For the job, I don't have an answer yet, but the day at Vero went well on Friday, plus I went to the bar with them, which is good !
You know, I've told myself to stay away from every French people around, so I can only be surrounded by foreign people. It is in fact very important !
I've spent a year in England at Keele University near Manchester, but during this year I was mostly with French people, which didn't help much to improve my English level.
No, what helped me were the books in English I've started to read after that, and the movies and TV shows in original version without subtitles I was watching.
Anyways, I joined the meetup group: The Sydney French Language Group, and went to one of their event this Saturday, which consisted in a coffee at an organic food market. I met a lot of lovely people there, and only one French Girl who just arrived in Australia.
An elderly couple asked me if I could help them to learn French in private lessons, and be paid for it. I don't really need this income, but I wanted to help so I agreed for $20/hour. (Their offer started with $30/hour). That can be a good idea if you come in Australia and want to make some money aside from your work. However, once I'll start working I might not be available to keep the sessions going.
I was supposed to go to a second meetup event at 1 pm in the city, but actually my foot was still hurting so I didn't have the motivation. So instead, I texted an Australian girl I met this morning and who was supposed to go back to Brisbane the day after, and that's how I filled a 'do nothing on the beach' afternoon. We spent the day together talking and laughing a lot. She is actually the first person in Australia that I talked this much to.
Her name is Nina, it's the short version actually, and I prefer to call her pug lover girl or dream crusher girl. So you're probably asking yourself why would any sane person want to spend the day with someone who love pugs ? Oh and crush dreams, yeah that too !
Well, everyone has a dark side ! She is a High-school teacher, and she loves to show to her students how lame they are on Photoshop.
I always knew that, when you mix Italian, Canadian and Australian blood, nothing good emerges from that ! She also has one good side, she likes French quiches. Okay, I'm being mean ! But that's what you get when you try to scare me by telling me how dangerous Australia is !
Because in fact yeah, the animals in Australia can be pretty dangerous. But with a little bit of intelligence and not to much of bad luck, you can avoid them. Maybe you've heard it before: In Australia, everything can kill you. (Even the sun) I won't go further around this, but there are some species you better recognize and avoid. Or some beached in Queensland you better not enjoy too much.
Here in New South Wales, no trouble, aside from a shark from time to time, the beaches are great !
So anyway I made a very good friend, and hopefully she will be back in Sydney soon ! We wouldn't want my dreams to be intact for too long would we ?
Maybe you've seen my pictures and videos on Facebook about the event on Sunday ? The Amazing Race Of Sillyness ! So much fun ! We met a little before noon, formed group of 5 and were given a paper with 55 tasks. Each task was worth an amount of points.
We had until 6 pm to reach the checkpoint at the Trinity bar near Central station with as many points as possible, and the proofs required. Mostly photos and videos.
Our team was composed of:
Patrick, a Filipino who arrived not too long ago in Australia.
Callum, a Canadian in Australia since a few years, but just arrived in Sydney,
Sarah, an American just arrived in Australia,
Timothy, a Sydneysider, our savior becoming our walking GPS.
And me.
It was a nice day, being silly in Sydney, but very exhausting ! We only finished 15th over 19 teams finishing the race ... but we were there for the fun and we got it all !
I didn't do much during the next days. Chatting with people, enjoying the beach, going to a cafe to enjoy the free WiFi while drinking cappuccinos, meetup events.
I'll miss all this chilling out when I get a job. But I'll enjoy every bit I have left even more !
On Thursday afternoon, I met the retired couple for the lesson. It was a nice talk, which lasted a little more than one hour. They own a house in France, and intend to go there for 3 or 4 months during the Summer. They want to find someone to rent their place here in Manly. I will go and visit it, we never know !
Hey, by the way ! My foot is better now ! So tonight I will enjoy my first meetup Bush-walking activity. A 10km walk. It should be fun !
A few days ago I saw a lot of people rollerblading in Manly, and guess what, I want roller-blades so much now ! I figured out that instead of buying new ones, I should have the ones in France come to me instead. Waaaaaaay cheaper, like 50 euros instead of 250 euros for those I would buy !
I've started to learn Japanese again ! There is some good apps on the Play store. Being around Japanese people motivated me ! People usually think that it is a difficult language, which is wrong. The hardest part is the beginning. You have to learn the two syllabary by heart, and after that, it's just a question of practice. The phrases are always built in the same way, they have only past and present tenses (no future tense).
One other thing that will discourage some people are the Kanji symbols. But to speak with Japaneses you don't need them.
Well, that's it for this post ... wait ! A post without pictures ?! That wont do !
Here is a little picture I took this morning around 5:43, a lame attempt to catch the sunrise, but those clouds were hiding everything ! But no worries mates, I'll get it someday. After all, I'm here for some times !
Enjoy Life everyone ! You live only once !
See ya !
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