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Updated my Facebook status to reflect my return to Sydney (from the Hunter Valley).
Then I went and checked my friend's status (you can check your friends status here).
And I found... well, you'd better check it out for yourself...
Note the bottom friend I only added because he had my same name.
Fucking creepy.
Freaks of nature - World - smh.com.au
Awesome little collection of freak animals.
Hunter Perfection
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.
Up at the Hunter, and the weather is absolutely fucking perfect. What a glorious day. I Love this place.
...and unemployment.
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Just finished uploading the NIN photos.
You can find them here.
There are also plenty more photos to be found in the Super Fun Happy Times Group.
You probably also noticed (if you've been able to take your eyes off of me on the crapper) that I've added a Super Fun Happy Times badge down the bottom of the blog. It's fun to look at. Try it.
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Originally uploaded by Carafaele
Check 'em out... and count yourselves lucky I didn't upload the naked ones!
Simon Is Caught By The Fuzz
Originally uploaded by Carafaele
For those of you who just can't get enough of seeing Simon semi-naked, photos of us playing shot-glass chess are now available at Simon and Leanne's Super Fun Happy Times.
Enjoy!
New Glasses
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.
I got new glasses today. They look uncanilly like Leanne's.
We've gone out to Chinese to celebrate.
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On Monday I officially declined the job offer in Perth as the pay was just not enough to get me to move all the way over there.
Kind of a shame, but not really. The experience would have been great, but the sacrifices would have been greater.
So, there you go; I'm staying on the East Coast... Sydney is another matter though - I'm still looking for opportunities elsewhere.
Blue Pancakes
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.
Eating blue pancakes at Sal's house.
They're tasty.
Will they work?
Details later.
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I don't have to leave for the job until October, so over the last few days I have been thinking and thinking and thinking about it.
I'm still not sure. I've been trying to get a hold of some of the people in Qld about jobs, and filled out a competency exam for one of them, but the lady to contact is busy right now, and the competency exam one is too soon to know.
So I want info soon, and don't want to commit to Perth until I have it.
This means it's still not a definite for Perth. And I think with the wages they're offering, I will prefer the East Coast.
So there you go.
Maybe Perth isn't the opportunity I thought it was going to be.
So it looks like Lilly and I will be packing up and moving to Perth for a job.
I applied for a job with a company called Geoforce a few weeks ago (Mart told me about them), and they are desperate for people, so the fact that I don't have a degree in geophysics doesn't matter. In fact, they have even given Leanne a job.
So that's why we're both moving.
Now. I still have some things to decide.
First of all, it's going to bring a whole new lifestyle. Living on the West Coast means not seeing my friends and family for extended periods of time.
The job works on a two weeks on, one week off roster. The advantage of that is that I have a week off to travel (and visit friends) every two weeks. The disadvantage of it is that I have to figure out where the hell I will stay during that one week off. Do I pay rent for a place I'm only going to live at 1/3rd of the time? But, of course, I don't have to pay for food during those two weeks, so I'm at an advantage there.
But the big decision... it's a pay cut, and it will take me a while to work up to the same pay level I was at during my time at TC.
So is it worth it?
Is the experience worth the sacrifice?
Will the job be worth anything (it isn't strictly in line with my degree) in terms of career? i.e. is it a career path I want to follow?
So I'm going to call some of the jobs I applied for in Qld today, and see what they are willing to offer me. If they offer wages closer to $60k, then I will probably take them.
The $45-50k at Geoforce won't be enough to convince me then.
