Wednesday and the First Half of Thursday

Okay so I just want to start by saying how sorry I am that I haven't posted in a couple of days! It's been a whirlwind!!!

First, I went on the all day interview with the George Street Marketing company on Wednesday and the position was basically sales. I was with a group of four other people and we were in charge of talking to residents in this suburb of Sydney, about donating money to Save The Children, a charity that's really big here in Australia. So believe it or not, I actually really enjoyed myself! We were outside for about 8 hours and the people I worked with were wonderful!!! Two of them were also travelers that had come to Australia to work and just happened to fall into that job and they loved it soooo much, that they stayed! I took that as a good sign that the company was great to work for. We were in the suburb called "Maroubra," which is South East of downtown Sydney. It's pretty close to the beach so we had a great view! Normally I would never have given a job like this--commission-based sales--any sort of thought, but by the end of the day I was psyched! I went back to the office and met with the owner who asked me some questions and then on the spot said, "I don't have any hesitations so do you? Would you like the job?" And I heard myself say Yes! He wanted me to start the next day but I told him I couldn't because I had another appointment (interview), and I could start Friday.

So I came back to the Hostel and couldn't believe I said yes when I had another interview the next morning and the job was only paid on commission! They definitely made me feel comfortable by noting that I wouldn't have to worry for about the first week or so since I'd be training. I talked with Jelena (my Danish/Yugoslavian roommate) about whether or not I should call the other company--that I was supposed to meet with in the morning--and cancel. I decided I would just sleep on it and see if I wanted to get up early and go or not. Also, the Next Generation Group finally called me when I was in Maroubra about a 2nd interview. I had to call them back and tell them I couldn't meet with them at 9 because I had another appointment at 8:30am! The guy was weird about it and said, "okay well I'll have to get back to you." So I thought that was done.

The next morning I got up at about 6:30 and left before 7am to get to the 8:30 interview. I had to take the metro for at least a half hour to one stop, then get out and wait for another metroline to take me to another stop where they told me I would get off and walk for 20 minutes until I found the building. I could see my breath it was so cold! So I got off at this stop (Camellia) which was literally in the middle of nowhere. There was a horse racetrack that I had to some how walk around. I started out going the wrong way for a minute which ended up being cool because I heard the weirdest sounds and I couldn't figure out where they were coming from. I looked up and in the palm tree in front of me, there were some of those Kiwi birds! New Zealand's national bird! Ha! I took pictures so hopefully you'll be able to see them. Anyway, so I got turned around and ended up finding a cab to take me since I had no idea where I was. By the time I made it to the office it was 8:15! So I met with the Marketing Director for Allied Transport about a Marketing Assistant position and she basically came out and said, "After looking at your resume, I don't think this is the right position for you." She went on to say that I was young, probably wanted to travel, should look for event marketing in the city and that this particular job was more of a long-term commitment and probably not what I wanted. Haha, so much for making the hour and a half commute! But she was really awesome and made me promise to call her in two weeks and tell her if I'd found something (she gave me suggestions), or if I realized I would like to work for her in a stabilized environment. She had another girl working there take me to the train station so I wouldn't have to take a cab or walk. So nice!

Whew okay, so then I went back to the hostel and started getting my little things done so Jelena and I could go out and sight see...