After having a breakdown yesterday because of the frustration I was feeling about trying to get a job. (Not even a career job, just any job that will help towards the funds and allow me to enjoy myself in Australia). I read this today: Sometimes you swing and you miss, but every step is a … Continue reading Rejection: part 2
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Being rejected
I feel as though I’ve been seriously lacking in keeping up with my blog posts, in all honesty, I’ve been so busy attempting to get a job, working in a job that hasn’t been overly enjoyable and just feeling too deflated to reflect and create a post. I’ve been to a few job interviews over … Continue reading Being rejected
Hot Christmas or cold Christmas?
Christmas without my family, was maybe one of the weirdest things I've ever experienced. Everyone does Christmas their own way, but the Australian Christmas is definitely wrong. Imagine being brought up in a city, where Christmas is cold, frosty and almost always snowy. You wear knitted jumpers, drink mulled wine and hot cider and watch … Continue reading Hot Christmas or cold Christmas?
The flat Christmas party
The flat Christmas dinner had been planned for a couple of weeks, we all had our cooking roles and we all had our own traditions we were going to bring to the table. As our flat currently consists of 2 Kiwis, 1 English, 1 Scot and 1 Scot/Aussie we had a variety of traditions which we all wanted to include. But there is one very important thing that Australian Christmas does not include, Pigs in blankets.
The man who gives free coffee
Isn’t it amazing that somebody can do a good deed which is purely selfless?
Why doesn’t Australia celebrate Halloween!?
It was a shock to the system when Halloween came around and it wasn’t -1 in the evening (imagine?!). Being brought up in Scotland you learnt to get on with it rather than to change your costume because of the weather. There has been many a Halloween night I have literally frozen but it’s okay because it’s Halloween and everyone’s the same.
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