1,321 ViewsYep, it’s another Monday night (or perhaps its 12:24m on Tuesday morning) right now and I’m sitting at the dining table waiting for my hair to dry. I just ended my first day of work at 11PM in a new job and.. I’m wondering if I will survive. Let’s see. It has been 15
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Week 30 – Yet another ‘vacation’ for me
1,624 ViewsIs it considered a vacation if I’m not exactly traveling? Oh wells, I chose the word vacation instead of holiday as my past week had been somewhat like ‘off days’ for me, like super extended weekends while I take a break from work; and traveling. (Extremely boring blog post ahead because nothing much really
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Working in Cherry Orchard: Packhouse – Working Holiday New Zealand
5,549 ViewsIs this your dream job or perhaps something on your bucket’s list for your New Zealand Working Holiday experience? I have no idea why it is on everyone’s list, but now that I have completed 4 weeks in a cherry packhouse, it is a pretty normal experience for me; definitely not something which I
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Week 29 – Longest hours ever and Relocation again
1,482 ViewsHi there, yes, I’m late. I woke up today on Tuesday morning and realised that yesterday was Monday night and I’ve forgotten all about my blog. I didn’t have time over the weekend to pre-write anything at all and right now, I have all the time in the world because I’m jobless in Christchurch.
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Week 28 – New Year, New Adventures ahead?
1,320 ViewsHello 2020. I don’t know how you will treat me this year but I’ve made many changes to my life in the short span of.. 6 days. It seems not too long ago since I last wrote my entry but I have to continue with this weekly update cause I think there are people
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My love-hate relationship with car ownership in New Zealand
2,266 ViewsIt’s currently my week 24 here in New Zealand and I am starting to draft this out but I’ll probably only publish this article towards the end of my working holiday in case there are more dramas to my car ownership journey. Yep, the first big-ticket item that I’ve bought here is my car;
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Week 27 – Getting a little bored somehow
1,544 ViewsYep, I’m still here in New Zealand, stuck in the Otago area for the past 3 months and in Clyde/Alexandra for two months and counting.. With my ‘Christmas present’ of finally getting a visa extension, I did not get deported home before 2020. Okay, deported is kind of an overkill word but I thought
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Week 26 – Slow and Peaceful Week
1,411 ViewsOne week ago, I thought that this week would be a busy and hectic week because it was kind of a deal breaker on my visa extension status. Should it get rejected or should I not receive a reply from them, I would have to figure out how to sell my car and book