3 lazy weeks have passed in Auckland. I haven't been lucky or tried hard enough to find a clean office job. Not even close since the agencies are not passing my Cvs to their clients. I applied for all sorts of contract/temp customer service/office administration. In some ads they were encouraging travellers to apply,so my visa type shouldn't have been an obstacle landing a job. Perhaps there are just too many of us out there or I was using wrong terminology that didn't match to the requirements. They are just getting back to me now with their polite thanks, but no thanks, they were more suitable candidants for our cliants' emails. I don't bother ringing them and asking more details because I can see something else coming up in the horizon.
Last Sunday night, I took a look at backerpackers online job board and I replied to the ad requiring kiwi pickers to Tauranga, South East of NZ on the spur of the moment. For the first time somebody got back to me a few hours later saying that there should be work for me. I think it's time to get a pure immigrant experience, to do work that locals prefer not to. Isn't that what work&holiday work it for, get boring and hard seasonal work done. Basically the travellers under work&holiday sole purpose here should be a holiday and do some work to be able to stay here longer and do more activities.I am not suppose to steal any locals job. I was planning to go down to Wellington to try my luck but I put off that plan until later. The kiwi season is now, not later.
My only concern is that I am prone to allergies but the assignment is only for a few weeks not for a few months. There are some kiwi packing jobs available as well but I reckon that it is better to work outdoors than inside. I went to see a doctor because the damp housing have triggered astma symptons. I 've got a bag full of anti-allergy drugs now.I am not great fan of drugs but in this case I am better off make an exception and accept some assistance from a pharmaceutical factotory and try some some their products.Perhaps next weekend I can start entertain myself by calculating how many kiwis I have to pick in order to pay my medical bill. Drugs were quite a lot cheaper than in Europe though. Maybe one basket will do it. But I do have do some serious catch up to refill up my travelling budget...
I have been in contact with the hostel I am gonna stay in and arrenging the job for me. It has been rainy so kiwi picking hasn't even started yet there. They say work is weather depedent. For some weird reason I am excited to go pick kiwis. Not sure if I feel like this after a few days. I heard it is hard work. It has been a long time since I have involved in sort of physical work. I reckon I won't need to be looking for gym for a few weeks.
Tomorrow I am gonna jump onto bus and off to South East, a place called Tauranga. If the weather permits and things would finally go according to one of the plans I'll be picking kiwis on Saturday.Brilliant, it was about to time to move on again.
