a few developments

Firstly, I recieved my first official letter of offer for employment today. I use the word 'first' with hope and confidence. It was a graduate position i heard about a few weeks ago, and the offer just came through. It is an attractive position, and is very promising. At the same time I am still in consideration for two other fantastic positions, so we will wait and see.

The other news is that Kate, Sandrine and I are heading back to young this weekend. I can't wait - it has been TOO long. We will head back thursday evening and catch up with friends and family. Can't wait.

Ikea - again

After our latest jetsetting visitor took flight today, the three of us headed out to Rhodes to the Ikea store - again. There were a few cool new things we hadn't seen, but it was more to get out of the house and do something together. We ended up buying a pine table and two chairs which were all on special (75cm*120cm table $49 and chairs $25 each!). We put them together, but unfortunately one of the legs on the table hasn't been correctly pre-drilled - so final assembly will have to wait until I get a hold of a drill! And then we will oil them - i know we should have oiled it before assembly, but we want to wait to find some cheap priced oil. But still, i think it was all a bargain - and we may end up getting 2 more chairs in the future. Pics below - i know they are a bit shitty, but they were on my phone camera at night, so yeah.



It has been really hot here the last few days - around 30, which is surely well above average for September. And it was windy as hell today.

What is on for the next week... fun plans...? Um, maybe actually. I am waiting to hear on a couple of jobs, and will be applying for more. I am also hoping to get home for a few days to see mum, dad, family and pets! It has been a long time - too long. Depending on interviews, we may go on thursday then return saturday... not sure. Anyway. I am reaching for things to talk about now... just trying to keep my pledge to update more often!

Tonight i made sushi, which i haven't done for a few weeks.... nup. That is all i have. Will post when something interesting happens!

updating more regularly

Hi guys, after i posted yesterday i promptly received two comments - which shows people are checking in far more often than I am writing! So I will endeavor to write more often. Here is a catch up.

Well i have been applying for jobs, LOTS of jobs. Thankfully there are a fair few out there that sound interesting on paper, so it hasn't been Toooo hard to find good ones. For centrelink i have to apply for 10 per fortnight, and i have usually been exceeding that. There are a couple of interesting writing positions I have applied for that I am still waiting to hear back from, and I am in consideration for at least 3 (already had interviews) which all sound interesting. Yesterday i had an interview with a relatively new company that is expanding rapidly, and it sounds like a really interesting job with great potential... so fingers crossed.

It has been a bit frustrating that so few writing/journalist/copywriter/communication officer positions are looking for recent graduates. That leaves you in the conundrum of having too little experience or looking at extremely low paid jobs - or both! Often a job paying low $30,000's still wants 2 years of experience - how do you get the experience? Volunteer work!? Luckily I have some paid writing experience and a fair diversity of other research and writing extended pieces - so hopefully someone will want me!

Other news - Tonight a friend from USA is dropping by for 10 hours after landing from the states, before flying up to QLD for a few days. I also have a friend from Canberra coming up for about 13 hours, who is then flying to Lismore in the morning. And then Saturday I have a mate from Wollongong coming up who is flying to Cairns on Sunday - Welcome to the Airport Hilton Hostel. :) Will be good to see them all albeit briefly.

Name Day

Hey, i just found out that today is my 'name day' in France - so it is Matthew day today! I got a gift from Sandrine and Kate for it, a mortar and pestle - which i have wanted for a while, so thats cool.

Yeah, each day of the year in France is allocated a name - so most everyone has a name day as well as birthday etc etc.

happy name day to all the matthews!