that is most likely the result of every cobol job search i’ve been doing again and again for these days.
i’m still here in auckland city, trying to get an IT job, and just like everywhere around the globe right now, it is not becoming easy. i’ve sent dozens of resumes to companies, mostly to agencies listed at seek.co.nz, but only 1 called for a personal interview, and that was last monday, march 23rd. it is an agency, and as most headhunters would like to interview as much candidates as they can, i’m not sure if i should heavily expect on this. the interview went fine, i guess, and then 2 days after, lydia (from the agency) called again to say that the employer has some follow up questions before setting up for an interview. she sent the questions by email, to which, with the very ample time i have at the moment, replied as soon as i got it. then i heard nothing more.
auckland is a nice city, and i can see why it’s bigger than wellington. it looks a lot more developed, with buildings more taller, and of course, auckland skytower added to the sense of being the metropolis. in some ways, it’s similar to philippine cities. it’s not perfectly clean. trashes here and there scatter along the road. people cross the streets ignoring pedestrian lanes, and pedestrian lights too, public buses arrive late, and don’t get me wrong as these may sound to be negatives, i like it that way, i feel more at home. hehe.
one would enjoy the city center if shopping is in his top of things to do. but as for myself, that is the last thing i would do. you have not missed a lot of things even if i haven’t posted for days as nothing really happened much. i was in perpetual hunt for IT jobs in the net, or just watching some movies, reading, playing dota, or browsing around facebook. i met petra (friend from hastings) the other night for a drink, and met owie (ex-officemate from sunlife) and her family after the interview last monday. i was planning to do mt eden short hike, but then, i got some skin allergy, it’s so itchy even now. i’m taking some anti-histamine (a recommendation from jun), and anti-itch cream, and i hope it’ll go away soon as it’s really hard to get out. i already missed the fray’s concert last thursday, which is just in a bar close to this hostel..but then again, i’m not sure if i’ll see it even if i don’t have this allergy, haha, as i’m trying to save the diminishing cash i have left.
anywho, i haven’t finished writing about my way north to auckland, and left it with the hike at mt tauhara, so will try to catch up some back posts.
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