Job Job Job & medic

Yep, the first week of job is going well, it’s only wednesday but I am looking forward the casual friday, it’s an agony with these formal pants and shirts all the day!

Anyway the job is going well and I like the place and the job too. People are friendly, I think I won’t make many relationships there because the people that i work with are older than me, very older.

I like there, there is a big kitchen and i can prepare my meal there or just a tea or coffee. It’s quite normal here in work places but it was a surprise because in Italy everything is so really different, for example i have 15 min of morning tea and 15 min of afternoon tea, so nice, in italy i hadn’t those pauses, i like it!

Docs from italy are come, so now i need them to be translated and them i can apply for my visa and hopefully the residence.

My medical insurance sucks, I needed to call it because I need a prescription and they just made me many silly questions about my flight back to Italy, f**k off, i have not a ticket back to Italy at all!!! why they want to know it I don’t know. I hope soon to be able to use the kiwi medical service, easier and faster.

Tommy.

Sushi: ginger?? wasabi??

Since I am here in New Zealand I’ve eaten so much sushi and other japanese’s staff. But I like it so much and there is this place in Hamilton, Kino Sushi, and it’s quite a regular location with nothing of luxury or minimal like we can think about a Japan cool restaurant, but its food it’s so good and you can decide what you want eating, every kind of sushi style: smoked salmon, salmon, vegetarian and others..

It’s my favourite place, firstable it’s good the food and then it’s a cheapy place to eat, you can fill your stomac up just for 6/7 dollars,

and the asian people working there are so funny, the last thing that they ask you is: Ginger?? wasabi?

Their pronunce is so funny.

Tomaso.

Tommy’s got a car

Yep, today we’ve brought a Subaru Impreza, after a long negotiation for f***ing 180 ( NZ ) dollars that the seller didnt want to pay for the registration of the car.

Anyway it is a blue Subaru Impreza I guess of the 1997/1998. I’ve tried it today and it works well, automatic clima, cd/cassette player with subwoofer and other stuff..sure, right drive.

And the price? well 2800 dollars, 1400 euro, if i remember well for that same price in italy you can’t find something like that. I wonder why in italy cars are so expensive, but here they are so easy to buy and chaper.

The registration ( passaggio di proprieta’ ) is easy to do ( at the post office ) and the insurrance starts from 100 $. The fuel now is getting expensive, one litre for 1.90 $ ( less of a euro anyway ).

We needed to buy one because of my job is out of Hamilton and we can’t use just one car after it.

I also brought a new song on Ituens, i couldn’t find it on the donkey shop, doesnt matter just one song is 1.79 $, Tiki Taane – Always on my mind. FINALLY!

Tommy.

Yeah, Tommy’s got a job!

Well, i don’t know what to say about it, I was stressed because i want to work as soon as possible, but i have to admit my i searched just for a month and it was the end of april when from the recriutment agency someone called me to tell me about this interview that i have done at Te Wananga, about a position that they wanted to offer me because “they really like me”. But it took 3 weeks because of my references from italy and the burocracy, so i was feeling stressed, waiting for them but don’t know when!

But today was the day and I’ve received the offer for the position of “Treseaure”, funny because at the interview they said that i was too junior and they wanted someone more senior, I think they didn’t find anyone better than me at the moment.

So a full time position, 37.5 hours and the salary is pretty good to be the first job with no experience in New Zealand!

Tommy’s got a job!

Music from Kiwiland

I want to talk about music here in New Zealand, there are a couple of artists that I like, Flight of the Conchords are so funny, and this song is so hilarious:

There is thi guy as well, Tiki Taane – always on my mind:

Enjoy them,

Tommy.

Mothers day and Tairua

Nothing really interesting this last week, just a new pair of All Stars, mine were worn out and i needed of new ones ( even if it was more because i needed to go shopping ) 49 Dollars ( 25 Euro), Good Deal!

Last sunday was The Mothers day and i have to wish to my mum “Happy Mothers day” and to all the mothers as well! To Celebrate we went with all the family to this place near Hamilton, it’s a sort of Caffe’/Garden and we had our lunch there, nice place to bring my italians people.

Next weekend I think me and Aimee will go to Tairua for Sat/Sunday, sure will be a great weekend!

I am Waiting for Te Wananga, “they were happy after my first references” that says the recruitment agency so i Think they will decide about my offer in this week ( i need of it! ), keep the finger crossed!

Tommy.

Interview and References

Gees, in New Zealand seems with no end..I am a bit stressed today, this morning i had my second interview with Fonterra and if it went well they will recall me for another interview, but the next week, so another week waiting to know about it. Meanwhile there is the other position as assistant accountant that Te Wananga want to offer me, i have to wait for my ex tutor’s references ( my ex boss sent them yesterday night ) and then the recruitment agency need to translate them and after all these things if everything is ok Te wananga will offer me the job.

Honestly i do not what to do in the case i have both the positions offered, i like Te wananga because of what they do but Fonterra is Fonterra and i can not leave this opportunity, anyway at the moment i have to hope that everything will be ok so i will can decide what to do.

Fonterra offer me the possibility of career, hopefully a good salary and it is close Aimee’s work..if i would like to work there.

This is a pdf file fomr Trip Advisor, the best place to travel is New Zealand but i am not surprised, who knows why.

Tommy.

THE REASON TO BE IN NEW ZEALAND

HI all, this is just a post about the reason why i am in New Zealand, everything is because of her:

I love you Aimee.

Indian Restaurant, Pirongia park and others

Last week went to eat indian food in town, it was really spicy and hot but good. I think i will be able to eat it again in three months..we spent just 50 dollars, it is really convenient here than in italy!

Friday last week we went for a long walk ( 5 hours ) to the Pirongia Park, we had fun and it was really nice, there are so many place here to walk, the green is everywhere and sometimes foggy too!

Anyway i am feeling so better here thanin italy, everything is so easy and so natural..somtimes i’ve found hard to remember about my life in italy, it seems so far away. At the moment i find in Nz that thing that in italy i could not feel, “Home”.

News from jobs: last tuesday I had a phone interview 45 minutes talking about myself, I hope to hear from Fonterra the next week. Anyway yesterday afternoon the agency that organised an interview for me 2 weeks ago, she said me that they really liked me ( her client ) and they want to offer me a job like assistant accountant, today i am waiting for her to call me to explain better the job offer. She wanted me to give her details to contact my ex employer ( I hope he won’t be cr@p! ).

Tommy.