Well it’s been nearly a month since I posted, I'm sure most of you have been
eagerly awaiting my latest blog post and eager to know what I have been up too...
well nothing much really.
Been working hard, but nothing much really to report, just the same old
stuff at work. Busy but not so exciting, so I think it’s time to find a
new challenge and a more exciting work environment. Socially, I think I
have had a quiet month really, been out with friends and done various things,
but nothing much exciting, made a few new friends and actually gone somewhere
new when I went to visit a friend and gone to Ra'anana which after all this
time I've never actually been, hopefully next time I will have more time to
look around. What else went through to Haifa twice this month, once to
meet up with a friend from Ulpan and catch up in person, even though we text
often. Also went to meet a new friend.
Also if you've seen my Twitter post on Facebook, I am going to attempt
Yoga... yep try something new... please don't laugh. The way I see it,
I've spent a while recently feeling like I'm not getting out there, maybe it’s
time to try new things, step out of my comfort zone again like I did when I
came to Israel. So hopefully Wednesday alongside a friend I'll try Yoga,
it should be an interesting time. Will update people on it :-).
Otherwise not much to report, 10 weeks to my holiday in England, but
otherwise it’s all pretty much business as usual. Hope to hear from you
all and you have a good weekend and a week ahead
Saturday, 25 January 2014
Friday, 3 January 2014
Blog Review of the Year 2013
Well it’s been a few weeks since I posted, but as I promised on my Facebook
page, here it is Adam's review of his 2013.
The year did not start well for me in terms of work, having left the Paralegal position, I found myself back searching for work which is never an easy task, still I persevered and l had several interviews, sadly nothing came of them and after several months of hunting for a job I did become to get very down and depressed, I know that my friends stuck by me when I was feeling down and posting stuff on Facebook, so I appreciate that. Still I continued to plug away and then at the end of April I got a temporary contract with a firm in Tel Aviv for an 8 week role in their firm. So suddenly there was light at the end of the tunnel for me and I felt better about things, even if I knew it was only temporary. The job was working with computers so it was fun and I even had an extra week which I got to test a game for the company, now if only it had been with real money and they had let me kept my winnings hehe. Anyway after that, I was out of work again for only a few weeks this time fortunately and this job after a few months trial period became permanent and I've been there ever since. The job isn't exciting, but I after so many short term jobs it’s good to have something that is stable.
I spent the year in 3 apartments here in Israel, I started the year in Rishon until the beginning of April where I finally moved into Tel Aviv, which was a pretty stressful experience in searching for a place to live as well as searching for work, fortunately I found somewhere for a 6 month period close to the beach, so when I wasn't working or searching for work I went to sit and read by the beach and watch the world go by. After that as my 6 months drew to a close I knew I wanted to move, but it was the daunting task of finding a place. Fortunately my friend Kylie had a solution which benefited both of us and since the beginning of October I've been sharing with her and more recently a 3 month old puppy called Kiki. After this I'm not sure where I will go, I am considering living by myself or if not I have to live with just one person as I don't like living with too many people.
Socially wise the year has been okay for me, my social life which was pretty non-existent for the 1st 4 months of the year did kick into high gear after moving to Tel Aviv as I was closer to friends and made new friends, so I managed to get out more than I had done in Rishon which was good, been to events and hung out with friends by the beach and the port and in bars, managed to do a lot of fun things. Had a bit of a slump recently, but hoping that this year will bring more social stuff and more opportunities to meet people and make friends. Love Life wise I've had plenty of dates but no success, as people keep telling me when I've felt like giving up on meeting 'her' I shouldn't worry, she is out there, I just have to find her.
General the year has had highs and lows, biggest low was the worry and stress of finding somewhere to live/job at the beginning of the year, it was very stressful in general and I was deeply worried that I might have to head back to England. However I persevered and I'm still here. The biggest high of the year was being on Television here in Israel discussing Aliyah and how hard it was, was very fun to do and even got recognised after the programme aired so that is amazing.
Almost forgot, big Mazal Tov to all my friends and family even who got married in 2013
Well that's it for my review, hope you enjoy reading and have enjoyed reading my thoughts, hope you'll continue to read and hope you all have a great 2014.
The year did not start well for me in terms of work, having left the Paralegal position, I found myself back searching for work which is never an easy task, still I persevered and l had several interviews, sadly nothing came of them and after several months of hunting for a job I did become to get very down and depressed, I know that my friends stuck by me when I was feeling down and posting stuff on Facebook, so I appreciate that. Still I continued to plug away and then at the end of April I got a temporary contract with a firm in Tel Aviv for an 8 week role in their firm. So suddenly there was light at the end of the tunnel for me and I felt better about things, even if I knew it was only temporary. The job was working with computers so it was fun and I even had an extra week which I got to test a game for the company, now if only it had been with real money and they had let me kept my winnings hehe. Anyway after that, I was out of work again for only a few weeks this time fortunately and this job after a few months trial period became permanent and I've been there ever since. The job isn't exciting, but I after so many short term jobs it’s good to have something that is stable.
I spent the year in 3 apartments here in Israel, I started the year in Rishon until the beginning of April where I finally moved into Tel Aviv, which was a pretty stressful experience in searching for a place to live as well as searching for work, fortunately I found somewhere for a 6 month period close to the beach, so when I wasn't working or searching for work I went to sit and read by the beach and watch the world go by. After that as my 6 months drew to a close I knew I wanted to move, but it was the daunting task of finding a place. Fortunately my friend Kylie had a solution which benefited both of us and since the beginning of October I've been sharing with her and more recently a 3 month old puppy called Kiki. After this I'm not sure where I will go, I am considering living by myself or if not I have to live with just one person as I don't like living with too many people.
Socially wise the year has been okay for me, my social life which was pretty non-existent for the 1st 4 months of the year did kick into high gear after moving to Tel Aviv as I was closer to friends and made new friends, so I managed to get out more than I had done in Rishon which was good, been to events and hung out with friends by the beach and the port and in bars, managed to do a lot of fun things. Had a bit of a slump recently, but hoping that this year will bring more social stuff and more opportunities to meet people and make friends. Love Life wise I've had plenty of dates but no success, as people keep telling me when I've felt like giving up on meeting 'her' I shouldn't worry, she is out there, I just have to find her.
General the year has had highs and lows, biggest low was the worry and stress of finding somewhere to live/job at the beginning of the year, it was very stressful in general and I was deeply worried that I might have to head back to England. However I persevered and I'm still here. The biggest high of the year was being on Television here in Israel discussing Aliyah and how hard it was, was very fun to do and even got recognised after the programme aired so that is amazing.
Almost forgot, big Mazal Tov to all my friends and family even who got married in 2013
Well that's it for my review, hope you enjoy reading and have enjoyed reading my thoughts, hope you'll continue to read and hope you all have a great 2014.
Friday, 6 December 2013
Chanukah and busy
Well it’s been a couple of weeks since I posted, which is pretty bad when I
used to post every day, but lately there has not been much to report.
I've been working had as always, been a bit weird the last week of work as with it being Thanksgiving in the states it was quiet for a few days at the end of last week and the 1st few days of this past week were also quiet. Still it’s nice to have a quiet time at work; I've been able to do some catch-up work on the data entry aspect of my job. Also it’s been the Festival of Chanukah the last week which has meant Doughnuts hehe and a lot of them (so much for my diet). The owner of my company has for every night of Chanukah that we were in work, arranged a Candle Lighting and some Doughnuts and biscuits for us all to enjoy. So it’s nice diversion from work.
Apart from work going well, I've been busy seeing and spending time with friends so it’s nice that I'm getting out and about again after a couple of months where I seemed to be just spending my days going to work and home again. Also gotten myself a new room-mate as my other room-mate has got herself a puppy. Now as people probably know I'm not a dog person, never had pets growing up and my only real experience is having moved into places with people who already had dogs or cats. Still I've enjoyed the first week and as you can see below, who couldn't love this one as she is so adorable.
So apart from that, all is going well, hope to hear from you soon, please leave any comments and thoughts.
I've been working had as always, been a bit weird the last week of work as with it being Thanksgiving in the states it was quiet for a few days at the end of last week and the 1st few days of this past week were also quiet. Still it’s nice to have a quiet time at work; I've been able to do some catch-up work on the data entry aspect of my job. Also it’s been the Festival of Chanukah the last week which has meant Doughnuts hehe and a lot of them (so much for my diet). The owner of my company has for every night of Chanukah that we were in work, arranged a Candle Lighting and some Doughnuts and biscuits for us all to enjoy. So it’s nice diversion from work.
Apart from work going well, I've been busy seeing and spending time with friends so it’s nice that I'm getting out and about again after a couple of months where I seemed to be just spending my days going to work and home again. Also gotten myself a new room-mate as my other room-mate has got herself a puppy. Now as people probably know I'm not a dog person, never had pets growing up and my only real experience is having moved into places with people who already had dogs or cats. Still I've enjoyed the first week and as you can see below, who couldn't love this one as she is so adorable.
Saturday, 23 November 2013
I was on Television
Well it’s another week on and it’s been a fairly busy week, including work
and some social activities as well as the appearance on Israel Channel 2.
As I said before I wasn't sure if I was looking forward to my appearance, with editing I could have looked bad or said something taken out of context, fortunately the segment was only 9 minutes, and my appearance as about 2 minutes so it wasn't bad, but 2 minutes for being filmed for nearly an hour and a half is very good. Shortly after the piece aired I actually received messages from friends saying how proud they were of me, I also received messages from strangers who themselves had seen the program.
One of them in particular wanted to discuss a job opportunity with me, and though I did speak with him, I don't think the opportunity is for me. Otherwise people messaged me and told me I looked okay and spoke well. I hope that as most of the people spoke about Aliyah and that they were actually going back having not been able to settle, most people realised that I know this is hard. Too start a new life is difficult, but I want to make this work here in Israel and that while I'm still settling, compared to a year ago I'm in a lot better position. I also got recognised by a couple of people while out, one was the Bus Driver from my regular morning bus to the train station and a supermarket checkout person near where I work also mentioned it. Apparently I heard that my cousin who lives here in Tel Aviv had it mentioned to him, if he mentioned his surname which is pretty cool.
So apart from hanging out with friends and doing a spot on television, it’s been a decent week, a few more events and things to go to in this week and hoping to catch up with a couple of friends from Ulpan so it should be good.
Anyway that is all for now, look forward to hearing your thoughts on my thoughts very soon.
As I said before I wasn't sure if I was looking forward to my appearance, with editing I could have looked bad or said something taken out of context, fortunately the segment was only 9 minutes, and my appearance as about 2 minutes so it wasn't bad, but 2 minutes for being filmed for nearly an hour and a half is very good. Shortly after the piece aired I actually received messages from friends saying how proud they were of me, I also received messages from strangers who themselves had seen the program.
One of them in particular wanted to discuss a job opportunity with me, and though I did speak with him, I don't think the opportunity is for me. Otherwise people messaged me and told me I looked okay and spoke well. I hope that as most of the people spoke about Aliyah and that they were actually going back having not been able to settle, most people realised that I know this is hard. Too start a new life is difficult, but I want to make this work here in Israel and that while I'm still settling, compared to a year ago I'm in a lot better position. I also got recognised by a couple of people while out, one was the Bus Driver from my regular morning bus to the train station and a supermarket checkout person near where I work also mentioned it. Apparently I heard that my cousin who lives here in Tel Aviv had it mentioned to him, if he mentioned his surname which is pretty cool.
So apart from hanging out with friends and doing a spot on television, it’s been a decent week, a few more events and things to go to in this week and hoping to catch up with a couple of friends from Ulpan so it should be good.
Anyway that is all for now, look forward to hearing your thoughts on my thoughts very soon.
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Parents visit and television appearance?
Well it’s been a couple of weeks since I posted and that because I've been
busy. My parents had been here for 2 weeks, the first time I've seen them
in 9 months, okay Skype and Phone Calls but it’s not the same as actually
having your parents in the same City.
So Just under three weeks they arrived, I met them at the airport and took them to the apartment they were staying in the first week. Because of work I only got to spend the evenings with them. Fortunately one of my friends was able to help out and spend time with them while I was at work and take them to Old Jaffa.
I did get to spend the weekend with them and we actually went for dinner on Friday night at the Hilton, which was okay but not brilliant. Saturday I introduced my parents to a friend of mine who lives in Bat Yam who was originally from Hull and we went to Mash Sports Bar to watch Hull City play. We doubled the entire supporters in the bar for that game.
Then on Monday they went to Jerusalem for the rest of the week, while I stayed on here in Tel Aviv to continue working, though I took Thursday off to give myself a long weekend with them. I met them in Jerusalem and as always we went to the Kotel. There is something about going there, that I feel I need to always do when in Jerusalem. Then we walked around for a bit, the following day my parents returned to spend the last few days here in Tel Aviv and for the first time since I've lived here in Israel they came to stay at my place. We ate at mine on Friday night; I even cooked for them :-). Saturday was a relaxed day and then, Sunday I again worked but took Monday the last day they were here to spend with them.
While they were here, I actually contacted someone who was looking to speak to people about making Aliyah, was it hard being here, did I consider going back to the UK. So they came to talk to me on Monday, it was actually very cool to do so, as they not only filmed me, but my parents as well, I suppose it gave them the perspective of my family who I left behind. They also came to film us at the airport as I said goodbye to my parents and the actual footage should be on Israel TV tonight on Channel 2. Not sure if I am looking forward to it at all or not.
So my parents are now back in the UK and my roommate is also in the UK so I have the flat to myself which is a little weird, but I suppose it’s good practice for me for when I do move on to a place of my own. Socially wise I've had a busy week, I was out with a friend on Wednesday night and then Thursday it was an early Thanksgiving/Birthday Dinner with friends which was fun and then last night I had Shabbat dinner with friends and today lunch with other friends. I think you can see the pattern here it was a very food orientated weekend.
So that's all for now, hope to hear from people very soon. Bye for now.
So Just under three weeks they arrived, I met them at the airport and took them to the apartment they were staying in the first week. Because of work I only got to spend the evenings with them. Fortunately one of my friends was able to help out and spend time with them while I was at work and take them to Old Jaffa.
I did get to spend the weekend with them and we actually went for dinner on Friday night at the Hilton, which was okay but not brilliant. Saturday I introduced my parents to a friend of mine who lives in Bat Yam who was originally from Hull and we went to Mash Sports Bar to watch Hull City play. We doubled the entire supporters in the bar for that game.
Then on Monday they went to Jerusalem for the rest of the week, while I stayed on here in Tel Aviv to continue working, though I took Thursday off to give myself a long weekend with them. I met them in Jerusalem and as always we went to the Kotel. There is something about going there, that I feel I need to always do when in Jerusalem. Then we walked around for a bit, the following day my parents returned to spend the last few days here in Tel Aviv and for the first time since I've lived here in Israel they came to stay at my place. We ate at mine on Friday night; I even cooked for them :-). Saturday was a relaxed day and then, Sunday I again worked but took Monday the last day they were here to spend with them.
While they were here, I actually contacted someone who was looking to speak to people about making Aliyah, was it hard being here, did I consider going back to the UK. So they came to talk to me on Monday, it was actually very cool to do so, as they not only filmed me, but my parents as well, I suppose it gave them the perspective of my family who I left behind. They also came to film us at the airport as I said goodbye to my parents and the actual footage should be on Israel TV tonight on Channel 2. Not sure if I am looking forward to it at all or not.
So my parents are now back in the UK and my roommate is also in the UK so I have the flat to myself which is a little weird, but I suppose it’s good practice for me for when I do move on to a place of my own. Socially wise I've had a busy week, I was out with a friend on Wednesday night and then Thursday it was an early Thanksgiving/Birthday Dinner with friends which was fun and then last night I had Shabbat dinner with friends and today lunch with other friends. I think you can see the pattern here it was a very food orientated weekend.
So that's all for now, hope to hear from people very soon. Bye for now.
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