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Working 9 to 5

Published
by
Mitch
on March 14, 2007
in Ego, Personal Blog, Sydney Life and Work
. 1 Comment

Actually for the past 4 months I’ve been working 8 to 7. I started a new job a while ago at Michael Page International as an IT Recruitment Consultant. Moving from home was a bit scary, just tossing in my job and taking my chances, but it’s completely paid off in full. I feel like for the first time I’ve trusted myself and given myself a chance to explore who I am and I’m the happiest I can remember being.

Working in such a high paced environment has it’s good points and it’s bad points. I don’t think I’ve been bored for a single second since I’ve started and I’m certainly not starved of work, but working so hard is definitely taxing and I don’t get much time during the week to do anything much. Having said that, I get every single Saturday and Sunday off and that is just awesome.

I haven’t had an internet connection since I moved to Sydney, hence the lack of updates on the sit, but hopefully I’ll remedy that very shortly and be able to write here a little more often. I’m also planning on either finishing my degree or using the credit points to a new degree via Open University, so that is going to take even more of my time.

Also, Claire and I have been together for a year in a few days. I can’t believe how happy I am - I honestly feel like everything is coming together and I owe so much of it to her. Being in Sydney, the new job, I owe it all to Claire and I think she knows it.

The Next Big Thing (part 1)

Published
by
Mitch
on October 31, 2006
in Sydney Life
. 5 Comments

Well it’s finally happened and I’ve finally made the move to Sydney. Hell, I’ve even updated my GeoTags in this webpage, now that is so Hardcore Geek™!

Sunday was my last day of work and one of the longest days I have ever worked in my entire life. I did practically nothing all day except wander around and get interrogated by everyone about what my plans were once I moved. I got really sick of admitting saying I was flying by the seat of my pants and winging it, but even more sick of being told it was a stupid thing to do.

Finish work at 4:30pm and fly to Sydney at 6:25pm. I didn’t want to waste any time, I’ve been too unhappy here for too long and getting to Sydney was really my only priority at the moment. I said goodbye to my family at the airport, stepped onto the plane and flew into my new life.

Walking into the airport I notice a sign that says, “One way - do not turn back.” I find it amusing that I have visited Sydney nearly every week or two for months now and I have never noticed this sign before. It takes significance for the first time and serves as the first thing all day that told me I was doing the right thing.

In the airport I see Claire smiling at me, she is absolutely exhausted from filming and she walks over and gives me a tired hug. We’re both exhausted, but still excited, so it’s a bit mixed from both of us. We jump the first available cab and hit it straight to my new house and my new life.

Driving into my suburb for the first time is a little scary. It’s not a bad area (or a great area), but the houses look daunting at night and as though they are leaning in on me and suffocating me.

As we near my new home for the first time the reality of the fact I have never seen the apartment block sets in and I worry that it’s going to be a dump. Claire jokes with me and points to a particularly crummy looking set of apartments and says, “maybe that is yours!” It’s amusing, but my apartments that are opposite are really nice! In fact it’s absolutely perfect, it’s amazing! It looks like something out of an O.C./90210 episode, surrounded by palm trees and brand new rendering, much better than I expected!

I drag my bags upstairs and say hello to Rachel and Nikki, two of my housemates. I pile into my room and look around terrified. I really hadn’t considered the unpacking of everything, I needed to unpack so many boxes and build my bed before I could even do anything. A few hours later after a lot of effort, chinese good and building I am sound asleep, dreaming of the days to come in my new life.