I received a phone call from a temp agency on Friday offering me a part-time job doing data entry in the public sector. It pays pretty well, 14 euro/hour [minimum wage here is a little less than 9/hour] but it's only for four days this week for a few hours a day... but it's better than nothing! My first day was yesterday and it was fine. There's about 10 of us there, and I'd say about 7 of us are Canadian. A couple from Vancouver, one from Winnipeg, one from Toronto, me from Ottawa, one from PEI, and I forget where the other girl is from. So we have coast-to-coast Canadians! haha.
After work last night, I went to a concert at the venue called The Academy. Aunt Nadine got me + 2 [Jess and Holly] on the guestlist. We were able to go in the VIP area and everything! Very cool. So THANK YOU AUNT NADINE!! Unfortunately I had to work until 8:30 so we missed the first band, Fighting With Wire, who's the band that we were on the list for! But luckily they're playing again on January 24th, so I'll have to check them out then. The headlining band, Biffy Clyro, are Scottish and are pretty good! Apparently they have a pretty big fanbase here because the show was sold out and everyone was going crazy for them. I took a few photos, so I'll be uploading them onto facebook soon-ish.
The new flatmate, Pedro, is working out very well. He's very nice and he seems like a cool guy. We actually have similar tastes in music, he likes a lot of American punk bands like NOFX, Strung Out, and even the Canadian band Propagandhi. I found this to be a bit surprising, but definitely cool! His brother is the guitarist for a couple of Spanish punk bands. He played me some of their stuff, but of course I have no idea what they're singing about. Pedro moved here to improve his English and he said he's very thankful that he's living here because I've already taught him a lot! I've been teaching them [him and my other flatmates] slang too, and it's so funny. He asked me today what "no money, no honeys" means. HAHAH.
Today I received a phone call from the same temp agency and they offered me another job for over the holidays. Since I'm not planning on doing any travelling over the holidays, I said definitely!! So I'm going to be working as a receptionist at the Irish Stock Exchange. Crazy!! I start on the 23rd and finish on the 3rd. And it's only a half day for Christmas Eve and NYE and I get Stephen's Day [Boxing Day] and New Year's Day off. So pretty perfect. I'll be making 12 euro/hour, so not too bad. Again, definitely better than nothing! So I am pretty happy about that! And I'm sure that'll look good on my CV here.
After that, I got tickets for Holly and I to see The Streets on January 25th. Kind of an acquired taste but I'm pretty stoked to check out that show!
I don't know if I'm going out tonight. Probably not. Pedro invited me out with some of his friends; they're getting together for a girl's leaving party. I'm not sure if I'll go or not, 'cause I'm pretty tired.
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Hello Lisa, the good times keep on rolling, eh...glad that you are enjoying yourself, and also getting Irish work experience...debate about going out tonight or staying home...I would stay home, but then again, I am a grandma...just make sure that you get enough rest so that you can party when you REALLY want to. love you and miss you...a gift is on its way to your bank. acc;
oh lisa, I love having these continuous updates. I'm glad to hear you are doing well. The comments your gramma leaves are hilarious! I'm jealous you're going to see the streets, that will be a good time to see them live. I hope to make it over there one day, take care of yourself sugar!
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