Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work. Show all posts
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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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Kick Ass
Well so much for updating regularly, I was intending to post every few days or so but for some unknown reason (probably slackness) I haven't updated for a while.
Updates since then have been that I have not being doing so well with the ol' Script Frenzy. I changed my story idea which helped but then my enthusiasm for the whole thing just kind of collapsed. However I am still giving my full support to Erik (have even offered to work on his script with him if he gets stuck) and am still attending the write-ins.
A couple of Saturdays ago I went to see Kick Ass with Erik and a couple of friends. Erik has been in a rabid fanboy frenzy about this movie ever since he first heard about it. We've both read the comic collection (looking forward to future issues too) and looked forward to seeing the film.
I'm not sure how many other countries the film has an R18 rating in. I had a good laugh during a walk recently in Newmarket where I saw a poster next to the Kick Ass movie poster stating that if you were under 18 and wanted to see the movie, you can't. Then again I remember being underage and wanting to see certain movies, being frustrated that I couldn't.. well until the DVD release anyway. I think they had DVDs then..
The movie is quite violent and while it is funny in parts some of it is kinda dark. However I enjoyed it and laughed, cheered and even went 'aww' at a few scenes. Definitely not a movie for everyone but one for those who enjoy action/comedy/superhero movies who are not easily offended.
Erik is planning on seeing it again on Tuesday so I might be able to update this post with more thoughts after we go and see it again. There's also some other movies coming out soon that I am looking forward to seeing.
In other news tomorrow I am heading up to the Bay of Islands for a work famil aboard the overnight cruise ship Ipipiri. Working in the travel and tourism industry rocks!
Updates since then have been that I have not being doing so well with the ol' Script Frenzy. I changed my story idea which helped but then my enthusiasm for the whole thing just kind of collapsed. However I am still giving my full support to Erik (have even offered to work on his script with him if he gets stuck) and am still attending the write-ins.
A couple of Saturdays ago I went to see Kick Ass with Erik and a couple of friends. Erik has been in a rabid fanboy frenzy about this movie ever since he first heard about it. We've both read the comic collection (looking forward to future issues too) and looked forward to seeing the film.
I'm not sure how many other countries the film has an R18 rating in. I had a good laugh during a walk recently in Newmarket where I saw a poster next to the Kick Ass movie poster stating that if you were under 18 and wanted to see the movie, you can't. Then again I remember being underage and wanting to see certain movies, being frustrated that I couldn't.. well until the DVD release anyway. I think they had DVDs then..
The movie is quite violent and while it is funny in parts some of it is kinda dark. However I enjoyed it and laughed, cheered and even went 'aww' at a few scenes. Definitely not a movie for everyone but one for those who enjoy action/comedy/superhero movies who are not easily offended.
Erik is planning on seeing it again on Tuesday so I might be able to update this post with more thoughts after we go and see it again. There's also some other movies coming out soon that I am looking forward to seeing.
In other news tomorrow I am heading up to the Bay of Islands for a work famil aboard the overnight cruise ship Ipipiri. Working in the travel and tourism industry rocks!
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