Flatwarmings galore!

Somehow we ended up having 2 flatwarmings... not complaining! So we invited some people over for drinks the second weekend we were in our flat and it turned out to be a great nite! You know how sometimes you're not sure how many will show up? We ended up with a house full of kiwi's, with the odd aussie, south african and americans thrown in there and it made for a great time! When a few people had shown up, Kim said there will either be 10 people, or 50.... it was definately around 50 or so. It was like a club in our lounge room at one point, someone was even flicking the light so it was like a disco, hehe. And the party seemed to be in my room earlier in the nite, I walked in to find about 15 people having a ball! Altho they were kicked out by my flatmate Kim when someone spilt beer on my bed. And we had some randoms from down the road pop in. They were kiwi's too so they were quite happy to join in.
A few people stayed over and our friend Nick cooked us a yummy breakfast, definately needed it after all that beer. Mmmm bacon......

The next nite I went to another flatwarming in a place called Kilburn which I hadn't been to yet, so was looking forward to seeing another part of London. The girls who had the flatwarming I hadn't seen in over 2 years, so was awesome to see them, I didnt know one was over here until the week before, nice surprise! And yet another kiwi living it up in London (I'm beginning to wonder if there are any kiwi's back home......). Another flat full of kiwi's and it turned out some of my friends I'd take with me, new other friends there as well. I thought NZ was small, but its even smaller over here!

Here's a link with more photos:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106004120


I then headed into the Soho area which would be best described like around the waterfront in Auckland at nite time, people everywhere and lots of action, I dont think London knows how to sleep! Some friends I use to work with at Tech Pacific, Ngaire and Allan (that I haven't seen in about 2 years) are ending their travels here so had farewell drinks at a bar I had been to about a month ago (of all the bars over here and I end up at the same one!) so at least I knew where I was going. Awesome to see them, we had a very merry time!

The weekend just been we had our 2nd flatwarming which started in the afternoon with a few drinks watching some soccer (the build up to the world cup is awesome over here, gona be great being here while its on! Even tho I dont think England as well as they're hoping....) adn then it turned into another kiwi party, more about that in the next post!

Photos from Ngaire and Allans farewell:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106003882

Got a job and a flat!

Ok so I've taken awhile to put this post up but its finally here. Will put a few in a row to catch up on the last month or so!
As much as I loved playing tourist, I knew at some point I would need to get a job. And after spending many hours at internet cafes I managed to get a long term receptionist job, phew! Other friends of mine have taken a bit longer to find jobs so I was preparing myself for a long wait until i found something, but it was my lucky day!
Most jobs are advertised on the internet so its a matter of finding something you want, emailing your cv to the agengy, waiting for them to contact you (either saying no, you're not the right person, or yes, come in for an interview), arranging a time to meet the agency, going for an interview at the place that has a position available then waiting for them to decide if you have the job. Well, normally thats the process. I somehow missed most of that and went from having an interview at an agency at 10.30am, then they called me 15mins later saying there was a position available, did I want them to pass on my cv and by the end of the day I had the job.... without even meeting the company that hired me! And I started the next day!
I work for a construction and engineering company called Fluor (www.fluor.com) as a receptionist/secretary. So I pretty much answer the phone, photocopy, make coffee and read the paper. Very similar to a part-time job I had while doing my degree.... its a piece of cake! Big bonus is I can surf the net all day, although I cant check my gmail which sux, but I can keep uptodate with all the news back home! And I get paid reasonably as well and its weekly, I'm hanging out for my first pay day! Another bonus is its either 2 tube stops away, a bus ride away, or a 25min walk..... and with London being so flat, the walk is gona be easy!
This picture is the view from my office, in the distance is the London Eye, I need to take another photo on a clearer day!
I think I'll stick at this job for a few months then look into banking jobs because I really want to get more banking experience, I just need some funds for now :)
AND we moved into our flat the other weekend... I finally have my own room again! I've moved in with 2 kiwi mates from back home Kim (who I was living with for the first month) and Brad. The funny thing was, we moved from house number 12a to 2a on the same street, so moving was rather easy. We had our flatwarming the following Friday, what a nite! More in the next post.
Had a friends 21st a few Sat nites ago, drinks at her flat first then into Leicestor Square to some club that plays Top 40 music, we'd all had quite a few drinks so didnt mind the music much! And apparently I was carving up the dance floor, yet again :) Wasn't good that I fell asleep on the bus going home! But I knew my stop was the last one, so wasn't too worried.
I'm loving taking the tube everywhere, its just so handy. I still think Auckland could do with an underground of some sort! My friends are spread out over London and so I'm trying to see as much of London as possible.
Hope the change of website hasn't been too confusing! Will try keep them more updated.
Loving the emails from back home so anytime you want to send one, would love to read it!

Here's photos from around London:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106005933

More photos of my work:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2106003812