It's my first day at Surf N' Snow Backpackers doing exchange work.I did want to do exchange work at some point of my stay here,and this was a good chance.(Wanted to do exchange work in National Park though,but I was too settled in Auckland and the thoughts of packing my bags again terrified me,so I'm gonna stay here until I return).
I started at 11pm and will finish at 7am,and I will be doing this for 2 nights in a week in exchange for free accomodation.It wasn't too bad,it's 5.11am now and all I had to do today was give someone a wake up call (she had to go to the airport for her 6am flight),print out a check out report,check some people in,count money in the till and log on to MSN Messenger and chat.I am tired allright,as I got back from work at 5pm today and didn't get much sleep (about 2 hours)and I will have to stay awake until about 9am or so until Rean comes to go with me to the agency we both registered to work for on Sunday.
I can see the Skytower right behind me from the window.It's still hard to believe it's the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.Anyway,let me tell you about what happened at work today.I took the kitchen position today as we had other bartenders working today.The chef,Eddy,was being a lil cranky and grumpy all week (Monday was terrible,he was practically screaming at everyone,until the manager had to come and do some peace talk).I thought he'd get over it but he didn't.We were slammed left and right and all the mistakes became our faults!I was going to work until 9.30pm tonight,come back,have showers and dinner and maybe a strong cup of coffee and commence my night duty but seeing him so cranky made me change my mind,I went off at 5pm.
Well,I heard from the other staff that he's got some personal problems and he's being moody all the time.Well,personally Ii can understand how it feels to have problems and to bring em to work,but shouting and blaming your staff is terrible.I will be telling him that I am leaving next week,as he wants a 2 weeks notice before I leave.Else,I have caught up with Suzie and Yohanna,who's still in South Island and will be travelling up north next week to do Tongariro,and hopefully I will be able to join em.Rean has expressed interest to join us,and if I go to National Park next week Rean will be coming with me.
We had a public holiday on 6th Feb,Waitangi Day.Rean invited me for a day out with them to Long Bay,and we had a pretty good time in the beach.It was a surf beach,apparently,and the waves were gigantic.(And I thought Cherating was rough!LOL!)Well they all had surf boards and I didn't,so I didn't go too far.Prakash and Raveen offered theirs to me but I was in the mood to swim,not to surf so I declined.After chilling for a while,we went for coffee,and they dropped me back in the city.I just got into the backpackers and was gonna lie down and take a nap when Rean texted asking if I wanna go over to her house as she is cooking dhall curry.
Dhal curry!Man I miss Malaysia!.Nevertheless I went to her house,Prakash picked me up from Panmure.The dhall curry was superb allright.After dinner we had several shots of vodka and watched a movie,Blood Diamond.I stayed overnight in her place,woke up at 10 the next day,had a late breakfast and Rean dropped me off in the city on her way to work.
My German friend,Anna and I are planning to go to Raglan,the best surf beach in New Zealand,and start our journey by watching the sunrise from Mission Bay,go on to Raglan,climb Mt Victoria to watch the sunset,and go on to One Tree Hill and watch the view of Auckland at night.
It's gonna be a long day,but it's gonna be beautiful.
Till the next update,people.I'm having a headache doing night shift!