Random citings
Yesterday’s weather was lovely. Not too hot, if a little windy. I ate my sandwich at the park across the road from work. I’m glad I remembered my sunnies!
Then I went for a walk afterwards. 3 Things that struck me:
1. Lots of pretty people in the CBD and I hope my next job is still in the city. So convenient.
2. Man chroming (sp?) in the middle of the day at possibly the busiest street in the CBD. Nobody batted an eyelid.
3. I must scream of customer service. I went to Kmart and 3 different people thought I worked there! Kmart staff don’t even wear blue shirt. Grrr
End of an era
Last Monday was my last day of work at The Smith Family, where I’ve been there 3 years part time and nearly full time all last year. I have had such a wonderful time there and I’ll take away so many fond memories. I have so met so many wonderful people, both staff and the other people I’ve had contact with. I was mainly an IT trainer for disadvantaged people in the community. I ran a variety of classes and workshops for people of all ages, backgrounds and ability.
It was a truely rewarding experience and I would have been able to get that anywhere else. I really do believe in the organisation and what they do. The focus has gone from pure wellfare to education and change. There are many ways you can help The Smith Family, be it sponsoring a child, making a small donation, mentoring or volunteering. Every little bit helps. So please visit their website for more information.
Perks of the job!
I was in Sydney for the day for work. I had the pleasure of spending one hour in Microsoft’s Sydney Head Office in North Ryde. The building is really nice and modern, complete with its own cafe. At reception you fill in on the computer your name and contact details and who you’re a guest of, then print out your own visitor’s sticky label.
I had been there about 2 years ago and I remember one of their big conference rooms downstairs had a projector screen that comes down at a push of a button and all the lights dim and the curtains close by themselves. Noice!
The downstairs rooms are a bit more fancy than the rest of the building because I guess its where many of the guests go. The level I visited was much like any other corporate setup, a mixture of offices and cubicles. There are many meeting rooms and the funny thing is they are all named after a Microsoft product. So they have things like the Xbox room, the Office room, even the Intellipoint room!
But the coolest thing of all is that they have a free supply of real tea, real coffee, bottled water and soft drink! Funny thing was the guy I was meeting with said that he used to have coffees in the morning and softdrinks in the afternoon. But most of the time the softdrinks are gone by then, so he’s had to swap to drinking softdrinks in the morning. Which reminds that when I arrived in Syd just after 9am and walked past one of the bars in the terminal there were heaps of people drinking beers and stuff already!! Its not like they did the BBC ride.
I’m easily pleased.
