I got a temp job in Nottingham!!!

Hi there friends, its me again reporting from Nottingham. Let me give you a little introduction about Nottingham. Anyone who knows Robin Hood would know where he hides, right? Thats Sherwood forest which in Nottingham. Its a city full of legends, especially the Robin Hood story.

This place has a very comprehensive public transport network. We have punctual busses and trams here. Public transport are all linked together in a wonderful network to just about everywhere in town and residental areas. You will not need a car here unless you have some extra quids to spend. :P

As the networks are linked together, means 1 standard ticket for all forms of transport. Just £2.70 a day I can get to just about anywhere I want on any busses or trams.

Here is how the tram looks like:

Want to know how my current dossing place looks like? Here you go, its my aunt's house and its really comfy:

At times, we have to cook instant noodles...thats the cheapest food we can get. Easy, fast and hassle free!!!

I normally goes to the chinese takeaway where my cousin sister is working in. So happens that few days ago, her boss requires a counter boy to start work immediately. This is at the other takeaway branch somewhere in Hyson Green. What do you think I did? I agreed to start immediately without second thought. Its my 3rd day of work now, so far so good as this is just a temporary position until I secure an engineering post. I have got a few call from job agencies but they need time to search for the best position to suit my qualifications and experience. Rather than staying at home feeling helpless and bored, I decided to go ahead and start earning. Not too bad yeah!! Just 9 days after arrival and I have got a job! Here is how my work place looks like:

Want to what I do there? Well as a counter boy, I pick up calls from customers for takeaway. I sometimes need to wipe windows and sweep the floor. I also process orders from internet orders which is SMS-ed (text) together with customer details to our mobile phones. Quite busy at times but I enjoy doing it. Its much easier than kitchen work. Pay is about £200+ per week, not bad isn't it?

In case you didn't spot it. My chinese takeaway is called Chasing Dragon.

Well till the next time, here is all my update for now. Ciaozzz...

Days in Nottingham...

Just after arrival to Nottingham, my aunt invited us to have a welcoming lunch in a chinese restaurant. Really great to be having chinese food again in UK.

Next day, I took the gals to Victoria Centre in town. We took a bus there, which is quite convenient. There is mainly 2 major shopping centre in Nottingham here, one is Victoria Centre and the other one is Broadmarsh centre. We also did some preliminary sight seeing and getting used to the people there. At the same time, we even look for job agencies for immediate vacancies.

I got this Vodaphone Pay As You Go mobile plan. Basically its the same as prepaid mobile service in Malaysia. Topping up is easy with this blue electronic kiosk shown below, just need to key in our mobile number and then insert the desired amount of notes to top up. Its that easy! After which the amount will be automatically loaded. No hassle of keying in long top up codes!!!

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The next day we went to a chinese takeaway shop in the evening. My cousin sister is working there as a counter girl. Basically that means she takes all the phone and on the counter orders. We went there to learn about counter work as we might get such jobs in weeks to come. This is of course not permanent but keeps us going until we get better jobs. Most of all, we get free food from the cook. Not really delicious but at least its cantonese food.

Arrival to Nottingham!!!

Hi mates, its me again reporting from Nottingham. We took a train from London straight to Nottingham on 13th Sept 07. Its really a pleasant trip with loads of fast moving sceneries. Since we were travelling in group of 4, we manage to get the discount ticket which costed only 11 pounds each where the normal price can go up to 40 pounds. Here was how we looked with the massive luggages right next to us:

After the arrival to Nottingham, we have to travel on a cab to my aunty's place since her car was fully loaded with our luggages. Its a real cool thing to take a cab as I discovered Nottingham cabs are all equipped with GPS system, wicked ain't it? Here is what we saw from the cab:

My aunty owns a house in St. Anns, Nottingham. Its not really big, 3 rooms and 2 toilets, double storey with fully central heating system. Its the typical kind of English home where the walls look like bulks of well arranged red bricks. We have to stay here for sometime until we secure a job to fund our expenses and living. Only then, we will move out to a rented property.

The weather in Nottingham is a little cooler than London since it is a little further north from it. However, suprisingly, the sun is happily casting long shadows over us, just like a real warm greeting for us to Nottingham. So, whats next? Its time for job hunting!