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Janine
Maybe I have a similar syndromme to that of my sister, not blog laziness, but being really busy??
Since 2.5 months ago things have been okish, however now that for the past month and a half i´ve had a stable job (teaching english however...) and stable place of residence i can be quite thankful for that! especially given that the crisis here has hit jobs and the unemployment level (12%) quite hard. So teaching in the same two places as last year, a private academy in Sopelana (15mins away in metro) 3 days a week, a private academy in Leioa on saturday mornings, and a handfull of private classes spread out around the district.
August would have to have been one of the best months (if not best) month of my life, it was so much fun being back in a classroom, learning spanish, flatting again (after a year at home), discovering a fantastic mojito bar, living in Santiago de Compostela where the remains of the apostle James are said to be burried, going on organised trips around the province of Galicia which was so beautiful - i´d say its what fiordland is to new zealand. wild beauty. and the city itself was spectacular. made some great friends from all over the world - slovakia, italy, poland, england, portugal, japan, greece, germany, holland........... great people and great experience!! lets just hope i get my diploma in the mail from the international spanish exam i did while on this course!!! (its equivilant to the advanced level in the English Cambridge exams.......)
as for the moment i´m just biding time until christmas comes along and then in january we´ll see if i am able to obtain a "business" job or if i´ll keep on teaching english until at least june. teaching english pays better than a beginner accountant for example in some companies. (not that im´going to be an accountant hahahaha).
celebrations: i got my degree in the mail last week! i am officially Janine O·$%& BMS. the rest of my name GradDip IntMnt will come in decembers graduation council seeing as waikato mucked up my graduation a little bit. but never mind. now the problem is that its not officially recognized in spain, so i have to convert it to a spanish one which could even require taking extra classes here at university. Susi got her first job as a bus driver which she´s all happy about so i´m glad for that, the only sucky thing is that we´re still long-distance (she lives 300km away) but as i said, in january we are reevaluating where to live, either Bilbao, Oviedo, or Madrid. depends on many things!!
its raining a lot here now, you can definately tell its nearing winter! snow all around spain but not here onthe coast. can´t wait for my winter clothes to arrive from nz! (i hope it's sent dad!)
i now have internet in my room, however its a stolen signal from the building across the road hehehehe, hence no photos uploaded so far as (murphy´s law) when i go to upload them i have no signal. anyway. i hope to keep in contact more, especially as i now have a routine to go by of work work work eat sleep!!! thankgod for coffee.
muxus, kisses, and splodges.
me
