Jet Boating Along the Pacific Ocean.

After a few uneventful weeks I got the opportunity to go on a Harbour Jet Boat ride. David's friend, Dave, works there and he hooked us up with a free boat ride. It was called Bondi Bash. We went out to the Pacific Ocean and then stopped at Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte beaches. We then headed across the Pacific Ocean to Manly Beach. On the way there we ran into a pod of dolphins playing around. There were tons of them everywhere. We stopped to watch them play. Some of them were also following our boat. They were so close that I got splashed quite a few times. It was so cool!!! Not to mention the sights were beautiful as well. The boat was a 1/2 million dollar boat that is usually used by Army and Police forces. AND to top that all off the owner of the Harbour Jet company is 27 years old and owns a few other businesses. Pretty neat. It was nice to be a tourist again.

I also got to talk to my mom and dad a couple times this weekend. I headed over to Global Gossip and used skype to see them and talk to them. The second night I joined in on their barbecue with Aunt Edith and Uncle Nolan. It was good to see everyone. On Sunday I headed over to a library here with Jon, my fellow Canadian, to look at the World Media Gallery that is on display. The pictures were really cool. Shocking could even be a word to use. It was pictures of all the main events that happened in 2008, some of them being very graphic. Russia violence, China earthquake, South America volcanoes, Stock Market crash, Barack Obama and the Olympics. I really enjoyed it. Then we decided to be good little locals and get our very own library card. Little did we know that this was a library where you could NOT take books away from the library. So after a wild goose chase around the city we found a library close to our house where we can borrow movies and books...yay.

Sunday night I went to Coogee Beach for a Sunday Roast. People in the UK have a Sunday Roast every Sunday and my friends were starting to miss out on theirs and decided to have one. It consisted of Chicken, veggies, roasted potatoes and Yorkshire pudding. Apparently next week it will be at my house. It was very delicious.

The job side of things...Still sucks. Looking for jobs sucks. I have applied for any retail job opening there is as well as any cafe or whatever job looks like I can do. Still no replies. One plus though, I got an email from the Department of Education and I am eligible for Provisional Accreditation. So hopefully in the next week or so I will hear more about being able to teach here. Last night I went saw this job for the Optus Phone company...sounded like a retail job. So I applied and got a text saying I had an interview today at 9:30am. I was kind of sketched out so I made Monica come with me. When I got there (nicely located 5 minute walk from my house) it was very professional and I felt safe. BUT!!!!!!!!!! It is not the job I thought it was going to be. I am going to be doing exactly what I reallllly promised myself I would not do while being here. There are people ALL over that are trying to sell different things. They stand on the street and try to catch people's eyes (I usually have the hair people after me). So I will be doing Save the Children. I get to be the annoying person that stands on street corners trying to sell things to people. We will see how it goes. It will be an interesting experience. But best of all...I will finally be getting an income...So hopefully all goes well. I hope to just keep this job until I can teach. I cannot wait to teach.....

Well there is the update on me!

Miss you all!