Wayne Rooney has become a father, Nick Griffin has hopefully dug his political grave once and for all with a more than dodgy performance on Question Time, the world of F1 has a new British champion in the form of Jenson Button and two Irish twins called John and Edward have split the nations musical opinion down the middle.
There’s also been quite a lot happening with me. Two months ago I started a new job in sales, and on Tuesday of this week I handed in my notice. In the few short weeks I spent in the corporate world there were laughs, tears and lots and lots of cold calls, but ultimately I decided it wasn’t for me and so decided to call it a day. I can safely say it was probably the hardest job I’ve ever done and I have maximum respect for anyone who can carve out a career for themselves in such a tough industry, particularly in the current economic climate.
So with no job and finances dwindling I decided it was time to head back to my West Country roots and have just spent the last couple of hours unpacking my belongings from cardboard boxes into my bedroom where I spent most of my teenage years before heading off to Uni five years ago. For a long time I was very against the idea of moving back home to my home town of Frome in Somerset, which incidentally is where the aforementioned Jenson Button went to school, learnt to drive, and swiftly left to live in Monte Carlo once he had earned enough from his first season in F1.
Having seen the “bright lights” of London I was convinced I’d never move back home, it just seemed like a step backwards. But thinking logically I think I’m now in a position where I can save up some money for myself. I can also take this opportunity to hopefully get in touch with some old school and college friends which I haven’t seen in a long time. I’m also hoping to make some new friends through whatever job I end up getting, which in the immediate future is likely to be some Christmas temp work in the retail sector ( yes I know its only November, but you know you’ll only regret it if you leave it till the last weekend before the 25th!)
From a purely lazy point of view I’m also quite looking forward to having a few home cooked meals, getting some fresh country air inside my lungs as well as getting back in to watching the mighty Bath City FC on a regular basis.
So we’ll see how it all pans out, I’ll keep you posted on how it all goes and hopefully the big move will throw up some new stories for this blog which I’ve shamefully ignored over the last few weeks. Must dash, my dinners on the table........
Monday, 31 August 2009
"Positive Tunes"
With so much talk of economic meltdown, swine flu, unemployment and all things doom and gloom going on in the world at the moment, I thought I would share with you my top 15 “Positive Tunes”. This is a playlist I set up on my I-Tunes to play when things aren’t going too well or I am feeling particularly down for whatever reason. It’s a rather random collection by any stretch of the imagination, and features music from a surprising amount of British Indie bands, a genre I wouldn’t describe myself as a huge fan of. There’s some dance, a bit of rock, and even a rather cheesy song by the man convicted of beating up Rihanna. So listen to them, download them, or just wonder why on earth I picked them! They are in no particular order of preference.
1) Acquiesce - Oasis
2) Generator - The Holloways
3) Whatever - Oasis
4) Away From Here - The Enemy
5) No Matter What - Mistabishi
6) Shiver – Coldplay
7) Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
8) Forever - Conquest
9) Midnight In A Perfect World – DJ Shadow
10) We Made It – Linkin Park
11) Get Ready – The Temptations
12) Forever – Chris Brown
13) Death Of Auto-Tune – Jay Z
14) Touch The Sky - Kanye West
15) I Remember – Deadmau5
1) Acquiesce - Oasis
2) Generator - The Holloways
3) Whatever - Oasis
4) Away From Here - The Enemy
5) No Matter What - Mistabishi
6) Shiver – Coldplay
7) Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
8) Forever - Conquest
9) Midnight In A Perfect World – DJ Shadow
10) We Made It – Linkin Park
11) Get Ready – The Temptations
12) Forever – Chris Brown
13) Death Of Auto-Tune – Jay Z
14) Touch The Sky - Kanye West
15) I Remember – Deadmau5
Thursday, 20 August 2009
Slimy Salesman...
As much as I enjoy shows like The Apprentice and Dragons Den, I’ve never really seen myself fitting in with the whole corporate, sales driven world of business. The thought of spending my working day making hundreds of phone calls to soulless, pin stripe suit wearing “MD’s” has never been a world I thought I could cut it in. However, I have decided that if I am going to stay living in London town then I really do need to start earning some more money. So after giving it some thought and after a prod from a friend, last Friday I signed up with a recruitment agency who specialise in setting up new university graduates in sales jobs.
To my surprise they managed to set me up with an interview for the following Monday, so earlier this week I found myself sat in a rather plush meeting room in central London with seven other fresh faced, suited and booted young candidates. The last time I did a group interview was to gain my place at university, which went pretty well, so I initially went in feeling confident. This confidence soon started to dip however when after all candidates were present, I realised I was the only male in the room not wearing a suit. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t be so naive as to go to an interview in flip flops and board shorts, I had on a smart pair of trousers, shoes, a white shirt and a black v neck jumper, but no jacket or tie.
After a short talk from one of the assessors from the company recruiting, we were set to work with our first task of selling the candidate sat next to us. I know people who have been through this sort of interview task and I’ve never been too intimidated by presentations, so at first felt pretty confident. However, after speaking to my “sales pitch” sat next to me ( a smartly dressed German girl who spoke with an American twang) it was clear very quickly she was way, way more qualified in sales than me! No problem, I thought, she’ll be easy to sell.
After doing my presentation to the dozen or so people in the room, I sat and listened to the rest of the sales pitches, and after each one thought of another thing I should have put in my own. At one point the girl I’d been interviewing also slipped me a note informing me I’d forgotten to put in my pitch that she spoke “conversational Taiwanese”. “I shouldn’t worry yourself” I thought, “I’m sure the other half a dozen languages I mentioned you speak will count in your favour.”
Next on the agenda was a group exercise where we had to imagine we were stranded on a sinking boat in the middle of the ocean with 15 items salvaged, and put them in order of importance to survive. It became apparent very quickly that I am no Ray Mears or Andy McNab, as the rest of the group disagreed with just about everything I suggested we put near the top of the list. No problem I thought, the face to face, one on one interview will be my chance to win them over....
However, this stage only lasted about 2 minutes where I was asked to describe my biggest weakness as a candidate, “pray tell, what are you supposed to say when asked this in an interview???”, and was asked if I had ever been described as being “too casual?”. Later I wondered if this was due to my non wearing of a suit, although I maintain that if I had worn the whole three piece complete with tie, I would have arrived sweating and rather red in the face, as Monday was fairly hot.
Suffice to say, I was not invited to a second interview, but I would definitely feel more confident about a second similar interview. I have a couple of friends working in sales who earn more in commission than I do at all in a month, so it’s something I want to pursue. I will keep you posted, and if anyone knows something intelligent to say when asked what their biggest weakness is, then please feel free to comment.......
To my surprise they managed to set me up with an interview for the following Monday, so earlier this week I found myself sat in a rather plush meeting room in central London with seven other fresh faced, suited and booted young candidates. The last time I did a group interview was to gain my place at university, which went pretty well, so I initially went in feeling confident. This confidence soon started to dip however when after all candidates were present, I realised I was the only male in the room not wearing a suit. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t be so naive as to go to an interview in flip flops and board shorts, I had on a smart pair of trousers, shoes, a white shirt and a black v neck jumper, but no jacket or tie.
After a short talk from one of the assessors from the company recruiting, we were set to work with our first task of selling the candidate sat next to us. I know people who have been through this sort of interview task and I’ve never been too intimidated by presentations, so at first felt pretty confident. However, after speaking to my “sales pitch” sat next to me ( a smartly dressed German girl who spoke with an American twang) it was clear very quickly she was way, way more qualified in sales than me! No problem, I thought, she’ll be easy to sell.
After doing my presentation to the dozen or so people in the room, I sat and listened to the rest of the sales pitches, and after each one thought of another thing I should have put in my own. At one point the girl I’d been interviewing also slipped me a note informing me I’d forgotten to put in my pitch that she spoke “conversational Taiwanese”. “I shouldn’t worry yourself” I thought, “I’m sure the other half a dozen languages I mentioned you speak will count in your favour.”
Next on the agenda was a group exercise where we had to imagine we were stranded on a sinking boat in the middle of the ocean with 15 items salvaged, and put them in order of importance to survive. It became apparent very quickly that I am no Ray Mears or Andy McNab, as the rest of the group disagreed with just about everything I suggested we put near the top of the list. No problem I thought, the face to face, one on one interview will be my chance to win them over....
However, this stage only lasted about 2 minutes where I was asked to describe my biggest weakness as a candidate, “pray tell, what are you supposed to say when asked this in an interview???”, and was asked if I had ever been described as being “too casual?”. Later I wondered if this was due to my non wearing of a suit, although I maintain that if I had worn the whole three piece complete with tie, I would have arrived sweating and rather red in the face, as Monday was fairly hot.
Suffice to say, I was not invited to a second interview, but I would definitely feel more confident about a second similar interview. I have a couple of friends working in sales who earn more in commission than I do at all in a month, so it’s something I want to pursue. I will keep you posted, and if anyone knows something intelligent to say when asked what their biggest weakness is, then please feel free to comment.......
Sunday, 16 August 2009
Its Here!!!!!!!
Yes, after a full 10 weeks since the last one finished, the new Premier League season is upon us! There will be tears, cheers, wonder goals scores, sitters missed, red cards dished out and strops thrown by managers and players alike. It seems the hype surrounding this season is more intense than ever before, maybe because the amount of money thrown at players this season is truly eye watering when there is supposed to be a recession taking place. Cristiano Ronaldo was sold to Real Madrid for £80 million earlier in the summer, which is even more staggering when you realise the entire Newcastle United Football Club is up for sale for only a fraction more at £100 million. That’s stadium, squad, training ground and hideous yellow away kit all inclusive.
So what’s going to happen?? Well I am predicting the usual big four will be in contention. Arsenal have started all guns blazing and hit Everton for six in their first game on Saturday, Chelsea just scraped a win against a plucky Hull City, Drogba getting the winner in the last few moments of the game (an annoying trait which will probably continue through the season). Manchester United eased to a 1-0 win over Birmingham City today, but Liverpool slipped up against a much improved Tottenham. Portsmouth were dire in their game with Fulham and are my tip to go down this year. I believe every season needs a big club to get relegated or at least spend a lot of time in the bottom three. Newcastle did it last year, and I think Pompey will fill that role this time.
I sincerely hope that Manchester City fail in their attempts to buy their way into footballs elite, and that’s not just because I’m a United fan! They aren’t the only club who have spent vast amounts of money on their squad this summer, but their whole attitude towards buying players stinks. Mark Hugh’s seems to think they have the divine right to sign anybody they want even if the players they look at are under contract. They’ve been a self proclaimed “big club” for 5 minutes and hopefully have a long way to go before getting anywhere near the title.
I’d like to feel sorry for those who don’t watch football and have their TV schedules and conversations taken over by the beautiful game, but the fact is I know I’m just going to get too wrapped up in it all. So sit back, relax and enjoy the nine month roller coaster ride.
So what’s going to happen?? Well I am predicting the usual big four will be in contention. Arsenal have started all guns blazing and hit Everton for six in their first game on Saturday, Chelsea just scraped a win against a plucky Hull City, Drogba getting the winner in the last few moments of the game (an annoying trait which will probably continue through the season). Manchester United eased to a 1-0 win over Birmingham City today, but Liverpool slipped up against a much improved Tottenham. Portsmouth were dire in their game with Fulham and are my tip to go down this year. I believe every season needs a big club to get relegated or at least spend a lot of time in the bottom three. Newcastle did it last year, and I think Pompey will fill that role this time.
I sincerely hope that Manchester City fail in their attempts to buy their way into footballs elite, and that’s not just because I’m a United fan! They aren’t the only club who have spent vast amounts of money on their squad this summer, but their whole attitude towards buying players stinks. Mark Hugh’s seems to think they have the divine right to sign anybody they want even if the players they look at are under contract. They’ve been a self proclaimed “big club” for 5 minutes and hopefully have a long way to go before getting anywhere near the title.
I’d like to feel sorry for those who don’t watch football and have their TV schedules and conversations taken over by the beautiful game, but the fact is I know I’m just going to get too wrapped up in it all. So sit back, relax and enjoy the nine month roller coaster ride.
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
A Trip Down Under
Well, after weeks and weeks of saying I was going to start it, I’ve finally got my arse in gear and am starting a blog. The content of which will be based around things going on in my life and a lot of my own opinions on things happening in the news in the UK and abroad. Feel free to comment or just stop in and read as you stop on your journey surfing the net....
So recently I’ve been thinking about going on a holiday, but not just your average two week package holiday somewhere in Europe, I’m thinking of going on a yearlong working holiday to Australia. After a friend sent me the details of a similar trip she’s thinking of doing to Canada I decided to have a look and see what’s available. At the moment I’m still living and working in London, which is great, but to be honest I want to start progressing and start doing something a bit more exciting with my time. Don’t get me wrong, I think London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, it is also however one of the most expensive, and while I’m not exactly earning a bankers salary it’s sometimes hard to find the cash to really go out and properly enjoy my time here.
So my plan is to move back home with my folks for a bit, save up some cash, enrol on the working abroad scheme I’ve been looking at and then hopefully fly out some time next summer. I’ve got a few friends who have done gap years and they all seem to have reams of stories to tell, and even my parents are encouraging me to go. I’m set on Australia for several reasons.....
a) Hands down, the weather is better!
b) It seems fairly easy to get a working visa, this can’t be said of the USA which was also an option.
c) I would be able to get to places like Hong Kong, Thailand and New Zealand very easily to do some extra travelling.
d) The people seem very easy going, and more importantly, very into their sport!
Everyone I have spoken to has so far been supportive of this little venture of mine, so we'll see how things go. Anyone who has done a gap year I would appreciate your input as I'm always open to suggestions.....
So recently I’ve been thinking about going on a holiday, but not just your average two week package holiday somewhere in Europe, I’m thinking of going on a yearlong working holiday to Australia. After a friend sent me the details of a similar trip she’s thinking of doing to Canada I decided to have a look and see what’s available. At the moment I’m still living and working in London, which is great, but to be honest I want to start progressing and start doing something a bit more exciting with my time. Don’t get me wrong, I think London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, it is also however one of the most expensive, and while I’m not exactly earning a bankers salary it’s sometimes hard to find the cash to really go out and properly enjoy my time here.
So my plan is to move back home with my folks for a bit, save up some cash, enrol on the working abroad scheme I’ve been looking at and then hopefully fly out some time next summer. I’ve got a few friends who have done gap years and they all seem to have reams of stories to tell, and even my parents are encouraging me to go. I’m set on Australia for several reasons.....
a) Hands down, the weather is better!
b) It seems fairly easy to get a working visa, this can’t be said of the USA which was also an option.
c) I would be able to get to places like Hong Kong, Thailand and New Zealand very easily to do some extra travelling.
d) The people seem very easy going, and more importantly, very into their sport!
Everyone I have spoken to has so far been supportive of this little venture of mine, so we'll see how things go. Anyone who has done a gap year I would appreciate your input as I'm always open to suggestions.....
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