My blog has been quiet since Amsterdam, the main reason is I
don’t have a laptop, and I guess I haven’t been that much to write home about.
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| Deck chairs on Brighton Beach |
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| Breakdancers on the Boardwalk |
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| Brighton Pier |
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| Pete & I enjoying the sun |
After Amsterdam my friend Peter and I headed south to
Brighton so that we got away for Easter weekend. It was nice and refreshing to
see the ocean, but very peculiar being on a pebble beach with not a grain of
sand in sight. Pete and I walked along the boardwalk and sat at a pub in the
sun, until the sun disappeared and an icy wind whipped up from nowhere. We ran
back to the hotel, and sat there drinking for hours until we were warm enough
to brave the Antarctic elements and head out for the nightlife. The next
day we ventured to almost every shop in Brighton to see if we could purchase a
onesie each so we could sit around the hotel in comfort and warmth.
Unfortunately Primark had sold out of their animal onesies, so we ended up
getting ones that were made out of tracksuit material, and I can tell you
that’s the best investment that I’ve made. Pete wasn’t too happy when I forced
him to walk the streets of Brighton to go to the off licence to replenish our
wine stocks. Another night of drinking in the hotel and talking to friends and
family back in Australia saw out our last evening in Brighton and we made it to
big bad London with our matching onesies.
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| The only onesies in Brighton we could find |
A few years ago I decided that finance was not what I wanted
to do in life and was a career that I just ended up in. Upon moving to London,
I thought this would be a good opportunity to start an entry level position in
to an industry that held more interest for me. I would be starting on terrible
money regardless, so I may as well make it something that I would enjoy.
Luckily an opportunity came up through a friend of a friend, and I am now a Media
Planner/Buyer for aia – a recruitment advertising agency. I have just finished
day 2, and it has been jammed packed of meetings, remembering names and
learning new things. Things are slowly starting to make sense and I am looking
forward to the challenge ahead of me. It was sad to be leaving Deluxe and the
friends that I made there, but they are just down the road and I know I will
stay in touch with them. I couldn’t have asked for a better job to have started
out with in London.
Aside from starting to build an ark, I finished a 5km fun
run last week for charity, which I surprisingly enjoyed. I thought that I hated
running, but now I can’t wait to get back out there and improve. I had thought
that I would walk most of it, but I ran about 80% of it, and finished in
36minutes –something that I am very proud of.
Last week also saw the end of our netball season with us
battling out for third place. I played absolutely terribly and was probably the
key to our demise to coming 4th over 3rd.
Hopefully I'll get on here to add some photo's and another update soon... xx
