Most of the past week has been spent in the TV room with Louise watching shit films as theres nothing really to when the weathers crap but recently there have been moments where you get the feeling that summer is back on its way!
Saturday was one of these days... me, Louise, Nina, Ellie, Rosh, Adam, Mandy, Beatrice and Nick went down the harbour front for a few drinks (not a good idea before work as I was absolutely shattered when I get there) and some food in the sunshine. It was really nice and the food was gorgeous!
The next day I'm ashamed to say that I spent 14 hours in the TV room with everyone. It is Sunday though so it's kind of explainable!
Monday came around and I decided that I would cook for everyone. Nothing special, just some pasta to fill us up before we went drinking at the comedy club. This time it was class! hardly any of the comedians were crap and we had some great banter with the MC purely because he loved the fact we were english. Not a whole lot of us went, just me, Louise, Jake, Beatrice and Laura and the latter 3 made it their mission to make it awkward all night by calling me and Louise a couple and what not.
Cassette Tuesday was remained Chav Tuesday this week. I don't think anyone enjoyed dressing as a chav but we got a few of us together and just ran with. I do believe though that we are going to only do the fancy dress on the odd occasion purely because it's going to get old even though we all have some awesome ideas.
Wednesday again was spent in the TV room before I had to work (the student bar crawl came through Fusion this week and not the Thursday one so me and eddie could have a night off on the Thursday) I didnt really do much as there wasnt a big crowd and spent most of the night just gossiping to Abby as she had seen me and louise together and was curious but there isnt a whole to tell.
Thursday was bar crawl day! I wasnt massively up for it as I felt no need to sharking (on the pull) and only felt like drinking as it was my night off. It was still a pretty good night though. Stayed in Fusion to play the pool comp till around half 11 as i got to the final and put my staff discount to great use. I also took charge of the music and had a little sing song to some classic brittish songs. Parklife was a big hit! Eventually we all left and rejoined the bar crawl at the last bar and for no reason at all me and eddie thought it would be funny to get everyone to draw on us with permanent marker. Not funny the next day when your still covered head to toe in pen after showering for an hour!
Again I just spent the whole day in the TV room recovering with Louise until we both had to leave for work. It was horrible as i was still shattered from the night before and was crashing hard in work!
Saturday and Sunday were just average days with not much to report on so I'll move onto Monday.
We went the comedy club again and just like the 1st week it was kinda shit so me and Louise saw a good opportunity to nail a couple of bottles of wine to make it seem funnier! We all went for a drink in Father Teds after the show but after 1 drink me and Louise decided we had had enough and crawled back to Fusion and collapsed on the coach in the TV room for a couple of hours. standard move really.
So hear I am now with dry mouth and a banging headache! safe to say that Savignon Blanc doesnt agree with me!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Everybody Be Cool, You Be Cool
bit of a shit title but ive been listening to Paffendorf - Be Cool and love that line.
Its been a couple of weeks since I last wrote in here so its about time it was updated.
A fair bit has happened over these weeks and Ive met some great people aswell.
First off, Tuesdays have been cassette each week and as per usual some eventful shit happened. 3 weeks ago I swallowed a 50 cent coin whilst playing 'God Save The Queen' I also left early that night as I was a little too drunk for my own good. Dany left on Thursday but this time for good. We didn't have much of a goodbye which to be honest I expected just because of all the stuff involving us and since being out here so many people come into your life and leave that you have to be good at closing yourself off in goodbyes.
Sharon had her last Fusion shift on the Saturday and to mark the occasion we had a 90's boy band session on the duke box whilst cleaning up (we also got a little drunk during work).
Nothing really happens on Sunday or Monday anymore so we'll roll straight onto Tuesday again.
This was Sharon's main leaving night as most of her friends work in Hospo so we can't do it over a weekend. Me, Sharon and Martin went over to Abby's to have some pre drinks before going to Fusion for a private party and hitting Cassette later on. It was a really good night up until the end. I had managed to pull someone I would class as being out of my league and it was going well until she didn't come back from the toilet. I thought fair enough, I had a good run, now I can go spend some time with my friends and enjoy the rest of my night. I then saw her and eddie chatting to eachother on the seats so I text him saying I had been getting with her, subtle i thought. Now I would expect most of my mates at this point to see that text and walk away. Eddie didn't. So i went over and made sure he had seen my text, he said yeah and I left the table. 15mins later maybe, I saw them leave together. I at this point was fuming. He also did it right infront of Becky who is clearing head over heels into him. Not cool. I ended up going back to Fusion fights clenched. Got there to find him in the showers with her. I ended up getting the red mist, grabbing all of his stuff and throwing out into the hallway, including his bed. When he came out I ended up pouncing on him but by this point Perry and the boys had appeared and broke everything up before it had time to boil over. He still has a bad back to this day and won't be disloyal again.
Wednesday night I needed to get out of the hostel as I was still in a huff. So me, Sharon, Emma, Rosh, Becky and Nina walked upto Mt. Eden at night to take some photos. Fuck this city is beautiful at night!
Thursday was the usual bar crawl. Me and Eddie had got back to speaking terms but I needed a drink after my shift so I ended up just catching the end of the 3rd bar and having a few drinks with this girl called Anna who I had been chatting to from behind the bar in Fusion. We ended up leaving together and going back to her place but I remained good and nothing happened, we just talked and fell asleep together. Recently I've been trying to be a good boy as there have been quite a few snaps of me with various girls on facebook and it just doesnt look good.
Friday morning we went down to coffee club together and had breakfast which was nice. We finished and went our separate ways knowing we wouldn't see each other again. Shit but hey, welcome to backpacking.
Saturday was the night Sharon left. It was again a brief goodbye but she will be missed, I had known her my whole time in NZ pretty much and it was sad to see her leave for home.
Sunday me and Adam decided to go the Warriors game. We had to get the train out to Penrose and to be honest we were slightly disappointed really. Its the biggest rugby league in the world and barely managed to pack out the stadium or create an atmosphere but still, it was a good game.
Tuesday. Now this day was emmense. The build up to it was funny as anything and the night delivered. I had taken over the Fusion bar tab and decided with the girls that we would make this one special. We themed it as Togas and put posters up. For some reason Nomads got all fussy over this and Tristan did especially. He is barely speaking to me now haha. An hour before we left I had a facebook message off Mel on reception saying that if we left in the Togas we were getting evicted the next day because it was Nomads bedsheets we were going to use. I had to run round the hostel telling everyone to go as anything wierd and wonderful. It worked. The costumes we had were amazing and nobody paid a penny for them. We had backwards man, gay man, poncho man, Zena warrior princess, Rosh squeezed into her backpack and wore that, we had a gimp, glow stick girl, Ellie dressed as Eddie, Nick went as I dont know but he was head to toe in lycra. We had all sorts and because it was going to emmense, it went as a prostitute. standard really. I ended up pulling one of the girls that had just moved into the hostel called Louise. Shes lovely, great girl and stunning. Shes also around till xmas so maybe something may materialize which would be brilliant. I don't want a girlfriend purely because I know that it will have to end at some point but it would be nice to have someone around.
That is about it terms of eventfulness. Well Ed and Drew dressed up as schoolgirls for there Students bar crawl and gave me a lapdance in the TV room because I wasn't coming out to play. Also Anna came back to the bar on Thursday night to say goodbye, wierd as I hadnt seen her for a week and she was leaving that night so I'm not sure what she was expecting to get out of that.
Its been a couple of weeks since I last wrote in here so its about time it was updated.
A fair bit has happened over these weeks and Ive met some great people aswell.
First off, Tuesdays have been cassette each week and as per usual some eventful shit happened. 3 weeks ago I swallowed a 50 cent coin whilst playing 'God Save The Queen' I also left early that night as I was a little too drunk for my own good. Dany left on Thursday but this time for good. We didn't have much of a goodbye which to be honest I expected just because of all the stuff involving us and since being out here so many people come into your life and leave that you have to be good at closing yourself off in goodbyes.
Sharon had her last Fusion shift on the Saturday and to mark the occasion we had a 90's boy band session on the duke box whilst cleaning up (we also got a little drunk during work).
Nothing really happens on Sunday or Monday anymore so we'll roll straight onto Tuesday again.
This was Sharon's main leaving night as most of her friends work in Hospo so we can't do it over a weekend. Me, Sharon and Martin went over to Abby's to have some pre drinks before going to Fusion for a private party and hitting Cassette later on. It was a really good night up until the end. I had managed to pull someone I would class as being out of my league and it was going well until she didn't come back from the toilet. I thought fair enough, I had a good run, now I can go spend some time with my friends and enjoy the rest of my night. I then saw her and eddie chatting to eachother on the seats so I text him saying I had been getting with her, subtle i thought. Now I would expect most of my mates at this point to see that text and walk away. Eddie didn't. So i went over and made sure he had seen my text, he said yeah and I left the table. 15mins later maybe, I saw them leave together. I at this point was fuming. He also did it right infront of Becky who is clearing head over heels into him. Not cool. I ended up going back to Fusion fights clenched. Got there to find him in the showers with her. I ended up getting the red mist, grabbing all of his stuff and throwing out into the hallway, including his bed. When he came out I ended up pouncing on him but by this point Perry and the boys had appeared and broke everything up before it had time to boil over. He still has a bad back to this day and won't be disloyal again.
Wednesday night I needed to get out of the hostel as I was still in a huff. So me, Sharon, Emma, Rosh, Becky and Nina walked upto Mt. Eden at night to take some photos. Fuck this city is beautiful at night!
Thursday was the usual bar crawl. Me and Eddie had got back to speaking terms but I needed a drink after my shift so I ended up just catching the end of the 3rd bar and having a few drinks with this girl called Anna who I had been chatting to from behind the bar in Fusion. We ended up leaving together and going back to her place but I remained good and nothing happened, we just talked and fell asleep together. Recently I've been trying to be a good boy as there have been quite a few snaps of me with various girls on facebook and it just doesnt look good.
Friday morning we went down to coffee club together and had breakfast which was nice. We finished and went our separate ways knowing we wouldn't see each other again. Shit but hey, welcome to backpacking.
Saturday was the night Sharon left. It was again a brief goodbye but she will be missed, I had known her my whole time in NZ pretty much and it was sad to see her leave for home.
Sunday me and Adam decided to go the Warriors game. We had to get the train out to Penrose and to be honest we were slightly disappointed really. Its the biggest rugby league in the world and barely managed to pack out the stadium or create an atmosphere but still, it was a good game.
Tuesday. Now this day was emmense. The build up to it was funny as anything and the night delivered. I had taken over the Fusion bar tab and decided with the girls that we would make this one special. We themed it as Togas and put posters up. For some reason Nomads got all fussy over this and Tristan did especially. He is barely speaking to me now haha. An hour before we left I had a facebook message off Mel on reception saying that if we left in the Togas we were getting evicted the next day because it was Nomads bedsheets we were going to use. I had to run round the hostel telling everyone to go as anything wierd and wonderful. It worked. The costumes we had were amazing and nobody paid a penny for them. We had backwards man, gay man, poncho man, Zena warrior princess, Rosh squeezed into her backpack and wore that, we had a gimp, glow stick girl, Ellie dressed as Eddie, Nick went as I dont know but he was head to toe in lycra. We had all sorts and because it was going to emmense, it went as a prostitute. standard really. I ended up pulling one of the girls that had just moved into the hostel called Louise. Shes lovely, great girl and stunning. Shes also around till xmas so maybe something may materialize which would be brilliant. I don't want a girlfriend purely because I know that it will have to end at some point but it would be nice to have someone around.
That is about it terms of eventfulness. Well Ed and Drew dressed up as schoolgirls for there Students bar crawl and gave me a lapdance in the TV room because I wasn't coming out to play. Also Anna came back to the bar on Thursday night to say goodbye, wierd as I hadnt seen her for a week and she was leaving that night so I'm not sure what she was expecting to get out of that.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Mindfuck
This week has been pretty wierd from start to finish (was quite nice to have something shake me up a little). Formalities over with first... Working Thurs, Fri and Sat as per usual. Joined the pub crawl in Cassette after work on Thursday as per usual but didn't do Cassette on Tuesday because I was under the weather. Thursday I got given some news which shook me a little and messed with my head abit as I had to speak to someone about it and I was really dreading that conversation and spent all week thinking about it but thankfully it went well so my head was a little messed up before today.
Roisin got back from her travels on Friday night so I met up with her after work and spent pretty much all day with her on Saturday before work. It was nice seeing her again and just chilling out with her. Work on Saturday was a nightmare... We were short staffed meaning that where I would usually just do the Glassie job behind the bar so I could still serve and the other Glassie collect from the dancefloor and around the pool tables, I had to do both... and serve drinks so I was rushed off my feet and It was the same on Friday aswell. Also we had 3 managers behind the bar because James was working which meant all the shit jobs got passed onto me instead of them taking control and doing it themselves which pissed me off. First off, being glassy on Saturdays is bad enough because your dealing with drunk people giving you hassle the whole time and your cleaning up after them (broken glass and spilt drinks) but when 1 person doesnt pull their weight during the cleaning after work, it can be unbearable. e.g taking a personal call for 20mins so you end up doing your job (which is putting all the glasses through the wash and doing the bins which is horrible at the best of times and a pain in the arse) and then having to clean the toilets which usually has vomit all over them. Tonight though I was left a present which shit all over the seat aswell. So basically this certain manager had swept and moped half of the dance... that was it. I can do that in 10mins. Then when there extremely rude to the staff all night and try to tell you that your taking your time doing your job, its particularly annoying. I felt like quitting a job I enjoy that night. Rant over. Apart from that, I've been thinking about what the future holds for me. Unless the boys start leaving, I'm set her in Auckland. Have no intention of moving out of Hostel life and into a flat. Going home after the world cup for xmas 2011. Saving money and going to spend the next couple of years working on and off in other countries and travelling them. First stop is USA, then South America where I will just travel because of the language barrier then Island hope through South Asia before coming home and thinking about doing Europe and Africa. Who wants to settle down and have a boring job, living in a boring apartment seeing the same things day in day out?
Roisin got back from her travels on Friday night so I met up with her after work and spent pretty much all day with her on Saturday before work. It was nice seeing her again and just chilling out with her. Work on Saturday was a nightmare... We were short staffed meaning that where I would usually just do the Glassie job behind the bar so I could still serve and the other Glassie collect from the dancefloor and around the pool tables, I had to do both... and serve drinks so I was rushed off my feet and It was the same on Friday aswell. Also we had 3 managers behind the bar because James was working which meant all the shit jobs got passed onto me instead of them taking control and doing it themselves which pissed me off. First off, being glassy on Saturdays is bad enough because your dealing with drunk people giving you hassle the whole time and your cleaning up after them (broken glass and spilt drinks) but when 1 person doesnt pull their weight during the cleaning after work, it can be unbearable. e.g taking a personal call for 20mins so you end up doing your job (which is putting all the glasses through the wash and doing the bins which is horrible at the best of times and a pain in the arse) and then having to clean the toilets which usually has vomit all over them. Tonight though I was left a present which shit all over the seat aswell. So basically this certain manager had swept and moped half of the dance... that was it. I can do that in 10mins. Then when there extremely rude to the staff all night and try to tell you that your taking your time doing your job, its particularly annoying. I felt like quitting a job I enjoy that night. Rant over. Apart from that, I've been thinking about what the future holds for me. Unless the boys start leaving, I'm set her in Auckland. Have no intention of moving out of Hostel life and into a flat. Going home after the world cup for xmas 2011. Saving money and going to spend the next couple of years working on and off in other countries and travelling them. First stop is USA, then South America where I will just travel because of the language barrier then Island hope through South Asia before coming home and thinking about doing Europe and Africa. Who wants to settle down and have a boring job, living in a boring apartment seeing the same things day in day out?
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