Aus-Job Search

I've been here ten months now and I've had 5 jobs and 6 job interviews.

This first interview didn't quite work out as expected, ending up in some guys basement with a load of poor foreign students looking for cash:

This was my second job, working the mail merge send outs at a call centre.  I am VERY good at putting letters in envelopes.  I am not the nicest person when they come back as 'return to senders'.

Mini Sketchbook

So, I've been in Sydney for near about 6 months now... and I guess my drawing has been neglected.

Here's some of the few pictures I've drawn in my travelling tiny tiny sketchbook.

Hipster hats at one of my favourite pubs. 

Checking in at Tio's Cerveceria

The Maccabees playing Maitland Groovin The Moo Festival.

Festival sunshine and beer.

Festival aftermath.

Stolen!

So this year didn't start so well... my last week in the UK and I stupidly had my bag stolen.  Luckily I didn't lose anything valuable, I reckon the thief probably got a bit of a surprise with my handbag full of random junk (like my purse with just a plastic dinosaur and some change in it!).  I didn't realise quite how attached I was to all that random stuff until someone just took it all from me.  I like to think that maybe it all found a good home, maybe they DID post the postcard with the stamp on it - but I'm also pretty sure it's in a bin in somewhere in Victoria station.

Fox & Wren 2011

This was my best friend's Christmas present for this year.  As part of our workshops we've been given the names Fox and Wren - which I rather like, especially as my friend Rachel has some very foxy hair.

It took me ages to complete, mainly because Rachel started a job at my work and I couldn't do any more lunch time sewing!  At least I managed to finish the most important part, the fox.  The rest of it is a bit scrappy and unfinished but I hope you like it Rachel!  A little something to commemorate our hard year together :)