City slickers

We have both now been back in work for a few weeks and the old adage you forget you were ever away is too true!!!

We are both enjoying the new challenges our jobs present but are still trying to experience Sydney.

We have now firmly embedded ourselves in the local boozer! The point bar, it's less than 50 meters from our building and is a cool little place.

We have become friends with a few of the bar staff and bar managers. This culminated in them inviting James to go to a local rugby league game. A very drunken night in which Sarah was called as the cavalry to pick him up at 3 am!!

Sarah went out with some girl friends for a night of dancing in the city, this ended in Sarah walking half an hour home with no shoes on.

We are also on the hunt for a local sailing club as we want to get out on the water and enjoy some water sports. As yet one has not been picked.

The hunt for furniture goes on, dinning room chairs are our current target. Fingers crossed on e bay that will be sorted very soon.

We're all booked in to go away with James' parents to Hamilton island when they come over for a long weekend.

In the mean time bring on the bank holiday weekend, that's what you do when your full time I remember count down the days to the next holiday! Bad habits die hard!!!

This has been written on a mobile phone using a blogger app as we still have no broadband, so sorry about crap formatting.

Sydney - Future Music Festival and first few days at Google

So we have been in Sydney now for exactly 1 month. James has been the bread-winner for the last 2 weeks has been bringing in the salary while Sarah has been sorting out life in the back office (and waiting to start Google).

To celebrate our first month here we decided to go to Sydney's Future Music Festival at Randwick racecourse with our friend Emma (also from Wokingham who lives over here now).

It was like rolling back the clock 10 years to our festival days with  the likes of Fatboy slim, PVD and Sven Vath playing, plus new-ish acts Swedish House Mafia,Chase and Status, Oliver Huntemann, Friendly Fires and Gareth Emery!!! Awesome...

Now, these festivals are a little different to the ones we're used to at home.... Wait for it... they start at 12pm and finish at 10pm. It was held on the race-course in the city which was a 20min walk home! Result! This meant we were back at Emma's flat and tucked up in bed at 11.30pm. Compare this to Reading festival where you don't get home until 3 days later...

Sunday we all woke up after a great 8hours sleep and went out for brunch, and we didn't even feel hungover!

Sarah started with Google on Monday 12th March, which was an intro to life at Google which mainly consisted of a free food extravaganza (as always breakfast, lunch and dinner are free)...

Quote for the day from Sarah " I will NOT put on the 'Google Stone' ". "However the first day is an exception"

Who could turn down free magnum ice-creams, sushi, steak and salad, yoghurt, fruits, nuts, rice cakes with peanut butter, red bull, diet coke, fruit salad... to name a few.. mmmmmm (oh dear).



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I'm feeling lucky...I'm going to be a Googler!!!

Yes I got it!!!!! (Sarah btw)

I'm Feeling Lucky 

I received a job offer which I have accepted for Google as a Senior Financial Accountant in the Sydney office in Darling harbour... Just 7 minutes walk from the flat.. 

I am feeling lucky

The plan is to start on the 12th March, meeting Laura my new boss for lunch next thursday!

Can't quite believe it!!! :)