First day of work today. Caught me by surprise really. I had expected my contract to be sorted on Monday, so when my recruiter was still mysteriously “resolving things” on Tuesday I started to worry that something was wrong. I could just imagine the phone call “sorry for the mix-up Mr Allen, we actually wanted […]
Read more "Heigh Ho, Off to Work I Go"Best Black Friday ever… I got a job! I have a 9 month contract at National Savings & Investments as a Campaign Development Manager. They’re a government owned investment bank, kind of like Kiwibank. The role doesn’t appear to be as interesting as what I was doing at Westpac, but it’s paying a lot more, […]
Read more "Friday the 13th"I had a Skype interview today. Literally, an interview with Skype. It’s not as cool as it sounds, I was just there testing their new product for an hour for £40. I signed up with some research companies a few weeks ago in the hopes of earning some cash to make being unemployed sting a bit […]
Read more "Not Working"Did you see me on the telly today? I’m sure you must have… I was standing right here: …in front of these people: …near this guy: …just behind this big brick thing: Didn’t see me? That’s a shame. We had an excellent view through that little gap in the archway you can see in the photo […]
Read more "Life Lesson #22 – Sometimes a Glimpse is Enough"Today I learned that drunk black French girls are really loud, and a whole lot of other things. Let me start at the beginning… LL #16: Write Stuff DownIt all started the night before we went to Paris, when I decided to work out which Metro Line we needed to take from the airport, and […]
Read more "The Best Life Lessons Come in Threes"Regent’s Park is a short walk from our new flat, and I’ve fallen in love with it. Cornwall Park eat your heart out!
Read more "Regent’s Park"Today I learned how to eat for a whole day on £1.50. We’re trying to save as much as we can, to make our limited money last so A) we can find jobs before going broke, and B) when we get jobs we can still afford to travel. Breakfast = freeOur hotel does a fairly average […]
Read more "Life Lesson #15 – Penny Pinching"