From another jungle no less!
It has now been almost 2 months since I finished my contract in
Timor-Leste. It was an amazing adventure and I met a lot of wonderful people
but it is nice to be home (if you missed your opportunity to follow my posts
you can find them on www.electionsbicyclesandcrocodiles.blogspot.com). It would be nicer of course if I had a new job
to start in this great city but alas, the job market seems to be tough for
everyone, even when you think you have a pretty good cv to stand on…
The summer has been wonderful, and New York always
seems more fantastic during these hot, humid days. Sometimes a bit too humid
and muggy for my taste but the possibilities are endless! A walk in the park,
cinema in the open air, opera in central park with cheese and crackers and good
friends, the list is endless… Clothing comes off and so do people’s
inhibitions, you have more fun in the summer, you can stay out late and never
worry about needing that jacket…It never seems to get late with the sun staying
out as late as ever so you can actually enjoy the sunset outside of your
office! I know, I’m writing for a lot of people, not just my experiences of the
city. And at the moment I’m actually a bit too bummed to actually be enjoying
all these experiences I could be having in this amazing city but looking for a
job is tough, it’s frustrating and sometimes seems never ending. I always
thought it would be easy, you know, you get a good education, you get good
grades, you get a great first job that gives you a lot of experience and you
figure it just keeps going on from there, but after sending out 20 resumes and
20 cover letters (which I know is not nearly enough!) and never getting an
answer - well, I got one but it was negative but even just getting an answer
felt good for once - it just gets frustrating and you kind of feel like what is
the point! Yes, I know, you have to treat job searching like a real job and it
can take up to 6 months to find something, but seriously, 6 months?! What do I
do until then, go back to waiting tables? Not that I minded it, you actually
get to meet pretty interesting people doing it but c’mon! I just wish there was
a job tree that just keeps on giving…or maybe that companies just stopped
posting job offers that are already taken, they could save me a lot of hassle!
Sorry, probably not the post you (yes, you, my
faithful readers) were expecting to get after two months of literary absence
but there you have it, I’m back in the empire city from yet another jungle and
somehow missing the jungle because it actually meant I had a job! Even though
there are a lot of free activities to enjoy in this city, you can’t really kid
yourself, you can’t live in New York without a paycheck, you might as well just
stay home!
But enough of
the negativism…I have a couple of ideas for future posts, hopefully not
depressing! And did I mention I went on a three week road trip across the USA??
I guess that’s something to talk about in the next one ;)
