sidenote- Got a job!

hey. I know this hasn't been updated for a while though hopefully that should start changing, I'll start uploading my daily entries from way back in Cambodia tomorrow, though just thought I'd let you know how the last couple of weeks have been in Auckland. Highlights include going to the All Blacks-Ireland game, playing a few more games of football and futsal, won a few games which was nice, had sunday funday where we got hammered, went out yday on town and had a grand night, chilled out and went up one tree hill. Though by far the best highlight was getting a job, sorted by Dave, a lovely bloke in my football team. I'm working for Skinny Mobile, a new network, making outbound calls upgrading people's phones which will soon be made redundant by their antiquated network being switched off, it's chilled out, good people, well paid plus has a few perks, such as free credit. I'm working monday to friday, 9-5:30 in the city centre which is walkable, so all is good. No lowlights to share as there hasn't been any, loving my hostel and the people that fill it, spend alot of time hanging out and catching up on each others days and having dinner. lots of love x

sidenote- good on yer liz

hey. it's monday and everyone has it off for the queens jubilee. i've had a really good couple of days. On saturday i met up with my mate Andy, a lovely bloke who i met on the trans sib, he took me around and got a back account sorted, then he took me over to Mission bay where we had a burgerfuel, naturally i got the bastard and it was stunning. we went for a little wander, he drove me round the town pointing out cool bits and pieces, we checked out an outlet centre then went to watch his football team play. they were short so i played the full 90mins at centre back, we lost 3-2, it was a dreadful standard though was good to be out there running round again, they gave me some kit and i'm down to play next week. in the evening i cooked meself a meal and watched moneyball with people. sunday was a chill out day, i read my book for a few hours, finished LOTRs pt 1, walked up mt eden with a few people and had a glass of wine up there and then Matt (a chef staying at the hostel) did a roast dinner which was amazing. he did bloody well and cooked for 23 people, we all washed up and mooched a bit, played scrabble. this morn done some washing and looking for jobs, prob go for a run later. oh, didn't go to the blues game on sat, i was with Naomi who would rather go to the all blacks game against ireland this coming sat at eden park (where the World cup final was), so have got tickets!!! hells yeah!!!

sidenote: a plain hey

hey. so, just finished my first day at work, was door to door and not for me, so I phoned up the bloke, left a message on his voicemail stating i no longer wished to do it. Sitting in the internet cafe a bloke has just offered me a job in a call centre, so need to email him my details and chase it up. I went to football training and really enjoyed it, though everyone was taller, faster, fitter and just better at football then me, though really good to be out playing again. tomorrow i'm meeting up with my mate andy to have a look around and set up a bank account, then the blues game in the evening with a girl from teh hostel if she's managed to sort tickets, then sunday no plans. i'm off to the pub now with some people from work, ta ra

sidenote -Kia Ora

howdy. been busy in auckland so far, spent the first day chilling out and getting my bearings, walked up mt eden (a former volcano) which offered panoramic views of the city, and a damn fine rainbow, then went to the pub for quiz night, beers are dearer here so need a job. yesterday spent doing jobs, getting my ird number (national insurance thingy), a sim card so i'm back on the grid and applying for jobs, cooked in the evening, chatted away. this morning arranged an interview which i've just got out of, they phoned me up shortly after and asked for me to come in an hour for training. also applying for other jobs n the meantime. not 100% sure about the job, it's door to door setting up milkmens round, though the guy was really nice and they seem a laid back company, it's not about the hard push or nowt, and their sister company in oz is one of the fastest growing companies over there so they must be doing something right. tonight if i get out of training in time going football training with my roommate chris, havent played for a year so see how shit and unfit i am. lots of love, xx

sidenote- alright bro? (only one real kiwi has said hello to me and that is what he said, he even had a tat all over his face and a umrbella in a sheath like a sword))

hello. a quickie. i'm in auckland safe and well. i'nm in a cool hostel with lots of long termers and a cool vibe. nz is clean, quiet, pleasant and friendly. but internet is not free and is quite expensive, and done on data usage, hence why emails are going unanswered till i get on a cheaper internet cafe. things are looking up, met some lovely people who have taken me under various wings and shown me the ropes, been to the pub and had a couple of beers and done the quiz. things are expensive here though not outrageous, i just need to earn some money, so spending tomorrow looking for work, i'm going to take any work i can get, even temporary catering work and continue looking for work more attractive to me, though i need an income and i;m not fussy and have a can do attitude. once i get a job will i look at moving out of the hostel, which isnt that expensive. i;n beeping, love you all

side note- Sawatdee Kap

hey. i'm back in Bangkok, arrived last night with Robyn and Olga, a canadian and londoner who are lovely and did a bit of burma with. checked into a nice hotel with a swimming pool (!) and have a few days to get jobs done. i'm in the process of buying my flight to Auckland, more then likely for monday, which gives me 5 full days to get shit done, assemble half a new wardrobe so i don't look like a complete hobo, get a check up at the dentist, eat like a king at fancy restaurants for thailand (4-6quid) as restaurants will be expensive and why not eh? Plus the tedious task of job hunting and the exciting task of flat hunting, something which i've never done before and really looking forward to it, Andy (a mate i met on the trans-sib) has filled me in on the areas that i should be looking at, so will sift through the options and ping out viewing emails. I'm still in my 'over-it' mood, i'm looking forward to leaving asia and am starting to think alot more proactively about the sort of lifestyle i want to lead in NZ. I'll start updating this blog proper tomorrow, I have alot of catching up to do today. in depth emails should be away in the next couple of days and hopefully phone home either tonight or tomorrow, my room has wi-fi so should be a sound connection. i'm also looking to getting on the razz as my alcohol free month is over and need to remind myself that i'm fun, though Khao san is eerily quiet at the mo. anywho, lots of love x

sidenote-mingalaba!

Mingalaba! i'm currently in Pyin U Lwin, a former British hill station having a much needed chill out day. It's cooler up here (no more then thirty, where in Mandalay it hovered about 41) and tomorrow i'm jumping on the train to Hsipaw, a much acclaimed journey including the Gokteik Viaduct. So far i've been sensory blown away by Yangon, simultaneously over-awed and under-awed by Bagan, unlovingly embraced by Mandalay and molly-cuddled by Pyin U Lwin. I'm travelling with a lovely swiss girl called Evie. I'm following the railway then bus-sing back to Mandalay and then southwards to Inle Lake, hopefully Kyaikhto and back to Yangon to fly back to Bangkok. I still don't have a flight yet though don't know when i want to leave, will go back to Bangkok, have a last hurrah and head to New Zealand me thinks. Lots of love x