So now that i have managed to stick out a job for over a week I can finally start planning the next stage of my trip!!
I had a bit of an impulse buy yesterday..I was just going down to the local markets for something to do for the morning and on the way i happened across some car dealerships, so I thought i would just pop in and have a look at some, without the intention of buying a car (plus i knew there properly wouldnt be any in my price range) However, the next thing i know i spot one that i like and the salesman comes over and starts talking to me, he then shows me a few cheaper cars round the back that had just come in that day. All of a sudden im test driving the first car that i saw, when we got back, to make it look like i knew what i was doing and talking about i wanted to know everything about the car and even went round checking the tires and asked to see under the bonet..now if there was something wrong with the engine then i wouldnt have had a clue, but least it meant i could watch his reaction when i asked and he didnt think anything of it so i guessed that it was ok. After a little bit of negotiation on the price i managed to knock of $250 and all of a sudden i know own my own car!!! I never made it to the market that day :) haha
However with the car i can now get started on what i want to do when i leave Perth at the end of Febuary. Originally i was going to use the greyhound bus pass that my parents brought me, to go up the north coast, but i think it would be better used to go up the south coast as there is more to see over there and i would prop meet more people. So now i am planning on driving up the east coast which then means i can stop where ever i want including monkey mia and shark bay, which are meant to be really good dive sites. All i need to do is buy a tent and some thing to cook on, for the times that i dont get to a hostel and have to stay at a camp site instead (which there are plenty of).
I am happy now that i actually have a firm plan in mind as I started to waiver off course and didnt really know what i wanted to do anymore, which was kinda getting me down. But its all good now, and i just need to keep my job up and bring in the money!!
Friday, 23 December 2011
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Here I Go Again
So its been a couple of weeks but thats because nothing interesting has been happening untill now.....
I finally got myself another job, I went along to the information meeting with Holly and we thought that it sounded ok and decided to give it a go. I was a little bit doubtfull as it involved selling antlers to random people who are going about doing their own thing around shopping centers and around the streets. However I gave it a shot. We had our first day doing this yesterday (Sunday the 11th) and after about 3 hours we had already decided it was a load of rubbish and we didnt really want to do it any more. What didnt help was the fact that we thought we could go around together and sell them but when we got there (i cant remember her name, so we shall call her the grumpy woman) the grumpy woman split us up and told us where we had to go...now before this i had a really good loop going on where ever i went i was actually selling alot, but the loop she put me on was rubbish and i sold 2 in an hour!! so this was stupid. Also the weather that day was really hot, so you can imagine walking around looking like a complete idiot with all these antlers up your arms and around your waist, which was so uncomfortable in the heat. Also Holly and me had to be up at 6 that morning as the bus want running to the train station on Sundays so we had an hours walk to the train station to start of with, a lovely 3 mile walk to start the morning off didnt seem all that bad, but when you add it to the other 7 or 8 miles of walking we did that day, as you can imagine, we were slightly fed up!! To add to my tiedness, i actually woke up at about 3 in the morning and then could not get back to sleep at all so i had actually been awake since 3 not 6. Good times :)
We decided to head back early as grumpy woman was annoying us, so off we went to get some lunch and then headed back to the base in Subiaco and counted up all the money when we got there. Now to get paid, we get 15% of what ever we raise each day...not much i hear you say...well you would be correct Holly and me both came away with $20 which meant that by the time we add in the travel and lunch we actually broke even, meaning it was a waste of a day!!! Hence the reason i have not gone back to that job today!
But on the bright side of life, I am now in a house and i have a room to myself which is the best feeling ever! I dont have to worry about waking anyone else up if i come in late or if i have to be up early and i can actaully relax! I have a lovely see view from my bedroom and the house has a pool, its a 5 minute walk to the beach and a 5 minute walk to the shopping center and the bus stop. So all in all i am pretty happy with it at the moment.
Right alot of you know what i am like with my sunglasses and the fact that i always loss them but somehow they always manage to come back to me! Well...last night a few of us went fishing down at the beach, and i was happily sat there and thought i would just lie back for a moment...forgetting i had my sunglasses on my head...and what happens, they fall off my head and go down inbetween the rocks and all the way down!!! I couldnt believe it, my nice, newish glasses and i have just dropped them down the rocks, it looked like i wouldnt be able to get them back and i was ready to give up (as this always happens) but then John, lovely John, comes along with his head torch and says that they havent gone down as far as i thought so he managed to jump down between the rocks and get them back for me. They do now have a few scrathes but nothing i cant cope with!! Just glad i got them back!
I am slowly getting into the christmas mood now, I went and watched Auther Christmas the other day, for those of you who havent seen it i think you should! It is amazing!! I have even brought some christmas crackers for our christmas day at the beach :D looking forward to it now, cant believe it is only 2 weeks away!!
Think i might have bored you all enough now bye.
I finally got myself another job, I went along to the information meeting with Holly and we thought that it sounded ok and decided to give it a go. I was a little bit doubtfull as it involved selling antlers to random people who are going about doing their own thing around shopping centers and around the streets. However I gave it a shot. We had our first day doing this yesterday (Sunday the 11th) and after about 3 hours we had already decided it was a load of rubbish and we didnt really want to do it any more. What didnt help was the fact that we thought we could go around together and sell them but when we got there (i cant remember her name, so we shall call her the grumpy woman) the grumpy woman split us up and told us where we had to go...now before this i had a really good loop going on where ever i went i was actually selling alot, but the loop she put me on was rubbish and i sold 2 in an hour!! so this was stupid. Also the weather that day was really hot, so you can imagine walking around looking like a complete idiot with all these antlers up your arms and around your waist, which was so uncomfortable in the heat. Also Holly and me had to be up at 6 that morning as the bus want running to the train station on Sundays so we had an hours walk to the train station to start of with, a lovely 3 mile walk to start the morning off didnt seem all that bad, but when you add it to the other 7 or 8 miles of walking we did that day, as you can imagine, we were slightly fed up!! To add to my tiedness, i actually woke up at about 3 in the morning and then could not get back to sleep at all so i had actually been awake since 3 not 6. Good times :)
We decided to head back early as grumpy woman was annoying us, so off we went to get some lunch and then headed back to the base in Subiaco and counted up all the money when we got there. Now to get paid, we get 15% of what ever we raise each day...not much i hear you say...well you would be correct Holly and me both came away with $20 which meant that by the time we add in the travel and lunch we actually broke even, meaning it was a waste of a day!!! Hence the reason i have not gone back to that job today!
But on the bright side of life, I am now in a house and i have a room to myself which is the best feeling ever! I dont have to worry about waking anyone else up if i come in late or if i have to be up early and i can actaully relax! I have a lovely see view from my bedroom and the house has a pool, its a 5 minute walk to the beach and a 5 minute walk to the shopping center and the bus stop. So all in all i am pretty happy with it at the moment.
Right alot of you know what i am like with my sunglasses and the fact that i always loss them but somehow they always manage to come back to me! Well...last night a few of us went fishing down at the beach, and i was happily sat there and thought i would just lie back for a moment...forgetting i had my sunglasses on my head...and what happens, they fall off my head and go down inbetween the rocks and all the way down!!! I couldnt believe it, my nice, newish glasses and i have just dropped them down the rocks, it looked like i wouldnt be able to get them back and i was ready to give up (as this always happens) but then John, lovely John, comes along with his head torch and says that they havent gone down as far as i thought so he managed to jump down between the rocks and get them back for me. They do now have a few scrathes but nothing i cant cope with!! Just glad i got them back!
I am slowly getting into the christmas mood now, I went and watched Auther Christmas the other day, for those of you who havent seen it i think you should! It is amazing!! I have even brought some christmas crackers for our christmas day at the beach :D looking forward to it now, cant believe it is only 2 weeks away!!
Think i might have bored you all enough now bye.
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