Bit of a contrast from my last blog but I think people will be secretly pleased its not all rainbows and butterflies living in another country...
So I started the fundraising and then quit after 4 hours. Shocking I know. Never really one to quit a job but I was fooling myself into thinking I could still do fundraising. A big pat on the back for myself for lasting 6 months of it in the toughest city to get money from, but when your working on the street, in Melbournes unpredictable weather, no uniform and just a folder, you start to lose the belief you can do it. Its mentally exhausting.
So back to square one, broke and unemployed. At the moment ive joined a temping agency in hospitality and hopefully will have some shifts by this week. Finally moved out of the hostel into a place down Brunswick Street...which to all you people back home I guess its like a really cool sunny version of Camden? Plenty of vintage shops and cute restaurants, bars and cafes. The boys and I are living above a Thai restaurant, where for 2 nights a week I work in the kitchen for free food and accommodation. Its not a job but more like slave labour lol. Its good in the sense that I am quickly becoming a masterchef of thai food and learning about different spices and stuff. But its bad in the sense that if i was being "paid" it works out to be $10 an hour. And it resembles a thai version of Faulty Towers. The thai couple are incredibly lovely though! The husband works at the bar and likes to get drunk whilst taking orders, which results in us cooking meals that nobody ordered in the first place. I just have to remember to laugh, rather than get stressed...
So fingers crossed ill be slowly but surely getting there...still yet to explore the sights of Melbourne due to lack of funds but this is all part of the journey I suppose! Just have to remain positive Ill get some work and things will start falling into place.
In the mean time were off out with the flatmates to a place called "Lentils as anything"....a place that relies purely on donation for a buffet of vegan and lentil food. Some people don't even pay! Ill put a couple of dollars in ;)
