2 years later...

9 September 2015 I arrived in Perth, Australia and started my big adventure! Time flies! I just noticed that I wrote my last blog on 31 December 2016 when I was in Christchurch... I'm still there! Since my last blog a lot has changed and that change started already on 31 December! That evening I went to Alvarados to dance into the New Year and I met Joey. It was love at first sight! What a handsome guy! Funny! Very interesting! And most important of all, I felt comfortable around him straight away. We immediately started dating and pretty soon I gave up my room. I practically lived with him full-time anyway! A big step, but an ultimate test. If it does not work, it’s better to know that straight away right? Joey lives in a shared house, so I actually went from one shared house to another (still kinda scary though!).

Trips:
Joey and I went away for weekends to Nelson, Wanaka, Queenstown and Auckland. We also went to Thailand in June for 2 weeks. What a wonderful holiday that was! It was a long flight from the south, but it was worth it! The most beautiful part of this holiday for me was our trip to Koh Phi Phi, better known as 'The Beach'. Do you remember the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio? This beautiful piece of nature has served as a decor for (a part of) that movie! It was very cool to be able to go there! White beach, blue water, green nature and golden sun! Breathtaking beauty!

Friends:
I still am in a lot of contact with Laurent, almost every week we go for lunch together. He just left last week to travel for 5 months, I now follow him closely via facebook. He likes to make drone videos, I'm really looking forward to his new movies.
My flatmates are not just flatmates, they are my friends. And I feel incredibly grateful for that! It's so nice to live with friends! With the girls we go to zumba, belly dance and spiritual expo’s. One of the men is a life coach and he helps me get my purpose in life clearer, so I can work towards that (I’m curious of what I can write about it in my next blog!).
I also think it is very nice (and sometimes it's really necessary as an introvert) to be alone. Having me-time. Recharging my battery. Sometimes this is difficult while I don't have my own room, but I manage. I love to spend an hour practicing yoga (from Agama Thailand) or spiritual boost myself with youtube videos of Tony Robbins. Spending some time outside always does the trick. Quite close by there is a forest with a loop walk, where you can escape for a 20 minute walk. Ideal!

Work:
In January I got a temporary full time job at Skope: processing orders at a refrigeration factory. A bit similar to Weidelco, where my mother worked and where I had an internship. Difference now was that everything was in English. Unfortunately, the colleagues were not as nice and the temperature at the office was like a fridge. I needed money so I was happy with this job, but when it ended, a burden fell off my shoulders! Joey was very busy with his company and could use an administrative help for 20hours a week so I could (less stressed) look for another job on the side. I got a job offer at NZNO (union for nurses) for a short period of time. I combined this with working for Joey. It was a temporary job at first, but they kept extending. After Thailand I worked one more month for them and then the work was done. The work for Joey was getting so busy that I could work for him 30hours a week! Ideal. My travel time to work is 2 minutes, depending on how fast I get down the stairs. And my work shoes are usually my slippers. What a luxury! For the first time for a long time, I'm working for a company that I support and where I have ‘a heart for business’! Not like working for Accon AVM Accountants busting my ass off for the boss’s big car! Now I can drive the boss’s big car myself ;) Just joking! To be honest: It's not my dream job. But it's a perfect opportunity to work towards my dream job, by doing what I'm good at in a healthy work environment. Sometimes I come along on site and I do things completely different from administration! It is a company in (amongst others) concrete repair. As I remember from Kielstra Crane Hire the precast panels needed lifting eyes, which had to be filled again after installation. I have already been doing that, filling up holes from the lifting eyes! Very nice to do, and good to get a better idea of what happens on the workfloor.

To conclude:
Thank you for reading my blog! I will gain experiences that I can share with you again in my next blog :)