Hi guys! It's been a while since I've updated this so I thought I'd best bring you all up to date and write it all down for posterity. I don't know what posterity means, and I'm too lazy to type the nine words it'll take me to input google's search engine but I think it means 'remembrance for future generations' or something. So yeah, I should write stuff down for future generations.
What's happened since my last blog update:
- Christmas and New Years in London
- An interview at the BBC
- A day trip to Brighton
- A visit to the Tate Modern
- Lots of snow
- A trip back to New Zealand and Australia.
Christmas Day - Christmas day was pretty awesome. Anna and I spent it by ourselves and we cooked up a massive feed of roast pork and vegetables. Very, very tasty and followed by an equally tasty pudding which included a failed attempt at pavlova. Turns out you need a whisk to make pavlova properly, and a whisk we did not have, so it didn't rise properly and ended up being more of a pavlova slice. Hmmm...
Got some wicked presents; some Armani 'Attitude' perfume, a pair of Optimus Prime socks, some fancy moisturiser so I don't have to nick hers and an excellent pair of woollen gloves because at that time of the year, London was bloody freezing and snowing heaps. In fact it still snowed on occasion right up until I left for New Zealand.
Interview at the BBC - Well, I applied for a job at the BBC and when I didn't hear back I assumed that I simply didn't cut the mustard. As they say, assume makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me' and on Christmas Eve, I got an emails saying I had been shortlisted for an interview. Apparently hundreds (maybe thousands) of people apply to work at the BBC, so to get this far was a real confidence boost. I had to prepare a 15 minute presentation as part of my interview, so I spent the better part of a week and a half on that.
The BBC television studio is a kind of old but impressive building on the outside. I wish I had thought to take a pic of it. Inside, it's what you'd expect the BBC to be like. Loads of rooms and lots of busy people going about their business.
The interview went surprisingly well I thought, although I was a bit unfocused. Probably the result of not having been interviewed for five years. I didn't blow them away but thought I acquitted myself quite well.
In the end, I didn't get the role but considering the calibre of the competition, I'm not too worried. It was a good experience.
Right, will post this and talk about the other parts.
