Perth is hard...
finally arriving to perth we learned a few things, one that perth is expensive and that the grocery store is more popular than paris hilton on a drunken night. Carrie and I both worked endlessly without very much reward in our search for work applying for jobs that we thought we might have the slightest qualifications. Even though we had heard lots of great things about the city (which I think we both agree that it was a nice city), it was definitely inundated with a lot of travelers, and university students all looking for work during this minor recession that australia is feeling. All the while, we were both spending almost 300 jr. bacon cheeseburgers a week for our accommodations, which was nice but not spectacular by any means.
finally arriving to perth we learned a few things, one that perth is expensive and that the grocery store is more popular than paris hilton on a drunken night. Carrie and I both worked endlessly without very much reward in our search for work applying for jobs that we thought we might have the slightest qualifications. Even though we had heard lots of great things about the city (which I think we both agree that it was a nice city), it was definitely inundated with a lot of travelers, and university students all looking for work during this minor recession that australia is feeling. All the while, we were both spending almost 300 jr. bacon cheeseburgers a week for our accommodations, which was nice but not spectacular by any means.
I can't say that it wasn't a little depressing working so hard each day and not really getting to enjoy the city for lack of funds. We did try to find simple cheap pleasures like going to the beach, strolls along the river, pretending really nice cars belonged to us, or watching the cockatoos wrestle. yes, they wrestle. I think now about our time in perth and although it was hard, I think some of these simple moments are some of my fondest memories. Other fond memories in Perth include meeting up again with bonnie, our friend from glen helen, and meet a few other locals and travelers in the city. We did also become champions of living cheaply, making dinners for two for ten bucks or less, and going grocery shopping at the “FF” (which stands for “free food”) which to me and you might sound a bit disgusting eating foods of things that other travelers left behind, but people must have felt sorry for us, and really left some little gems behinds like boxes of cereal, a full carton of eggs, unopened bags of pasta and rice, etc...and being poor, it wasn't hard to humble ourselves and make the most of the little we had and could make.
Finding work in Perth was not just like finding a needle in a haystack, but trying to find the needle before thousands of others found it as well, and although in the end we were fruitless with our job search, you do learn a fair bit about yourself. I think that when the chips are down you really start to see the nit and grit of what you are made of. carrie's tenacious attitude towards finding work still inspires me although she is gone now, to never quit even when it seems so difficult. she really pushed me to go the extra mile each day with finding work when i'm sure it was pretty evident to her that i didn't want to and being able to have her during that time i will always be grateful.
Finding work in Perth was not just like finding a needle in a haystack, but trying to find the needle before thousands of others found it as well, and although in the end we were fruitless with our job search, you do learn a fair bit about yourself. I think that when the chips are down you really start to see the nit and grit of what you are made of. carrie's tenacious attitude towards finding work still inspires me although she is gone now, to never quit even when it seems so difficult. she really pushed me to go the extra mile each day with finding work when i'm sure it was pretty evident to her that i didn't want to and being able to have her during that time i will always be grateful.
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