Friday, June 18, 2010
Two Years in Auckland
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alkaline-kiwi |
Thursday the 17th of June marked two years since I packed my bags, plus boxes and boxes of books, and moved up to Auckland.
What made me move up here in the first place? Well I guess first of all I did it for love. I have an amazing boyfriend who I was doing the long-distance relationship thing with and on a two week holiday up here with him I made the decision that I wanted to move up to Auckland.
The preparing to move up was harder than the decision as I went through all my stuff in Greymouth. What clothes did I take, what books, what little pieces of my life went with me?
When I first moved up my plans were to find a job as soon as possible so I could be kept busy. But despite my best efforts and a lot of applications I never got past the first interview. So I decided to study instead and after attending a careers expo decided to apply to study at the International Travel College, which I started a couple of days after my birthday in 2008.
Being in the past a rather average student I was pleasantly surprised that I did quite well studying Travel and Tourism and finished the first part of my course with distinction. So I was happy and feeling fufilled.
After I finished studying in October last year I took a break for a month, relaxing in Auckland and visiting my hometown of Greymouth for a couple of weeks. Then in November, after sending my CV through ITC I was hired as a travel consultant for InterCity which is where I have worked for the past six or so months.
I believe that moving to Auckland was one of the best decisions I have ever made and while my time here so far has not all been sunshine and lollipops I have had a a good time mostly with some notable things being as follows.
What made me move up here in the first place? Well I guess first of all I did it for love. I have an amazing boyfriend who I was doing the long-distance relationship thing with and on a two week holiday up here with him I made the decision that I wanted to move up to Auckland.
The preparing to move up was harder than the decision as I went through all my stuff in Greymouth. What clothes did I take, what books, what little pieces of my life went with me?
When I first moved up my plans were to find a job as soon as possible so I could be kept busy. But despite my best efforts and a lot of applications I never got past the first interview. So I decided to study instead and after attending a careers expo decided to apply to study at the International Travel College, which I started a couple of days after my birthday in 2008.
Being in the past a rather average student I was pleasantly surprised that I did quite well studying Travel and Tourism and finished the first part of my course with distinction. So I was happy and feeling fufilled.
After I finished studying in October last year I took a break for a month, relaxing in Auckland and visiting my hometown of Greymouth for a couple of weeks. Then in November, after sending my CV through ITC I was hired as a travel consultant for InterCity which is where I have worked for the past six or so months.
I believe that moving to Auckland was one of the best decisions I have ever made and while my time here so far has not all been sunshine and lollipops I have had a a good time mostly with some notable things being as follows.
- Seeing some awesome bands live
- Doing the Sky Jump off the Sky Tower
- Being part of some awesome meetup groups such as the Auckland BookCrossers, NaNoWriMo/Script Frenzy Write Ins and Auckland Game Works
- Being part of a church that welcomed me right from the start
- Studying and then working as a result of that in a job that I really enjoy
- And finally but most importantly is living with someone who I love very much and who loves me back. Who is supportive, caring and encouraging in all that I do. The wonderful Erik.
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The road to procrastination is paved with good intentions. Well that isn't the quote exactly but you get the idea.
It was April when I last updated this thing. April! A lot has happened since then including my graduation from the International Travel College which I graduated with Merit and with the College Life Award for the City Road Campus (which also won me a voucher to do the Sky Walk 360) and having my family visiting from the West Coast.
The main point of this post is that I am going to follow my partner Erik's lead with his blog updates and aim to update my blog three times a week which will tentatively be on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will be updating again later today as my actual post for Friday.
It was April when I last updated this thing. April! A lot has happened since then including my graduation from the International Travel College which I graduated with Merit and with the College Life Award for the City Road Campus (which also won me a voucher to do the Sky Walk 360) and having my family visiting from the West Coast.
The main point of this post is that I am going to follow my partner Erik's lead with his blog updates and aim to update my blog three times a week which will tentatively be on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will be updating again later today as my actual post for Friday.
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