So I have finally got around to giving up the bus and taking up the bike home from work. I throw it into the back of Kim’s uncles car on the way to work and then ride it home. It’s a 12 mile cycle but because of the waiting and the changes on the bus I managed to get home almost 30 minutes quicker than the bus so it is all win win — I don’t feel so guilty about a cold beer in the evening now!

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So the first day of work is down but what a nightmare the travelling part is. It is always too early on the first day to really say what something is going to be like but I can without any hesitation tell you that the travel on them buses will be tough. They are cheap, on time and frequent but anything that takes an hour and fifteen minutes compared to a twenty minute drive is never fun, especially at the end of the day when you just want to get home. MORE »

My Day’s of lying in each morning, applying for job and generally passing time by enjoying the time off of work are OVER. Yes, yesterday I had an interview and yesterday I was hired for a new job. The job is quite similar in work that I did back home which I am pleased about and I start next week.  That gives me enough time to build my bike, which I still haven’t got round to doing, and taking it for a few spins. I’m surprised I got work so quickly after my arrival but I am sure not going to complain about it. So indeed, from next week I will be back in the rat race, fighting traffic to get to the office in time again. Actually I won’t quite be fighting traffic I will be fighting to make it to the three different busses I have to take to get to work each morning.

~ Richard Blayney

So yesterday marked my final day at Siemens after 3 years and 9 months with the company. I now find myself back in that place I haven’t been since somewhere in and around my student days — unemployed. But that is ok because clearly there is a method to the madness. Yes, it is now 3 days and counting until I leave these shores for Canada. MORE »