A day of weird packing...

by **drowningbitbybit** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:14 am

This evening, Im flying to Sydney. Partly for a job interview, partly for some surfing. So right now Im packing, and its making a very odd mix...

Suit, Wetsuit.
Tie, Leash.
Shirt, Boardshorts.
Shoes, Flip flops.
Laptop, Surfboard.
CV, Fins.
Powerpoint presentation, wax.
Memory key, Fin key. :lol:

And damn you Qantas for your 20 kilo weight limit... :evil:

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by **Dr Rev** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:17 am

Not packing any scundies then ?? :wink:

by **kitesurfer** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:23 am

Have fun dude.

KS

by **Ellie** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:27 am

Good luck and have fun!! Hope it all goes well

by **pat42** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:40 am

I dont think you'll be needing your shorts and flipflops.............it'll be cold in Sydney now

Good luck with the interview

by **drowningbitbybit** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:01 pm

pat42 wrote:I dont think you'll be needing your shorts and flipflops.............it'll be cold in Sydney now

I LIVE in shorts and flipflops... even in the UK winter, so the predicted 13 degrees with sunshine will be fine

As for the interview... it will all be a lot simpler if I dont get it and then I can just get on with moving to sydney for the job that Ive already been offered :lol:

(Im not good at decisions...) :roll:

by **pat42** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:06 pm

drowningbitbybit wrote: the predicted 13 degrees with sunshine will be fine

I'd be in 2 layers of thermal underwear

by **Luke** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:31 pm

Good luck with the interview dude!

by **Bewilderbeast** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:28 pm

All the best mate, hope everything goes well.

by **CheeZee** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:37 pm

..ooh ..just in time to wave you off !!!

" have a great time bro and im sure the interview will go sweeeeet :wink:

All the best .. CheeZerino .. the surreal businessman :lol:

Dbbb is..

..somewhere warmer than here !!

by **^*^BATMAN^*^** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:36 pm

Best of luck dude.

by **Phil** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:12 pm

have a good trip mate, give us a shout when you get back sadly ill more then likely be working every weekend up until you leave, so will have to try and get down mid week for a cornwall session

by **libby** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:55 pm

Have a good one matey, im very jealous as always, although i'm thinking of saving up some money and heading in that direction at some point next year to do some volunteer work with whales before starting back at uni (if i get a PhD) so make a mental note to leave some hobbit sized floor space!

by **kitesurfer** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:08 pm

Phil wrote:sadly ill more then likely be working every weekend up until you leave

*sprays hobgoblin all over the computer screen* I'll believe it when i see it!

KS

by **CheeZee** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:59 pm

* sprays Jd all over a Hobgobblin sprayed screen ... :lol:

" you'll be doing what Phil ?! ... why .. you on Community Service or summat ? :wink:

by **Phil** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:12 pm

ive got a job in orange call center, but after my first day of team buliding i was ready to stab the women in the throat

fist we were given crayons and asked to draw our life and share it with the others (there now stuck above my desk) :shock:

then when ever she refured to the customers she refered to them as raving fans, as in we need to make them raving fans.

the guide to what we are going to learn says stuff like

Tuesday 3pm cooking class with jamie oliver teaches you the pukka in puk codes

wendsday 2pm - survival show your skills that you have learned for the survial of your tribe

but to top it all off she gave us photos of people in the company then made us go off and find them.

ive never felt so imbaressed let alone pissed off all i could do was think of nasty ways of torturing her

and ive got 3 weeks of it :bang:

by **CheeZee** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:23 pm

lmao.. my buddy works for orange but he gets left alone as he's one of their high ranking communication nerds (no offence T') ..but he's often told me stories of what the new sales peeps have to go through ..and bro .. you have my sincere empathy ..cause it aint over for ya yet :lol:

CheeZee's Bolloxford dictionary definition of Team building:

.. embarrass the staff into doing their job properly or they get more Team building excercises!!

by **Phil** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:33 pm

im allready looking for a new job mate, will stick this out as long as i can

by **Real Pol** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:03 pm

Phil wrote:ive got a job in orange call center

Man that sounds a nightmare!

I'll have to be nice next time I'm complaining to orange about the fact my phone goes dead with a full signal and I get network busy at 5am!

How is the surf in India?

by **drowningbitbybit** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:43 am

...at Phil.
It was worth buying some hotel internet time just for that :wink:

So, been to wollongong for the interview.... er... weird place. Lovely beaches and breaks, lovely mountains, lovely university.... but thats it, nothing else. At all. Ive been eating bread rolls and mars bars for days 'cos there's nowhere to buy food once the sun goes down (at 5.30pm...) :roll:

But the interview went okay. And had a couple of good surfs - small but nice and clean, and even though the weather is freezing, the water is nice and warm.

British airways destroyed my board though, the b@stards. Huge ding in it (photos to follow, when Im back). A temporary patch is keeping it together though for now.

And now Ive just arrived in cronulla (south sydney) and the apartment is rather xxxxx

Surf has picked right up, and looking a bit scary :shock:

Bit messy, not sure if its do-able yet but we'll see.

Right, Im off to get some proper food... :party:

A day of weird packing...

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