Wednesday 06th December 2006: Welcome Meeting
We had to meet at the Clubhouse at 8:30am (which is just across the road from my apartment) for the International Recruitment Welcome session and spent the morning filling in forms, which was very boring. They provided us with a buffet breakfast of pastries and lots of fruit and I had a pastry, some grapes and a big cup of coffee to keep me awake, as I was feeling very jetlagged. During breakfast I was talking to the people sitting around me and I met Felicity as girl from Canada and Adrian a lad from Mexico and they were both very nice. After filling in a pile of paperwork we had our photos taken for our Commons ID, which they printed there and then and I looked horrible in it as I look so tried.
At about 1900 Chris, Rob, Johnny, Beth, Kirsty, Celsey and I went to dinner at Sizzlers. To get to Sizzlers we walked through the Premium Outlet Mall (which is just across a big car park by The Commons) to catch the I-ride which is like a tram - it costs a dollar to go any distance and that dropped us right outside the restaurant. At Sizzlers you have to order a main meal and then to go with that there is an all you can eat buffet with salad, pasta, meat, vegetables and puddings. We all started eating from the buffet and by the time our main meals arrived a few of us could eat them, which was a waste. However we managed to save 10% off each meal as we picked up some tourist coupon books on the I-ride, saving money already that’s a good sign. Then after dinner we took the I-ride home. I had a fairley good day, but had a great evening with my new friends.
Pictures L to R: Pic 1 - My Apartment building from outside; Pic 2 - Beth, Lyndsay, Kirsty, Zoe and Carla (after shopping at Wal-mart); Pic 3 - Celsey and Chris; Pic 4- Johnny and Rob; Pic 5 - Beth and Me; Pic 6 - Chris and Kirsty (pics 3 to 6 we are on the i-ride); Pics 7 & 8 - The Commons; Pic 9 - Beth outside The Commons
