Hello everyone, it’s hard to believe that tomorrow is the 1st of June, seems just like yesterday it was January the 1st, where has the year gone. Anyway I hope you are all well and those in the UK had a restful Bank Holiday Monday earlier this week... some of us were hard at work, no Bank Holiday for us.
Work is going well, for a short term job it’s still going on, but I'm not complaining I'm enjoying the work and it’s much preferable to be in work 9 hours a day than to be at home searching for work as I have been doing prior to this. I'm still searching for a more permanent role and hoping that something is just around the corner in that respect. It would be nice if I could finish my contract and jump into a permanent job with as little gap as possible. Hopefully I am lucky in that regards. And if not I'll continue to hunt for a job and sit on the beach in the time I'm not searching for work :-).
One thing that I realise I don't miss from England and that happened to me here in Israel at work is the Office move and the obvious chaos it brings and ironically it wasn't me that was even moving!! About half the floor I'm on has moved out of the building into a new office. Unfortunately no-one told me I was getting moved out of my little office and came into work Thursday morning to find my computer and my chair had gone missing. Hadn't gone very far but was neatly stacked and not set up in another room. Actually took 2 hours from coming in for me to get set back up and get working again and even then I had to go to IT to get a keyboard and a second monitor screen... yep double the monitors, double the work :-). Still all was resolved and hopefully no more desk moving.
Sadly with the office move, I've lost my lunch buddies the lovely ladies of the room next door as they've moved to another building. And I have to say eating lunch by myself on Thursday was a bit odd having got used to actually enjoying a lunch break with company rather than sitting by myself and reading and I know my role is only a short term contract, but I had got used to it and would have been nice to enjoy lunch with people every day while I was there. So thanks to Sam and when they joined us Jen and Paula for making lunch a bit more fun.
Apart from the work stuff, it’s been a bit of a quiet week socially wise, I really need to get out there and meet more single people; after all I'm young, single and ready to mingle :-). I did get out last night to the Dancing Camel Pub and it was fun to do so, to meet a few people from Hull and also some new friends, I just feel like I need to get out more than I am, hopefully that is all still to come. Anyway for now its goodbye, everyone have a good weekend.
Friday 31 May 2013
Saturday 25 May 2013
19 months and all that
Hi all, as promised I'm trying to blog more often and let you know how things are going. Well not to upset any of my friends back in the UK, but it’s very sunny and warm here and I've just come back from the beach :-) and the weather forecast is for more of the same tomorrow and the day after that hehe.
Okay I will stop with the weather report :-). As to the title of this entry its 19 months since I came here and its seems to pretty much flown by and I don't regret the change, I do miss things from England and seeing people and missing events but I am glad I took the chance to come here. Anyway onto recent events, I've had a pretty standard week, working away, but also having the chance to get out and about a little bit. I managed to enjoy some Indian food with some friends who insisted on dragging me out when I was feeling a bit low earlier in the week, I've also made a few new friends which is also cool and managed to catch up with a friend who lives locally. I do think my life has been a bit more social since I came to Israel and since I came to Tel Aviv nearly 2 months ago I think its improved drastically thanks to my friends and I hope it continues to improve.
Work related stuff, the project is continuing and I still don't have a finish date so in a sense it’s a good thing as it means each day I get more money :-). In another way it’s a bad thing as I can search for work, but I can't exactly say when I'm available. Still I'm enjoying the job and everyone is very nice that I've talked too and I'm keeping my ears open that maybe a permanent position may appear there still as it would be nice to continue my association with the company, plus I can walk home from where the office is and fulfil my exercise quota for the day.
In the meantime I'm searching for a more permanent role and I did have an interesting experience with an interview at the British Embassy which I didn't get the position, but it was only a short term contract as well so I didn't feel too bad as I wouldn't have liked to deal with the stress of searching again after a few weeks. But it was nice to see the embassy and get a bit of a look round.
Anyway that is it for now, I'm off out to meet some friends for a Douglas Adams evening.
Okay I will stop with the weather report :-). As to the title of this entry its 19 months since I came here and its seems to pretty much flown by and I don't regret the change, I do miss things from England and seeing people and missing events but I am glad I took the chance to come here. Anyway onto recent events, I've had a pretty standard week, working away, but also having the chance to get out and about a little bit. I managed to enjoy some Indian food with some friends who insisted on dragging me out when I was feeling a bit low earlier in the week, I've also made a few new friends which is also cool and managed to catch up with a friend who lives locally. I do think my life has been a bit more social since I came to Israel and since I came to Tel Aviv nearly 2 months ago I think its improved drastically thanks to my friends and I hope it continues to improve.
Work related stuff, the project is continuing and I still don't have a finish date so in a sense it’s a good thing as it means each day I get more money :-). In another way it’s a bad thing as I can search for work, but I can't exactly say when I'm available. Still I'm enjoying the job and everyone is very nice that I've talked too and I'm keeping my ears open that maybe a permanent position may appear there still as it would be nice to continue my association with the company, plus I can walk home from where the office is and fulfil my exercise quota for the day.
In the meantime I'm searching for a more permanent role and I did have an interesting experience with an interview at the British Embassy which I didn't get the position, but it was only a short term contract as well so I didn't feel too bad as I wouldn't have liked to deal with the stress of searching again after a few weeks. But it was nice to see the embassy and get a bit of a look round.
Anyway that is it for now, I'm off out to meet some friends for a Douglas Adams evening.
Saturday 18 May 2013
Meeting People
Hi all, trying to keep blogging on a regular basis, but when nothing really changes its not much point in blogging :-).
First off a big Mazal tov to my cousin Robert whose Barmitzvah it is today, wish I could be there and it all goes fantastic as I know it will and I hope I will see you and the family all soon.
Now this isn't me whining about not meeting people, it just I feel like it’s hard for me to meet people, sure I have a lot of friends, but most of them are either married or in relationships which means I'm in some way always on the outside looking in and its hard, I want to meet people, do I go to events/synagogue and hope that people keep seeing me around and think they should talk to me. Sometimes I feel like Raj from The Big Bang Theory, except I can talk to people, for me it’s just making the initial step of contact. If I could get over that maybe things would open up for me. If anyone has ideas for me to meet more people apart from the usual social nights etc or going to synagogue, feel free to speak up.
Otherwise all is good, back to job hunting as the position I'm working in now is only temporary, so need to get back to hunting for a permanent job, hope you enjoy and we shall speak soon.
First off a big Mazal tov to my cousin Robert whose Barmitzvah it is today, wish I could be there and it all goes fantastic as I know it will and I hope I will see you and the family all soon.
Now this isn't me whining about not meeting people, it just I feel like it’s hard for me to meet people, sure I have a lot of friends, but most of them are either married or in relationships which means I'm in some way always on the outside looking in and its hard, I want to meet people, do I go to events/synagogue and hope that people keep seeing me around and think they should talk to me. Sometimes I feel like Raj from The Big Bang Theory, except I can talk to people, for me it’s just making the initial step of contact. If I could get over that maybe things would open up for me. If anyone has ideas for me to meet more people apart from the usual social nights etc or going to synagogue, feel free to speak up.
Otherwise all is good, back to job hunting as the position I'm working in now is only temporary, so need to get back to hunting for a permanent job, hope you enjoy and we shall speak soon.
Monday 6 May 2013
Work and Promotion
Its been a couple of weeks since I posted, nothing really major has happened, been working for a firm on a temporary basis for the last 10 days and hopefully for another few weeks, maybe it will go longer than a month, but I'm enjoying it so far, doing hi-tech administration. Hopefully it opens more doors for me here in Israel.
On the other hand my home town team Hull City are back in the Premier League after a long hard season it came down to the last game of the season and a lot of luck. Having watched the last few games over here, I have to say its not easy being a Hull City supporter, but we're back in the Premier League and hopefully its onwards and upwards :-)
Also celebrated Lag BaOmer last week, Lag BaOmer is the 33 day of Counting the Omer which started at Pesach and finishes at Shavout which will be next week. Traditionally bonfires are held to celebrate this and usually barbecues.... seems like Israeli's like their barbecues :-). I joined some friends for a bonfire and we got one going, sadly we were told to put the fire out because of where we were. Still we had a nice barbecue and it was good to spend time with friends. Also spent time a picnic over the weekend meeting new people and heading to the cinema to see Iron Man 3.
Sorry this is so short, I hope this next one is a lot longer and more informative :-). For now I bid you farewell and say until next time.
On the other hand my home town team Hull City are back in the Premier League after a long hard season it came down to the last game of the season and a lot of luck. Having watched the last few games over here, I have to say its not easy being a Hull City supporter, but we're back in the Premier League and hopefully its onwards and upwards :-)
Also celebrated Lag BaOmer last week, Lag BaOmer is the 33 day of Counting the Omer which started at Pesach and finishes at Shavout which will be next week. Traditionally bonfires are held to celebrate this and usually barbecues.... seems like Israeli's like their barbecues :-). I joined some friends for a bonfire and we got one going, sadly we were told to put the fire out because of where we were. Still we had a nice barbecue and it was good to spend time with friends. Also spent time a picnic over the weekend meeting new people and heading to the cinema to see Iron Man 3.
Sorry this is so short, I hope this next one is a lot longer and more informative :-). For now I bid you farewell and say until next time.
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