tough choices..

andyinoz · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:14

Apologies about the following rant

hey there peeps!
uuuum so yeah i just got back in january from a year in oz, full of cheer to find that a big recession thingy had hit the uk.
gutted right, why didnt i listen when peeps said dont come back?!
lol, annnnnnnyway so me an the long term gf decided that as we cant afford to save for any more travels for the time being that we'd settle down, so off i trot today for the only interview ive been offered since returning to the uk.. at mcdonalds. w00t, well anyway its full time and i got the job. excellent.
so here's me fair chuffed with mesel' cos it means i can get a flat with me gf now and get the gaming rig i sold to fund oz in the first place built back up.
so get back in and check me emails to find a nice little email from a ski resort in new zealand saying that ive got the offer of a job on the slopes of the north island, ski lift attendant. lol, shovelling snow has gotta be better than flipping burgers right!?

only problem is is that whilst the job ive got requires an interview (basically to confirm my eligibility of work status) in new zealand (which i have) the interview takes place in the north island of new zealand, a 27 hour flight and about £500. do get a stopover in bangkok tho lol. loooove thailand

so should i save up and go for it, bearing in mind that i may not (i mean i havent signed any papers yet) get the job and have an ace long weekend in new zealand, with a total round trip flying comin in at over 50 hours lol.
or do i settle down and get a flat and stuff.

btw i know the choice sounds relatively easy, go to new zeland right and save the uk's weather for another year, but my gf hasnt been offered a job at the ski resort yet (she has applied (b4 me actually lol--gutted

)) and im gonna have to work in mcdonalds either way to afford the ticket to the interview. lol
blah. sorry for anyone that reads this its just bin doing my head in all day.
and damnit i got me heart set on me new rig

lol /endrant

daven1986 · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:24

do it

dirtybeatfreak · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:26

rollins said:
To be honest mate, your 21.

Enjoy life - go for it - plenty of time to settle down and do the grown up thing.

mans right u know

scorza · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:27

Flipping burgers in Carlisle, or working at a ski resort in NZ. Not really a tough choice is it?

Maybe get a credit card to pay for the flight to NZ? Should also be possible to check beforehand if you're eligible to work there no?

Cybermyk · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:28

I say you should write a book instead

NZ ski resort over UK and McDonalds? Hells yeah

wez130 · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:31

you really had to aske which one to do?

Morba · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:31

get the hell out there

enjoy your time on the slopes :]

[TW]Fox · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:36

Do it, but only if you can take her.

Locke · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:37

Get to the choppa.

me227 · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:39

She can always look for a job once you're there if you get the ski job.

Alex UK · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:44

Do it. Otherwise you'll be standing in McDonald's one day, flipping burgers, thinking 'What if?'.

andyinoz · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:52

scorza said:
Flipping burgers in Carlisle, or working at a ski resort in NZ. Not really a tough choice is it?

HA that made me laugh, touche!

fair point lads!
no chance of a credit card, unfortunately im semi runnin from a couple of bad finance decisions when i was 18. damn credit at pcworld an a credit card back then.
lol but back to the decision process, the missus would probs pool with me and i could get there faster. have sum family over in new zealand anyway so i guess i could work on their farm.
deffo can work over there, £45 for a two year working visa after which i can apply for residency. awesomeness. also if i run outta time there i have me second year visa for oz (4 months of working on the slaughter floor of a meat factory = second year visa..LOL)
when the missus gets back ill consult lol
cheers for the definate advise of yes. lol thanks

Vonhelmet · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:54

Can't they do some kind of telephone interview, to save you the expense of flying over there?

N9ne · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:55

vonhelmet said:
Can't they do some kind of telephone interview, to save you the expense of flying over there?

This is what I was thinking...

Steve2000 · 18 Mar 2009 at 22:59

If I were you I'd ring up to check to see if they've not given the job away already. It would be a bugger to haul arse all the way there to be told there's no room at the inn.

andyinoz · 18 Mar 2009 at 23:04

lol yeah well they werent actually meant to start processing the app's before april 1st, dunno why they started early, and yeah i sent a email off earlier which tbh sounded absolutely terrifing if i was to recieve it in my inbox lol. asking them about a possibility of a phone interview, got the managers direct email in the email so sent it back to that. think theyre gonna start waking up over there soon so ill just wait and see

and about the writing a book thing, ive always thought id write my memoirs down one day, maybe i should start at the age of 21 lol, could breathe life into it being written so young haha

Nix · 19 Mar 2009 at 00:30

Hmm. How did you find the ski resort job? I'd like to explore jobs abroad given that nothing is happening for me here. If I was you and I could do it, well... do it.

Neodite · 19 Mar 2009 at 07:09

*Waits for wasted all my money going to an interview that i didnt get*

Now stop asking here and speak with ya misses to see what she thinks

wordy · 19 Mar 2009 at 08:15

Tough choices my arse.

Why are you still here? Why aren't you on that plane yet?

inph · 19 Mar 2009 at 08:29

Get on the plane.