Jan
08
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Another year gone by so quickly and my one year working visa is up… although I may be able to extend it, I am opting a different path as to where my career takes me. I have been working with CruiseShipCenters Corp for about a year and I was fortunate that I was hired 4 days after we arrived in Vancouver. I applied for this job the night we arrived and 2 days later I got the interview, 2 days after a second interview and I was told I was in that night! CruiseShipCenters is a reputable company and therefore I had no hesitation whatsoever in accepting their offer.
 
My job was very similar with what I do at STA Travel, except that I worked in the Head Office as a wholesaler and I didn’t meet people face to face and only liaised with the cruise consultants via emails and telephones, which is somewhat nice.
I’ve met some beautiful people during my time there. I’ve always liked working with people from different backgrounds and cultures. It fascinates me, there are always stories to tell, after all, this is what travelling is about…
What can I say? It’s been an awesome rollercoaster ride, the joy of dealing with our day-to-day problems 😛 but at the end of the day… we laughed, we tried to make each other feel better (somehow…), we took the piss out of each other (always…), they dissed me because of my Aussie accent (if I have any left) and I dissed them back (but there were a million of them and only one me 
… so yeah, it didn’t work), gave me a hard time whenever I’m about to scoff my vegemite (yeah! you know who you are…), we hung out, we partied, got drunk and stumbled thru the dance floor in Oosterdam (hey what’s new?).
I wasn’t the only one who had Friday 4th as my last day, it was Jennifer’s too and it was a mixture of sadness and excitement as I look forward to the next chapter of my life. We had pizzas and cakes for lunch, we did bugger all the whole day (yeah I’m sure it’s coz the whole server was down…), and we had drinkies afterward. Thanks to Casey and Leah for organising the whole thing and made 2 beautiful scrapbook photo albums for Jen and I as our farewell gifts.
 
Thanks to each of you who made my time at CruiseShipCenters a memorable one, I hope 2008 brings you much love, happiness and excitements in your lives… stay in touch! xxx