It's funny but i find myself mentally writing this blog as I walk around London. I feel like im taking notes of things to share with you, i like it :-)
Ok so today my job hunting began in earnest. Well, technically last night as i signed on (online, didnt know you could do that till yesterday!) but today was my day for contacting employers. I sent off my CV via email to quite a few places, and got an email that made me very excited. It was from the globe letting me know that in February there are Steward Introductory sessions, and i had to pick which one i wanted to go to. It's two hours long and you get shown around the theatre and meet the staff and so on. It said you don't have to go to be a steward but i'm obviously going to be there! So i sent a reply back saying i'd love to come on this date. Very exicted about that even though it's not till the end of feb. Im sure ill see the globe again before then.
So after i had sent my CVs fluttering round the net i set off on the tube. Proved to myself that i still dont know my immediate area as i couldnt find my nearest tube station, so i found the next nearest one instead. Ah well i'll get there.
I got my Oyster card yesterday and love it, it's a genius idea and makes journeys soooo much cheaper :-)
So i got to Piccadilly and was going down the esculator and i could see this guy playing electric guitar at the bottom, busking. Personally i just thought he was showing off, he wasnt playing tunes just going off on this mad really long solo. Then i got furthur down the esculator and realised that at least part of the reason he had collected quite a large sum of money was because he only had one hand. So i was a little more impressed after realising that.
Then i walked up the stairs out of the tube station, into Covent Garden...and my mouth fell open. It's amazing. All around me were these not just tall but huge buildings, bright lights, main roads, lots of people, the heart of the city basically. Or at least it felt like it.
The area i live in is qute quiet and the buildings are what i consider to be a more normal size.
Not so in Covent Garden. I passed several theatres just walking down one street, one advertising Avenue Q which is playing there at the moment. I was stood outside staring at the posters, probably drooling.
It's the only time since i've arrived in London that i have walked around gaping like a tourist.I couldnt help it! Everything was exciting and every street was interesting, so many shops! (god that sounds so girly) And so many theatres! Im going back tomorrow as i never did find the place i was looking for but i kindof stopped caring in the midst of all the wonderfulness.
So i'm walking pretty much in a straight line so i can find the tube station reasonably easily to get back, and i stumble upon Trafalgar Square. Once again my jaw hit the concrete with an audible 'clang'. It's amazing, huge fountain in the centre, huge statues, huge buildings, a whole lot of hugeness in one place basically. And little me sitting on a bench grinning and getting neck ache from looking up so much.
Oh yeah, and after going all that way in hopes of finding a job, i get out of the station round the corner from my house, pass a pub next to the station and see a staff wanted notice in the window! I gave them my cv and she said they'll probably ring me in a couple of days to arrange a trial shift! That would bo good.
Things are looking hopeful my friends, which is also how i'm feeling
xxx
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