It has been
3 months since I added something to my blog. A friend of mine reminded me of
the fact I actually have a blog by sending me hers. I should be ashamed.
Apparently
the last message I added was still about Sydney.
Meanwhile I
live in Perth, which is all the other side of the country. Why? Fate I guess .
Just when I
started to like Sydney and just when I found my way in a huge city (met a very
nice Scottish mate and found already a share house in New Town) I got a phone
call from a friend of a friend of mine .. from yes Perth. She asked me If I
wanted to replace her as nanny while she was back home in Belgium for about 3
months. As I saw all the people around me struggling by finding a job and as
she told me I would earn a lot of money, I grabbed the opportunity. But it had
to be quick, very quick.
The day after I already booked my ticket and two days later I was already on the plane,
straight to Perth. My initial plan: 3 months Perth, working working and
working, then back to the East Coast. But fate had other plans with me..
The first 2
months I worked my ass of, yes, even as nanny you can work very hard!
The mum I
worked for (dad lives in Melbourne) had to cope with a kind of project so she
was nearly never home. I worked between 80 and 100h a week. Exhausting, but the
good thing is, no time left to spend any money. So I saved, everything.
Afterwards,
when I finally got some time, some free time, I realized that it was time for
me to make some friends and to discover Perth. Via Couch surfing I started to
talk with Khaye, a very nice Philippine girl. Shes here, visiting her
boyfriend that she met in the Maldives, hes from the UK.
I met up
with her, and she invited me for dinner, this is how I met Khaye, Calum and
Mike.
March 17,
me and Khaye had a very nice BBQ at Scarborough Beach, we decided to put a
message on couch surfing, and so we met Ashafie. That day she asked me to go
for a drink at the Vic (Subiaco), Calum, her boyfriend works over there. And so
we finally arrived to the most exciting moment, here I met Zac, he works at the
Vic as well. (He became my boyfriend, thats how things go in life )
After organizing
a huge bbq at Cottesloe (where we unfortunately couldnt find any bbqs, so we
drove over to City Beach) we met some new amazing peeps, like Marie (also
nanny, same suburb), as she lives very close we meet up quite often.
So thats
where we are now: The first weeks I lived with the family, but very soon I realized
that I wanted my own spot, so I moved out and found a cute house at City Beach.
I share my
house with a Chinese couple (they study over here) and an Aussie girl, Anna,
she used to live in Margaret River, but she work(ed) (firedJ) at Scarborough, thats why And
also, last week my boyfriend moved in, which is going all good and which makes
me very happy.
Besides all
this good news, I bought a car, a Ford Festiva, pretty old rusty car but thats
all right. Had some things to fix, cost me $424, which is still all good, eventually the
car cost me 2 grand.
At the
moment (the moment I write this) I quit the job as nanny (Kelly is back), I found another job in a hamburger restaurant nearby, same suburb as my previous
job. And also, I found another family, where I can look after the children 2
days (sometimes 3) a week. I start next week. Exciting .
My
experience about the nanny thing ? Totally different then I had in mind. Its
fricken tough to handle kids, especially when they are spoiled and arrogant. Names: Georgia (2y) Lachlan (4y) and Madeline (9y).
I
was very glad Kelly came back. My wallet is crying though ..
So yeh
here we are Perth, still Perth, and Im not planning to leave soon.
So what about Perth? Perth is a typical family-city the place to be to raise your kids. Plenty of playgrounds, worlds of nature, heaps of beaches. Also, Perth is the most sunniest city of Australia. Sometimes far to quiet , but thats all right. I feel home in Perth. Thats what count.
To do list
: We are about to go for a road trip (Juin 6th) , all the way to
Broome, by car, together with some other peeps we met, they are meant to stay there,
they actually really move to Broome, I (and Zac if hes able to joins us) are coming
back by plane. Hope everythings going well, so I can write an awesome part
two, about Broome then. See you guys.
Na een vlotte vlucht en goeie connectie in Abu Dhabi arriveerde ik vrijdagavond 21 u in Sydney.
Daar stond ik dan... Helemaal overdonderd in een gigantische stad , in een land waar ik nooit was geweest, niemand kende en niets had.
Ik probeerde via een internet computer in de luchthaven de beschikbaarheid te checken van enkele hostels die ik thuis had afgeprint. Spijtig genoeg van geen enkele kamer nog beschikbaar. Dus ik stapte naar een hostel agency op de luchthaven en liet hen iets boeken voor mij. Ik wou gewoon: snel een douche en snel een bed!
Toen ik in de taxi zat ging er zo veel door me heen, alsof er een soort drugs door men aders stroomde, een mix van angst, vreugde, eenzaamheid, ...
30 min later arriveerde ik aan de hostel, het was vrijdagavond dus enkele party-animals klonken wat bierflesjes op de start van de nieuwe weekend.
Ik maakte een doorgan door de mensen en sleurde men mega valies naar het 2 de verdiep.
Ondertussen 10.30pm. Ik openende de deur.. En trof 2 (slapende) room mates aan... Men idee om mijn valies uit te pakken en een douche te nemen smelte als sneeuw voor de zon.. Ik liep dan maar naar buiten en besloot een toertje te maken door Sydney. Reeds 1 straat verder besefte ik dat ik een mier was in een mierenhoop, dat als ik verder liep ik verloren ging lopen, en daarbovenop had ik schrik van de tikkende verkeerslichten en van het "links op me afkomende" verkeer waar ik met naar slaap schreeuwende hoofd helemaal niets meer van begreep.
Snel internet zoeken en het thuisfront contacteren! Ik moest iemand horen en vertellen wat ik zag!!!!... Om daarna naar men "poor shareroom" terug te keren..... En toch maar wat slaap proberen te vatten.
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6 uur smorgends: na eindelijk eventjes in slaap gevallen te zijn werd ik wakker van heel vreemde geluiden. Het waren vogels?? Room mate Sandy (stapelbed onder mij) begon een conversatie met me. De weirdo bleek eigenlijk een superkerel te zijn! We brachten samen het hele weekend door, hij maakte me wegwijs door de straten, hielp me met m'n administratie, ... Etc. Sandy werkt in de bouw. Hij is van Schotland.
Enkele sfeerfoto's van de laatste weken:
Talrijke afscheidsfeestjes, dinner'tjes, cadeautjes en verrassende originele surprises... Ik was echt overdonderd!! Dus daarom : DIKKE MERCI iedereen!! Love you all !! Xxx
Laat maar komen 
