Holidays at last

I am just starting 2 weeks holidays and I can't wait. We are up in Perth for two weeks (back in civilisation) with pretty much nothing to do. We do have Stacey's sister's wedding on the last weekend, but that is about all. I have my wireless set up at mum's house, so I am all ready to go. I went to Mum's graduation last night. She now has a Bachelor of Business, Double Major in Informations Systems and Information Management. Congratulations.

Sick as a dog

I have had the last two days off work, feeling really bad. It feels like the flu, chesty cough, headaches, aching bones. It has not been a good couple of days. Today I am waiting around for the dickhead plumber to come fix the cold water tap in the shower. He was supposed to have fixed it last time he came, but I had my doubts about it at the time. We kind of fixed it ourselves, but the GEHA people told us to still get him to come and replace the part anyway. The housing people know that he is a dickhead, yet for some reason they still use him. It's not like he's the only plumber in town either. Although one of the other plumbers in town is a bit of a dickhead too. If the plumber gets here early enough I might try and get in to see a doctor, I probably need some antibiotics to get over this thing a bit quicker.

Ashes loss good for Cricket

I think that England winning the Ashes back is good for cricket. Did you see how many people went to the test matches over there? How many people go to test cricket in this country? I can't really remember every day of a test match in Australia being sold out months in advance. Hopefully this will increase the interest in cricket here as much as it did in England. Now we just have to wait for the Super series against the Rest of the World team. I think the Aussies have a real tough battle there.

Holidays Soon

I am taking two weeks off over the school holiays and I can't wait. I haven't had any time off since February, and I do like my time off. I don't know whether I'll have any time off over summer between jobs when we move back to Perth. It may be that I start in a new job 3-4 days after finishing down here, and then I'll have to work for another 6-12 months before I am able to take any holidays. I think we have pretty much decided that we are moving back up to Perth at the end of the year whether Stacey gets a transfer or not. If she doesn't get a transfer then she will just try to get a short term appointment or at worst do relief teaching. I can't wait to get back into real work in IT instead of just selling computers. It is really what I enjoy doing, like the website that I am currently working on for my step-dad's real estate company

Time to start looking for a job

I got an answer to my application for that graduate position today and it wasn't good.

Dear Christopher,

Thank you for expressing interest in a graduate position with Company and for taking the time to participate in a telephone interview, psychometric testing and a face to face interview.

We have taken into consideration the results of the telephone interview, psychometric testing and face to face interview and have compared your skills, background and experiences against the requirements of the positions we have available.

As you can appreciate, the overall calibre of the graduate candidates that attended the face to face interview were very high. Unfortunately on this occasion, we regret to advise you that we will not be progressing your application further with us.

We really do appreciate the time you have taken and we thank you for considering Company as a prospective employer.

We sincerely wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

Kind Regards

Company Graduate Recruitment Team

So now it is time to start looking for a real job in Perth. I will probably start looking towards the end of October. If I get offered a job they will probably want me to start straight away, so I'll start looking at what type of jobs are coming up now and get into it seriously later.

Happy Father's Day

Happy father's day to all the dads out there, especially mine ;-) We have just got back from a weekend in Perth. We went out to dinner on Saturday night at the Moon and Sixpence for Stacey's Dad's 50th birthday. The food was really good and pretty well priced. Today we had a bbq lunch for Father's Day at Stacey's parents house.