Disclaimer: This post is semi long but worth it! Now, I don’t know about you but, I thought getting a job in New Zealand was going to be easy peasy (Yes, I did actually think this) I felt this way ‘cause: I had heard many ‘travelers’ passed through New Zealand and because of this, the country took advantage and made odd jobs available to wandering folk. I ‘thought’ I was prepared to take almost any Read more…
Just a little more details on my thoughts and whereabouts from when I first moved to New Zealand… 4 months and 15 days in New Zealand and I’d accomplished the following: Seen most of the North & South Island (see post here). House sat for a month in a different city (see more here). Gone on 5 interviews in 2 cities (no job yet & post to come). Visited Australia for 5 days (see post Read more…
Four (4) months in and it was the first time I experienced a moment of “Woah. I’m in New Zealand” It was just before I was going to sleep. I looked outside the window, and I saw a star in the dead of the night. I thought to myself “Look at the star. That’s a star in the sky. That’s a star in the sky in New Zealand” And I felt a strange nudge in Read more…
Caribbean version 3.4🇦🇬🇻🇨🇯🇲 3 o’clock inna di morninn 🎼 I’m in a car (in New Zealand), with a Jamaican driver (a friend), and we’ve just picked up another Jamaican and a Vincentian (For those that don’t know a Vincentian is a person from St Vincent & the Grenadines – another Caribbean island). After saying hi to everyone I immediately got a beer thrown on my lap and was told to “Drink up”. That’s when I Read more…
Ho hoo! What’s next, what’s next, what’s next they ask? What else does she have up her sleeve? Has she found a job yet? It’s been a while? (No I hadn’t) What’s she doing now? It’s mid May in Auckland, New Zealand – fall season on this side of the world. I moved back to Auckland and officially decided this is where I’ll call home for my time in New Zealand. It’s warmer, busier and Read more…