Employed :-)

I went to the Belgian Beer Cafe again today, to talk to the manager about getting a job there. We talked about beer and he made me pour a couple of beers to see if I knew how to do it. He was very pleased and he said I could start tomorrow! He gave me the full tour of the bar, gave me the uniform (see picture) and so on. They actually have a pretty impressive collection of Belgian beers there, probably more than the avarage Belgian bar would have. You can see the menu here: http://www.belgianbeercafetakapuna.co.nz/. The pay is not that high, well actually it's pretty lousy to Belgian norms ($10.5/hr), but I guess that's normal seeing that I have no experience in working in a bar. We agreed that if they still want me to work there after a month, we'll discuss the pay again then. I hope I can do as many hours as possible, but that shouldn't be a problem, because they have a girl that's leaving soon and is doing 12hr shifts, 6 days a week, so I'd be happy to take her place. The bar is called Blankengerge btw, so I might just be singing a little Hugo Matthijsen song to the customers.

Yesterday I went to play frisbee in Takapuna, which was kind of strange. All the people there had at least some experience with Ultimate, but I didn't even know the rules properly. Half of the time I didn't know what I was doing, and was just running around the field like a madman. Oh, and I had these running shoes on, which had no grip at all on the wet field, so I was constantly slipping away (impossible to walk in this mud, no footage at all, order some golf shoes, or we'll never get out of this place alive). If my hours allow it, I will go to the trainings on monday evening, and learn the basics before I go to another one of these tournaments.

I guess I'm all sorted out know, and so I'll be paying rent to Paul from now on. I think I will stay here for a while longer, because I feel at home here, and it's only a 15 minute cycle from my work, so that saves me the money I would normally pay for the bus.