I don't know if it's me trying to save money or me really wanting to succeed as the bar manager but it's a public holiday and I'm sat in the office doing work on the promo posters and other bar stuff. A bit sad but to be honest there isn't an awful lot else to do with no money and I'm pretty much just waiting for Helen to get here so I have an excuse to do the touristy shit during the day. We all know that my social life is at night not day anyway!
You'd think that finally now I have a better job that life would be that little bit more simpler? wrong. Up until last night I thought that apart from trying to sort out Helen's flights for her, trying to find an apartment, I had everything sorted. I get how to run the bar now (a few things will crop up here and there that will probaly confuse me at some point). Well, I came down the bar last night for a quiet beer but bumped into Hoey, Menz and Kate who were out on the piss celebrating Menz's last day. Hoey took me to one side and told me that the group that own Nomads are pulling out of the building. I think this means that I'm not working for Nomads anymore and the hostel will now just be 'The Fat Camel'. He assures me I have a job but its confusing times as my contract (which I have yet to sign) is with Nomads.
Business has never been my strong point but I'm just going to watch my back and knuckle down to some work, get revenue and show that I'm a key player in this game!
Apart from that I had a great night. Ben popped into the bar who is now living in Albany so we went out on the piss and fuck was in a great mood last night, wouldnt suprise me if Ben slipped me something haha We ended up trekking all the way upto K' road as they were the only bars that were open. We also ended up going into a gay bar with his mate until stupid o'clock this morning! was a great laugh trying to get his gay mate and get hit on myself in the process... aparantly I have amazing eyes and a good sense of style about myself. Actually, as I'm abit ego orientated. I'm going to leave this entry on that. amazing eyes haha
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Promotion
Now i really have been getting slack at this blog stuff. To be honest I've been mega busy and when not working I've been either sleeping or making the most of the short time I have left partying. I've decided to save money and in August I'm going round NZ again with Helen. I dunno how much time I'm going to get off as about 2/3 weeks ago Menz got back from his holiday with his letter of resignation and the bucks been passed onto me. As of the 25th of April, I will be the new bar manager of The Camel Bar, this in part depends on if I can get the time off work to go travelling before the world cup in September. This is a new challenge that I am relishing and could be me settling down in NZ for a little while longer. If I sign the contract then unfortunately or fortunately, I'll be more sensible and less of the naked ste we all no. Now for Naked Ste stories...
1. Mummy, this is where you skip past this section... you will not want to be reading this.
So I went out on yet another pub crawl and got so drunk that I took a girl back to the hostel with me who to put it kindly wasn't my type and had a good 15 years on me. She stole my wallet whilst I passed out.
2. After this... the very next week. I went out again on the pub crawl but this time it had Sian (troy's sister) on it. Gossip had been huge within the industry that I took her to Waiheke Island for a date, this is true and unfortunately for her she is troy's sister so everyone knows her and also unluckily for her it was with me, who again... everyone knows. So out on the crawl we hooked up and everyone saw or found out within 5 minutes. I ended up taking her back to the hostel but before push came to shove I realised how much of a dickhead move this was as I am blatently smitten over Helen so I called it off. Safe to say she wasn't happy and left swiftly after. Ooops.
3. These 2 people who I can undoubtly say out everyone I've met since being out here are up there with my favourites. Sally and Aaron work on a super yacht which has been docked in Auckland for 3 months. They drink in the camel when they head into town and invited me onto their boat for a party before they leave for Tahiti. The food was cooked by Sally who is an amazing chef. All the booze was free and so was the food. The yacht is called the yanneke too and is insured for $7mil. with a nice little van gogh painting which is worth $2mil. After dropping my sunglasses in the water it was time to hit the town. Me and Aaron jumped in a taxi and headed for the camel. unfortunately it was shut but I knew Mikey, Joe, Grogan, Natalie etc where at Lenin bar so I headed off that way. After tipping the hot bartender a ridiculous amount she was pouring me pretty much straight bourbon with a little coke. I was very nicely drunk which led me to lose my wallet again and to top it off I epically fell down a flight of stairs, busting my bad hip again and pretty much fucking up my ligaments around my knee. nice.
I reckon that's it in terms of stories and this'll probaly do for another month now.
1. Mummy, this is where you skip past this section... you will not want to be reading this.
So I went out on yet another pub crawl and got so drunk that I took a girl back to the hostel with me who to put it kindly wasn't my type and had a good 15 years on me. She stole my wallet whilst I passed out.
2. After this... the very next week. I went out again on the pub crawl but this time it had Sian (troy's sister) on it. Gossip had been huge within the industry that I took her to Waiheke Island for a date, this is true and unfortunately for her she is troy's sister so everyone knows her and also unluckily for her it was with me, who again... everyone knows. So out on the crawl we hooked up and everyone saw or found out within 5 minutes. I ended up taking her back to the hostel but before push came to shove I realised how much of a dickhead move this was as I am blatently smitten over Helen so I called it off. Safe to say she wasn't happy and left swiftly after. Ooops.
3. These 2 people who I can undoubtly say out everyone I've met since being out here are up there with my favourites. Sally and Aaron work on a super yacht which has been docked in Auckland for 3 months. They drink in the camel when they head into town and invited me onto their boat for a party before they leave for Tahiti. The food was cooked by Sally who is an amazing chef. All the booze was free and so was the food. The yacht is called the yanneke too and is insured for $7mil. with a nice little van gogh painting which is worth $2mil. After dropping my sunglasses in the water it was time to hit the town. Me and Aaron jumped in a taxi and headed for the camel. unfortunately it was shut but I knew Mikey, Joe, Grogan, Natalie etc where at Lenin bar so I headed off that way. After tipping the hot bartender a ridiculous amount she was pouring me pretty much straight bourbon with a little coke. I was very nicely drunk which led me to lose my wallet again and to top it off I epically fell down a flight of stairs, busting my bad hip again and pretty much fucking up my ligaments around my knee. nice.
I reckon that's it in terms of stories and this'll probaly do for another month now.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Naked Ste's Paihia Adventure
I havn't posted in here for awhile but I've been a busy boy. Had a famil up to the bay of islands for free on behalf of Nomads hostels and Magic Bus NZ. Another 2 trips over to waiheke, one with 2 of the lads that I was with in the bay of islands and another with Troys sister Sian. We're getting to the end of summer so I'm trying to make the most of it now. What else, erm? I know run to mission bay every week which is about 10km to keep some sort of fitness. I've moved back into Nomads and probaly will be there for awhile as in May, a very good friend of mine back home, Helen, is thinking of coming out in May and Eddie's back in April so i'm going to wait until he's back to get a place and then hopefully Helen will move in and we can save up and go travelling round NZ together before the world cup, then its time for me to go home! Well I thought I might aswell just copy and paste the blog I left on Nomads website which was part of the deal for me to get it all for free, so here it is below. (if you want to see it with pictures and in all it's glory it's here (http://nomadshostels.com/backpackers-blog/naked-stes-naked-paihia-adventure/)
Now, Travelling can be very expensive at the best of times but there’s no reason why it should be. New Zealand is one of those places in the world where costs can mount, I know first hand from my bus tour around both Islands… I recall almost crawling back to Auckland on my hands and knees begging for a job at Nomads Auckland backpackers Hostel before I joined the Camel bar team at Nomads Fat Camel backpackers hostel and became Naked Ste.
With not much money to spare, but needing a well earned short holiday I jumped on a bus with Magic up to Paihia bright and early Monday morning at 7.35am. Our driver was Disco who hails from Wanaka in the South Island and despite Aucklands notoriously bad drivers, he safely got us across the harbour bridge and on our way to the Bay of Islands.
We weren’t blessed with great weather and this was pointed out to us when we had our first toilet and food stop just outside Warkworth at The Dome Cafe… mean as sandwiches by the way. This was a good time to get to know everyone from the bus and their travelling stories, there were travellers from all over the globe and most of them who’re just starting their travels. Paihia is definitely a good place to head to at the start and the Magic passes (Northland escape with Auckland to Paihia and back or Total Northland which also includes the Cape Reinga trip) are perfect.
booked into The Bay Adventurer backpackers hostel and managed to convince my fellow bus mates to do the same as well. It’s cheap ($25 for a 4 bed dorm) and almost like your living in a hotel so I can’t really big it up anymore except your missing out if you stay anywhere else! We arrived at mid day and spent our afternoon going the supermarket to stock up on our feed for the next 3 days. I don’t need to tell you backpackers how to live on a budget but pre-cooked sausages and 2 minute noodles are the way forward for sure. After lunch it was time to head on down to the beach to soak up the best weather New Zealand has to offer and do what I do best… watch the pretty girls walk by and instantly fall in love with them.
Whilst most people jumped on a boat and headed out into the bay to do some dolphin watching, me and the 2 guys in my room walked up to where The Treaty Grounds of Waitangi was formed. The treaty grounds are a must see and even if all the cultural heritage stuff doesn’t do it for you there are still some great views back to Paihia and along the bay to admire. I blagged that I was a NZ resident and therefore got in squat free but if your not as lucky as me then saying your on the coastal walk is another way in or failing that, just jumping through the exit is another.
You can spend a good few hours wandering around the treaty grounds taking in the war canoes, James Busby’s house (the guy who drew up the treaty) and the Waitangi maori meeting house. That night we put on our glad rags and went out for a couple of drinks, not many though as everywhere closes after 1am which keeps Paihia chilled out. I have to say… The Salty Bar did have karaoke on and Aerosmith was blasted out followed closely by Wet Wet Wet. $5 drinks can keep you going on a budget and everyone loves a bit of karaoke.
I got up early on the Wednesday and hired out a kayak for 6 hours costing me a tiny $40 for a tan and the freedom to get out in the bay and chill out on beaches you wouldnt usually get to visit, Motuarahi and Motu Maire are the easiest and closest to get to. There is also a cool as little forest up the river where its submerged in water, quite sureal meandering around tree tops and a top visit despite having to battle with the current and squeezing past a bridge. Shortly after dropping the kayaks off we watched down the front to grab some freshed caught fish and chips from Vinnies Takeaway. A good feed for 2 is 2 sausages, 2 fish, 1 fries and 2 drinks for $15, bargain! That night we stayed in town and popped along to Franks Cafe for a live set by a local musician and not the cheapest drinks in town but some kick ass pizza to munch on.
Unfortunately Thursday we were up bright and early to head back to Auckland via some photo spots on the west coast. Rawene was a quick toilet stop, as was Opononui and Omapere. Tane Mahutu deep in the wilderness was the next stop, the 2nd biggest tree in the world and deeply rooted (excuse the pun) in Moari heritage. We eventually got back to Auckland mid afternoon as so my holiday was brought to an end.
A good cheap trip and there is definitely more cheap things to do in the Bay of Islands. Jumping on a ferry over to Russell is a good shout or enjoying one of Paihia and Waitangis breath taking walks up to lookout points or the waterfalls.
The trip wasn’t all fun and games though, on our second day a tragic event in New Zealands history occurred. A catostrophic 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Christchurch and the county of Canterbury. As I am writing this, the death toll is still on the rise and at the moment stands at 115 with hundreds of people still missing. I have friends who were in Christchurch on this day and many who I knew were travelling the South Island on that day. Luckily, all were left unscathed but without accomodation and forced to rough it out in a park for a few nights. A big mention goes out to the families and friends of people who have lost loved ones, aswell as the citizens of Christchurch who have been affected by what prime minister John Key calls “New Zealand’s darkest day”.
Kia Kaha Christchurch.
Now, Travelling can be very expensive at the best of times but there’s no reason why it should be. New Zealand is one of those places in the world where costs can mount, I know first hand from my bus tour around both Islands… I recall almost crawling back to Auckland on my hands and knees begging for a job at Nomads Auckland backpackers Hostel before I joined the Camel bar team at Nomads Fat Camel backpackers hostel and became Naked Ste.
With not much money to spare, but needing a well earned short holiday I jumped on a bus with Magic up to Paihia bright and early Monday morning at 7.35am. Our driver was Disco who hails from Wanaka in the South Island and despite Aucklands notoriously bad drivers, he safely got us across the harbour bridge and on our way to the Bay of Islands.
We weren’t blessed with great weather and this was pointed out to us when we had our first toilet and food stop just outside Warkworth at The Dome Cafe… mean as sandwiches by the way. This was a good time to get to know everyone from the bus and their travelling stories, there were travellers from all over the globe and most of them who’re just starting their travels. Paihia is definitely a good place to head to at the start and the Magic passes (Northland escape with Auckland to Paihia and back or Total Northland which also includes the Cape Reinga trip) are perfect.
booked into The Bay Adventurer backpackers hostel and managed to convince my fellow bus mates to do the same as well. It’s cheap ($25 for a 4 bed dorm) and almost like your living in a hotel so I can’t really big it up anymore except your missing out if you stay anywhere else! We arrived at mid day and spent our afternoon going the supermarket to stock up on our feed for the next 3 days. I don’t need to tell you backpackers how to live on a budget but pre-cooked sausages and 2 minute noodles are the way forward for sure. After lunch it was time to head on down to the beach to soak up the best weather New Zealand has to offer and do what I do best… watch the pretty girls walk by and instantly fall in love with them.
Whilst most people jumped on a boat and headed out into the bay to do some dolphin watching, me and the 2 guys in my room walked up to where The Treaty Grounds of Waitangi was formed. The treaty grounds are a must see and even if all the cultural heritage stuff doesn’t do it for you there are still some great views back to Paihia and along the bay to admire. I blagged that I was a NZ resident and therefore got in squat free but if your not as lucky as me then saying your on the coastal walk is another way in or failing that, just jumping through the exit is another.
You can spend a good few hours wandering around the treaty grounds taking in the war canoes, James Busby’s house (the guy who drew up the treaty) and the Waitangi maori meeting house. That night we put on our glad rags and went out for a couple of drinks, not many though as everywhere closes after 1am which keeps Paihia chilled out. I have to say… The Salty Bar did have karaoke on and Aerosmith was blasted out followed closely by Wet Wet Wet. $5 drinks can keep you going on a budget and everyone loves a bit of karaoke.
I got up early on the Wednesday and hired out a kayak for 6 hours costing me a tiny $40 for a tan and the freedom to get out in the bay and chill out on beaches you wouldnt usually get to visit, Motuarahi and Motu Maire are the easiest and closest to get to. There is also a cool as little forest up the river where its submerged in water, quite sureal meandering around tree tops and a top visit despite having to battle with the current and squeezing past a bridge. Shortly after dropping the kayaks off we watched down the front to grab some freshed caught fish and chips from Vinnies Takeaway. A good feed for 2 is 2 sausages, 2 fish, 1 fries and 2 drinks for $15, bargain! That night we stayed in town and popped along to Franks Cafe for a live set by a local musician and not the cheapest drinks in town but some kick ass pizza to munch on.
Unfortunately Thursday we were up bright and early to head back to Auckland via some photo spots on the west coast. Rawene was a quick toilet stop, as was Opononui and Omapere. Tane Mahutu deep in the wilderness was the next stop, the 2nd biggest tree in the world and deeply rooted (excuse the pun) in Moari heritage. We eventually got back to Auckland mid afternoon as so my holiday was brought to an end.
A good cheap trip and there is definitely more cheap things to do in the Bay of Islands. Jumping on a ferry over to Russell is a good shout or enjoying one of Paihia and Waitangis breath taking walks up to lookout points or the waterfalls.
The trip wasn’t all fun and games though, on our second day a tragic event in New Zealands history occurred. A catostrophic 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Christchurch and the county of Canterbury. As I am writing this, the death toll is still on the rise and at the moment stands at 115 with hundreds of people still missing. I have friends who were in Christchurch on this day and many who I knew were travelling the South Island on that day. Luckily, all were left unscathed but without accomodation and forced to rough it out in a park for a few nights. A big mention goes out to the families and friends of people who have lost loved ones, aswell as the citizens of Christchurch who have been affected by what prime minister John Key calls “New Zealand’s darkest day”.
Kia Kaha Christchurch.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Dress Up Week
Tuesday me and Gaz decided we would run down to Mission bay and catch up with the Nomads day trip. We really did miscalculate how far it was and was completely dead when we got there... about an 8km run with bags on our bags and passing the rugby ball all the way.good fucking workout.
We caught the bus on the way back and stopped by the camel for a few drinks. This was when our master idea came about, for his last night we were going to dress up as 80's as we could. After we threw our wigs, short shorts, singlets, leg warmers
and sweatbands we looked Austrian and Swedish so we ran with it. So far it could have been the funniest night of my life in nz. We had the whole of Cassette doing aerobics with us when we were on the stage.
Wednesday was Magic Buses 20th birthday party at a secret location. Theme was 'M' and therefore all guests had to dress up in something beginning with M. Nomads chose to go as Mafia and fuck did we look the party. I didn't have time to go all out on the costume so I had to improvise with my own clothes and bought the hat, suspenders and gun. We were picked up in a Magic bus and drove out to a swanky bar in Ponsonby they hired out called The Crib.
We had a free bar all night downstairs but only on house pours and house beers... loved it. At midnight we hitched the free bus back to town to go to the after party in Globe. I got chatting to an american girl called Chelsea (I thought if I was going to pick up, it definately wasn't goingto be industry... I learnt my lesson after the toga party when I was caught kissing Cat from Stray.)We hit O'Hagans on Vulcan Lane and then Father Teds. When I realised Eddie and Gaz were both out andI couldnt get in the flat I ended up going back to her dorm in Base.
It was all good until I went the toilet in the morning and got caught by Matt from Frenzi. There goes my cover. Immediately he text everyone we both knew saying he caught me in Base.
Thursday was the pub crawl and Kevin's birthday so we all dressed up in cowboys and indians. I was still real hungover from the past couple of nights so I didn't go hard but arranged to meet up with Chelsea again. This time I was clever, we went back to mine and avoided the inevitable hostel gossip. Although I did get some abuse jokingly from the guys that were in her room when I was working.
Friday I had the day off to recover and spent my time getting my Liqour Control Qualification sorted and flat hunting. I had few drinks down the camel in the evening and got chatting to a girl whos sister is a regular and she's showed interest in going for a drink when sometime... take it with a pinch of salt as I'm punching above my weight so much and she was drinking like me.
I got home to find out that We had to be out of the flat by Wednesday. This wouldn't have been a problem but Im up in Paihia from Monday to Thursday so I have to have all my stuff out of the flat by Monday morning.
Again can be done except that I'm opening and closing the bar both Saturday and Sunday. I've managed to have all of my stuff packed up and ready to move but the cleaning is going to be a bitch!
We caught the bus on the way back and stopped by the camel for a few drinks. This was when our master idea came about, for his last night we were going to dress up as 80's as we could. After we threw our wigs, short shorts, singlets, leg warmers
and sweatbands we looked Austrian and Swedish so we ran with it. So far it could have been the funniest night of my life in nz. We had the whole of Cassette doing aerobics with us when we were on the stage.
Wednesday was Magic Buses 20th birthday party at a secret location. Theme was 'M' and therefore all guests had to dress up in something beginning with M. Nomads chose to go as Mafia and fuck did we look the party. I didn't have time to go all out on the costume so I had to improvise with my own clothes and bought the hat, suspenders and gun. We were picked up in a Magic bus and drove out to a swanky bar in Ponsonby they hired out called The Crib.
We had a free bar all night downstairs but only on house pours and house beers... loved it. At midnight we hitched the free bus back to town to go to the after party in Globe. I got chatting to an american girl called Chelsea (I thought if I was going to pick up, it definately wasn't goingto be industry... I learnt my lesson after the toga party when I was caught kissing Cat from Stray.)We hit O'Hagans on Vulcan Lane and then Father Teds. When I realised Eddie and Gaz were both out andI couldnt get in the flat I ended up going back to her dorm in Base.
It was all good until I went the toilet in the morning and got caught by Matt from Frenzi. There goes my cover. Immediately he text everyone we both knew saying he caught me in Base.
Thursday was the pub crawl and Kevin's birthday so we all dressed up in cowboys and indians. I was still real hungover from the past couple of nights so I didn't go hard but arranged to meet up with Chelsea again. This time I was clever, we went back to mine and avoided the inevitable hostel gossip. Although I did get some abuse jokingly from the guys that were in her room when I was working.
Friday I had the day off to recover and spent my time getting my Liqour Control Qualification sorted and flat hunting. I had few drinks down the camel in the evening and got chatting to a girl whos sister is a regular and she's showed interest in going for a drink when sometime... take it with a pinch of salt as I'm punching above my weight so much and she was drinking like me.
I got home to find out that We had to be out of the flat by Wednesday. This wouldn't have been a problem but Im up in Paihia from Monday to Thursday so I have to have all my stuff out of the flat by Monday morning.
Again can be done except that I'm opening and closing the bar both Saturday and Sunday. I've managed to have all of my stuff packed up and ready to move but the cleaning is going to be a bitch!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!
Tuesday I headed over to Waiheke again with Katie, Dan (the guy who's birthday it was on saturday) and Steph this german girl.
It was a cool crowd we had and they loved the island. We did the usual trip of beaches and vineyards but there was also a pretty
cool art exhibition along the cliff top by the matiatia ferry terminal. It was an hour walk with random peices art dotted around.
Hard to explain but there are pictures I'm going to rob and put up on facebook. When we got back into town we ended up going to cassette.
Angry scouse came out, I cant really remember what happened but I know apologised to this guy and he wouldn't except it and was abit
of a prick about and tried talking down to me and I wasn't having it. In the end after some very heated discussion, katie pulled me away
and said we were leaving before something bad happened, fair enough. She ended up staying the night and left in the morning for her flight
back to Sydney.
Eddie had also had an eventful night. After taking acid he ended up pushing some guy off the stage and nearly getting thrown out twice.
He went back to Nomads TV lounge and was halucinating thinking that there was a wedding and ripped up a load of leaflets and used them as confetti.
This meant Wednesday was purely a junk food and movies day as we were both struggling.
Thursday was a productive day, well kinda. I went into town with the intention of opening up a bank account with another bank and giving the card to gaz
so I can save. Getting a hair cut, getting my toga costume for the boat party and paying my vodafone bill. Well I did the later 2 as I didn't realise how long
they would take and my haircut is getting done next week. Me and Matt went for spartans and infact were very resourceful, it should turn out to be a pretty good costume.
Friday I woke up and headed over to Frienz to start putting together the costume with Matt, Mark, Ed and Dribbles. We stripped back to costume till eventually it was just the very skimpy tunic, cape, shield and spear topped off with fake tan. The boat party was epic, I ended up spending a crap load of money and the stories that have come out are priceless. 1 involves me and katy falling into C.K's vomit. another is me dancing away with little clothing infront of the camera. I also threw a random phone over the boat.
Friday was so big that I ended up missing my shift at the gym and struggling through a 13 hour one at the bar. Today has been kinda quiet, the gym was dead and the bar at the moment is too so I can just chill but my god after this weekend do I just want to hit up my bed!
It was a cool crowd we had and they loved the island. We did the usual trip of beaches and vineyards but there was also a pretty
cool art exhibition along the cliff top by the matiatia ferry terminal. It was an hour walk with random peices art dotted around.
Hard to explain but there are pictures I'm going to rob and put up on facebook. When we got back into town we ended up going to cassette.
Angry scouse came out, I cant really remember what happened but I know apologised to this guy and he wouldn't except it and was abit
of a prick about and tried talking down to me and I wasn't having it. In the end after some very heated discussion, katie pulled me away
and said we were leaving before something bad happened, fair enough. She ended up staying the night and left in the morning for her flight
back to Sydney.
Eddie had also had an eventful night. After taking acid he ended up pushing some guy off the stage and nearly getting thrown out twice.
He went back to Nomads TV lounge and was halucinating thinking that there was a wedding and ripped up a load of leaflets and used them as confetti.
This meant Wednesday was purely a junk food and movies day as we were both struggling.
Thursday was a productive day, well kinda. I went into town with the intention of opening up a bank account with another bank and giving the card to gaz
so I can save. Getting a hair cut, getting my toga costume for the boat party and paying my vodafone bill. Well I did the later 2 as I didn't realise how long
they would take and my haircut is getting done next week. Me and Matt went for spartans and infact were very resourceful, it should turn out to be a pretty good costume.
Friday I woke up and headed over to Frienz to start putting together the costume with Matt, Mark, Ed and Dribbles. We stripped back to costume till eventually it was just the very skimpy tunic, cape, shield and spear topped off with fake tan. The boat party was epic, I ended up spending a crap load of money and the stories that have come out are priceless. 1 involves me and katy falling into C.K's vomit. another is me dancing away with little clothing infront of the camera. I also threw a random phone over the boat.
Friday was so big that I ended up missing my shift at the gym and struggling through a 13 hour one at the bar. Today has been kinda quiet, the gym was dead and the bar at the moment is too so I can just chill but my god after this weekend do I just want to hit up my bed!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
February 2011
It's the 1st week in Feb and quite fiting that nearly a year into my time here I happened to bump into 2 of the guys I came out with. It was just a normal Friday night, nothing special then who should wander in for a drink but James and Paul. James is heading home in 2 weeks as he only had the 1 year visa and Pauls just been granted his 2nd year so he's going to continue working at Sky City and we arranged to meet up for a beer at some point. An old flame from the UK got back in touch and to be honest, at a good time aswell as it's helped me get over Michelle almost
completely now I think. She's thinking of coming out here and travelling as a gap year. It'll be awesome if that happens because even if we decide to just travel as friends I know the 2 of us would have a ridiculously good time as we're too good of friends for anything to be wierd.
Now, as Naked Ste is well truely back (The sign above the bar stating how many nights i've been sober is back up and that is when it's official) I feel it's time to tell some drunken stories. Last Saturday I was just having a few drinks in the bar and chatting away to a few cougars before leaving for cassette with Frienz Mark and Emma who was back from the Paihia for a few days and crashing at mine. Emma got ridiculously drunk so I gave her my keys and told her to keep her phone on so I could ring her when I needed to get in. I ended up going back to Cassette and couldn't of been there more than half an hour before I was just stood outside minding my own business until Kirsten (one of the girls that came to Waiheke Island) joined me. I didn't even manage to get a word out of my mouth before she blurted out that French Jo had told her I fancied her and she asked if we could go back to mine. And they say chivalry is dead hey.
1 problem. She had been sleeping with an irish mate of ours called Ed, who I've known for a few months now. He happened to confess that he liked her a lot although he was leaving on Tuesday to go meet up with a girl and travel with her. After her giving some bull shit excuse for why she was leaving the bar we darted out the side door and took the long way round the hostel to go to mine. She ended staying for a few nights before she departed for the Bay of Islands. We still keep in touch and said we'd meet up again but it's definately not another Michelle situation. Just lust haha. Thursday was a comical one. I stayed behind after my shift to have some half price drinks and was so pumped to get my party hat on. Me and Ed now give eachother so much banter over the microphone that I now love working the Pub Crawl. I caught up with the crawl in Globe and got hounded straight away. Usually I have to put effort in to get chatting to the girls but not at all this night. It has to be said I did enjoy it a little bit too much I think but it was nice to have 2 girls almost fighting over you. I ended up leaving with a russian girl and once back at mine she started crying into my pillow randomly before things we about to get started. I found out it was because she was a virgin and scared. I said to her that its probaly best that her first time isnt with me and she could stay the night and i'll walk her back to the hostel in the morning. She continued to cry and got it out of her that she needed to be sick so i took her the toilet and held her hair back. She got up and went to give her a hug, whilst doing so I was lucky enough to get vomitted on!
Saturday after work I went out for a few drinks with some guys from the hostel. It was a birthday so i said I would show them some of the delights of Auckland on a budget. We went up to fort st union and met up with the guys from Nomads Fusion. We shortly left for Globe but didn't stay long, I started hooking up with Katie, an american chick and we left to have some drinks at The Albion near me. Not before climbing the massive sculpture outside the ASB Bank tower. While I was at the Albion the general manager was asking about where I was working and stuff. He told me to come in to Shakespeares with my CV once I got my managers certificate. Sounds promising. I don't know if I want to leave the travellers circle quite yet though. If I move into the private room then I may look elsewhere for better money but we'll see.
completely now I think. She's thinking of coming out here and travelling as a gap year. It'll be awesome if that happens because even if we decide to just travel as friends I know the 2 of us would have a ridiculously good time as we're too good of friends for anything to be wierd.
Now, as Naked Ste is well truely back (The sign above the bar stating how many nights i've been sober is back up and that is when it's official) I feel it's time to tell some drunken stories. Last Saturday I was just having a few drinks in the bar and chatting away to a few cougars before leaving for cassette with Frienz Mark and Emma who was back from the Paihia for a few days and crashing at mine. Emma got ridiculously drunk so I gave her my keys and told her to keep her phone on so I could ring her when I needed to get in. I ended up going back to Cassette and couldn't of been there more than half an hour before I was just stood outside minding my own business until Kirsten (one of the girls that came to Waiheke Island) joined me. I didn't even manage to get a word out of my mouth before she blurted out that French Jo had told her I fancied her and she asked if we could go back to mine. And they say chivalry is dead hey.
1 problem. She had been sleeping with an irish mate of ours called Ed, who I've known for a few months now. He happened to confess that he liked her a lot although he was leaving on Tuesday to go meet up with a girl and travel with her. After her giving some bull shit excuse for why she was leaving the bar we darted out the side door and took the long way round the hostel to go to mine. She ended staying for a few nights before she departed for the Bay of Islands. We still keep in touch and said we'd meet up again but it's definately not another Michelle situation. Just lust haha. Thursday was a comical one. I stayed behind after my shift to have some half price drinks and was so pumped to get my party hat on. Me and Ed now give eachother so much banter over the microphone that I now love working the Pub Crawl. I caught up with the crawl in Globe and got hounded straight away. Usually I have to put effort in to get chatting to the girls but not at all this night. It has to be said I did enjoy it a little bit too much I think but it was nice to have 2 girls almost fighting over you. I ended up leaving with a russian girl and once back at mine she started crying into my pillow randomly before things we about to get started. I found out it was because she was a virgin and scared. I said to her that its probaly best that her first time isnt with me and she could stay the night and i'll walk her back to the hostel in the morning. She continued to cry and got it out of her that she needed to be sick so i took her the toilet and held her hair back. She got up and went to give her a hug, whilst doing so I was lucky enough to get vomitted on!
Saturday after work I went out for a few drinks with some guys from the hostel. It was a birthday so i said I would show them some of the delights of Auckland on a budget. We went up to fort st union and met up with the guys from Nomads Fusion. We shortly left for Globe but didn't stay long, I started hooking up with Katie, an american chick and we left to have some drinks at The Albion near me. Not before climbing the massive sculpture outside the ASB Bank tower. While I was at the Albion the general manager was asking about where I was working and stuff. He told me to come in to Shakespeares with my CV once I got my managers certificate. Sounds promising. I don't know if I want to leave the travellers circle quite yet though. If I move into the private room then I may look elsewhere for better money but we'll see.
Learning Curve January
o it's coming to the end of January and I havn't wrote in here as my whole month has revolved around Michelle. I've held off writing in here because I didn't want to write anything I would later go on to regret as my mind keeps changing but
the other day my mind was made up for. I'm going to make it short as it's too painful to go in depth and put all my thoughts in here as I usually would. Basically, A lote happened very quickly for me and I made a rash decision which I later went back on and that decision was to break up with Michelle as I felt she wasnt putting any effort into our relationship and I can't be with someone like that. I begged her to take me back and after almost 4 weeks I gave her her ultimatum the other day over the phone. We ended up going round and round in circles and I realised if she didn't no by now if she wanted to be with me then her mind was made up. I ended up stopping being so nice and pussy footing around to make her take me back and showed my true feelings and told her that was it. It is possibily the hardest thing I have ever had to do and still believe that if we had been living in the same city this would never happen. I do not regret anything i did pre-break up and had a great time with her but it's too much of an up hill battle to keep us together and it's depressing and I turn to drink which makes me broke and harder to pay my bill. I can't live like that.
Plus side though, I'm coming up to a year in NZ and have been thinking about how I am going to spend my last year here. I am seriously considering working a ski-season (probaly won't settle in Queenstown because I'll bump into Michelle and it'll be so hard for me)for a couple of months while I'm waiting for the call off Gaz to move back to Auckland and run the bar. I'm moving out of the apartment in a month
and looking into moving out to Waiheke Island and working there. My social life may take a huge hit but I'll save money and just chill the fuck out, which I have not done in a long time. I spent the day there today and have struck a deal with Bodhi that I'll go over every other week and bring with me atleast 4 or 5 peeps which will
get a discounted rate and I'll get it for free. It was exactly what I needed, just to chill and mellow out as the whole of this month has been stressed. I got back into the city and immediately was not chilled, i didn't like that at all.
In the next couple of weeks, me and a girl from Cali are going to head over to the island and look at jobs and accomodation. This year, I promise. Will be the best yet. I am not going to get myself into another situation similar to one with Michelle but if they are in completely the same mindset as me and there plans match mine exactly then I won't say no but until then I have one thing to say...
Naked Ste is back, and he is ruder, cruder and more naked than before. The guy my friends love is going to come out and play.
the other day my mind was made up for. I'm going to make it short as it's too painful to go in depth and put all my thoughts in here as I usually would. Basically, A lote happened very quickly for me and I made a rash decision which I later went back on and that decision was to break up with Michelle as I felt she wasnt putting any effort into our relationship and I can't be with someone like that. I begged her to take me back and after almost 4 weeks I gave her her ultimatum the other day over the phone. We ended up going round and round in circles and I realised if she didn't no by now if she wanted to be with me then her mind was made up. I ended up stopping being so nice and pussy footing around to make her take me back and showed my true feelings and told her that was it. It is possibily the hardest thing I have ever had to do and still believe that if we had been living in the same city this would never happen. I do not regret anything i did pre-break up and had a great time with her but it's too much of an up hill battle to keep us together and it's depressing and I turn to drink which makes me broke and harder to pay my bill. I can't live like that.
Plus side though, I'm coming up to a year in NZ and have been thinking about how I am going to spend my last year here. I am seriously considering working a ski-season (probaly won't settle in Queenstown because I'll bump into Michelle and it'll be so hard for me)for a couple of months while I'm waiting for the call off Gaz to move back to Auckland and run the bar. I'm moving out of the apartment in a month
and looking into moving out to Waiheke Island and working there. My social life may take a huge hit but I'll save money and just chill the fuck out, which I have not done in a long time. I spent the day there today and have struck a deal with Bodhi that I'll go over every other week and bring with me atleast 4 or 5 peeps which will
get a discounted rate and I'll get it for free. It was exactly what I needed, just to chill and mellow out as the whole of this month has been stressed. I got back into the city and immediately was not chilled, i didn't like that at all.
In the next couple of weeks, me and a girl from Cali are going to head over to the island and look at jobs and accomodation. This year, I promise. Will be the best yet. I am not going to get myself into another situation similar to one with Michelle but if they are in completely the same mindset as me and there plans match mine exactly then I won't say no but until then I have one thing to say...
Naked Ste is back, and he is ruder, cruder and more naked than before. The guy my friends love is going to come out and play.
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