It's the Final Countdown
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wow. The last 10 days have been hectic.
First of all, I achieved my new year's resolution of running the Run Melbourne half marathon. I was stoked with my time of 2.04.49 - less than 6 minutes per km.
I was originally supposed to finish work tomorrow (Wed 28th July) but due to Papa's funeral being held on the week-end I decided to finish last Thursday (22nd July). I drove to Nowra on Friday (about 9 hours) and spent the week-end there before returning to Melbourne yesterday. Now I'm concentrating on packing and moving. The removalists come tomorrow at midday, then I have to drop in my laptop to the Accenture office at 4pm before my farewell (bowling, karaoke, and drinks at QV). Thursday is a big day of cleaning before the final inspection on Friday morning, after which I will drive to Canberra. I'm going to take about 4 days to drive up to QLD - first night in Canberra; second night in Sydney; third night on the Gold Coast before fourth night at Mum and Dad's.
I was supposed to find out about my job at Whistler 3 weeks ago, and I've been stressing that no news has come through. I'm dependent on finalising the job so I can book flights, accommodation in Canada, and receive my orientation booklet from OWH. Luckily today I received a phone call from Emma at OWH to say I had been offered a job of "Advanced Sales Host" at Whistler. My wage will be about $12.85 an hour - apparently this is good money!!
In every holiday, I always have a 'holiday from my holiday'. For this trip, I've just booked a week at Le Meridien in Phuket. AirAsiaGo had a fantastic deal that I couldn't refuse. It looks like such an amazing resort, including 7 restaurants, a tennis instructor, gym classes and a private beach. I watched the movie "The Beach" with Leonard DiCaprio for the first time the other night and absolutely loved it. I plan to read the book whilst in Phuket and of course venture out to Phi Phi island and Phangan Bay.
Ok, back to packing .... no rest for the wicked!
First of all, I achieved my new year's resolution of running the Run Melbourne half marathon. I was stoked with my time of 2.04.49 - less than 6 minutes per km.
I was originally supposed to finish work tomorrow (Wed 28th July) but due to Papa's funeral being held on the week-end I decided to finish last Thursday (22nd July). I drove to Nowra on Friday (about 9 hours) and spent the week-end there before returning to Melbourne yesterday. Now I'm concentrating on packing and moving. The removalists come tomorrow at midday, then I have to drop in my laptop to the Accenture office at 4pm before my farewell (bowling, karaoke, and drinks at QV). Thursday is a big day of cleaning before the final inspection on Friday morning, after which I will drive to Canberra. I'm going to take about 4 days to drive up to QLD - first night in Canberra; second night in Sydney; third night on the Gold Coast before fourth night at Mum and Dad's.
I was supposed to find out about my job at Whistler 3 weeks ago, and I've been stressing that no news has come through. I'm dependent on finalising the job so I can book flights, accommodation in Canada, and receive my orientation booklet from OWH. Luckily today I received a phone call from Emma at OWH to say I had been offered a job of "Advanced Sales Host" at Whistler. My wage will be about $12.85 an hour - apparently this is good money!!
In every holiday, I always have a 'holiday from my holiday'. For this trip, I've just booked a week at Le Meridien in Phuket. AirAsiaGo had a fantastic deal that I couldn't refuse. It looks like such an amazing resort, including 7 restaurants, a tennis instructor, gym classes and a private beach. I watched the movie "The Beach" with Leonard DiCaprio for the first time the other night and absolutely loved it. I plan to read the book whilst in Phuket and of course venture out to Phi Phi island and Phangan Bay.
Ok, back to packing .... no rest for the wicked!
Wow. I am so excited for you.
And i look forward to reading all about it.