First work week / Correction of mistake last week ;-)

To start with, I said that the monkey photo had won a 3rd price in the club competition, but that was a mistake... It was the Mountain Goat photo!! The judge did spend some time talking about the monkey photo too, that's what caused the mix up.. Anyway it is now corrected, have another look at the prior post.

Last week was my first week of work. Not only has it been 5 months or so since I have been working, but also I am now working 5 days a week in stead of 4. The days are not as long though as they were back in Holland and because we are back home early enough, we can still enjoy other activities in the evening (like photoclub, dancing, bowling). So, more days to work in a week, but shorter days.
How did I like this first week? Well, I think it went all pretty good. I am taking over the work of someone who had his last working day last Friday. Starting next Wednes day the second person who knows about 'my' customers will be on a holiday for 2 weeks, so from Wednesday I'll be on my own.
I will probably make some mistakes in that time, but my confidence is growing really fast. All together I like my new work (BTW I am working as change-coördinator, which does have some overlap with my last role in Holland).

Although I did not feel too tired through the week, and we were out literally each evening, I was pretty tired yesterday (Saturday), and only after sleeping in a bit more this morning (Sunday) I felt rested! While getting more used to the work next weeks that will probably get better. Also we will not be doing something every evening which will help too!!

Triple top 3's !!

Last Monday I entered some photos in our monthly competition again. I was hoping I would at least get a same result as last month (a merit). To my surprise, three out of my six entries became 3rd in their respective category. Especially for the Mountain Goat photo that was a very good result, since there were about 30 entries in that category (and good ones too!).

It will be very difficult to improve this result the next time, since I am now working full time. But I'll try anyway ;-)

Here they are:

Category: Mono/B&W, subject (Windows)


Category: Slides, Open


Category: Prints, Open, Colour

Done with the fun !

Good news and bad news... I was not called from Sydney last Monday, also not after leaving a message the next day at the voicemail of that manager. But... this morning I was called by the recruitment office through which I have had an interview at a IT-support company for a role as change manager (and for which I did not get the contract because of budget problems).
They were urgently looking for a change-cöordinator (to start on a 3 months contract), and they asked if I would be available on short notice. Of course my answer was yes, and after the recruitment agency contacted the company again, I have signed the contract this morning. I am expected to start coming Monday, and I will be visiting them tomorrow morning to meet some people and get some reading material.

So, suddenly the fun has come to an end. Only 4 days of freedom left and then I will have to work too. Although nice to get back in a work situation (meeting new people etc) and being able to contribute to our bread and butter (;-) too, I will be missing my freedom of the last weeks (hmmmm, months really). I will now have a lot less hours to 'play' with my photography...

BTW: The company where I am going to work is the same where Ellen works, only in a different building (closer to a trainstation too ;-). So, from now on we will be again working for the same company just like we did back in Holland for the last 3 years.

Update

After receiving the 'golden pineapple' award Ellen received a giftvoucher last week as an appraisal for her work. That has been a very nice gesture!
Peter is expecting to be called coming Monday from Sydney for a job interview (on contract base). The responsible manager is stationed in Sydney, but the application is for a job in Perth.

What Ellen likes very much (the most ?) about working in Perth is that when she goes out for lunch to get a nice Italian sandwich, she is always seeing and hearing parrots flying around. As well the typical rosella's (grey and pink) as the 28's (green/blue with a yellow band around their neck).

One of the things we have found is that the signs stating that speed camera's are used in WA is very true in Perth. So far we have not been 'catched' (as far as we know at least ;-), but we are spotting a (mobile) speedcamera at least once a week on average. So for anyone wondering about that... Perth is really a risky place to speed!

Last Wednesday we (finally !!!) took up dancing again. We found a nice dancing school about 15 minutes driving from home. So for all ballroom dancers that are thinking about coming over to Perth for a holiday (;-) do take your dancing gear with you (Peter and Lia). BTW the owner of the dancing school recognized the name of the sister of our damcing teacher in Holland.

Three weeks ago at the monthly competition Peter entered some photographs. Although none ended in the top 3, one of them got a 'merit' (see below ;-). Next Monday (September 11th) he will enter some pictures in the competition again. If any results are worth mentioning, you'll read about it!