When will I be given a fair go in Oz?
When we first arrived in Australia we had high hopes that everything would workout smoother than polished rock. I would get a job and Lizzie would later on study to get a degree. As you might have heard, it did not really work out like that.
I have not been too lucky when it comes to work here in Oz. I was offered one, tried it out, had a mental meltdown and was let go; probably because I was too honest about how useless they were. I guess Australian companies do not like critique. It is the most hated company in Oz, so I am not surprised by the treatment I got.
My next adventure with a possible job I told them to shove it; which cost me a possible chance with another position within that company.
I guess it is a cultural difference going on here. In Europe it is not uncommon to, gasp, have some demands and to voice your opinions at work. This is how companies improve, listening to their employees; no matter how long they have been working there.
Regardless of that, as I have mentioned a few times now, I speak three different languages and have worked for three major international companies; I am still unemployed.
That made me consider going back to school and get a proper degree too.
I got accepted to study biomedical science, on the condition I take a pathway course; which I will happily take so I can get my career started. I applied for a student loan from Lanekassen; which is a nice perk being a Norwegian citizen, the Norwegian government pays you to go to school (on the condition you pay back every cent with interest). Apparently if you study abroad they will only support your study if it is a bachelor, masters or a Ph.D. Technically the pathway course is non of that, so they refused to grant me a loan; even if I will end up with at least a bachelor degree.
The university is looking into this to see if they can give me some help or advice; but as of now I feel like I am in limbo.
I have only been looking for part-time or casual work to make it fit in with my study; but now when I am not sure if I will be studying I am not sure if I should also look for full-time work. I might of course study something else, but what and when?
To be honest, I have no clue what I am doing.
Ironically our life is kind of like yin and yang at the moment. Everything is working out perfectly for Lizzie, while nothing is working out for me. To add more oddness to this soup of chaos, it was kind of the other way around in the Netherlands.
TomTom was not the best job, but to me it was a job that put food on the table and a roof over our heads. I would have maybe managed to slowly crawl upwards in the system if I stayed there and did my best. Sadly it was driving Lizzie insane; almost literally.
Only difference from these two situations is that we are shit poor at the moment; other than that, looking at them I can only scratch my head and say that choosing between them is a catch-22. Or like Bart Simpson would have said: “You are damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”
It is almost the weekend now and I think the best thing is to enjoy this weekend, and from this coming week I need to look at other possible studies that I might be able to afford myself, or just find myself a full-time job and stick to it until Lizzie has finished her degree.
Living long and prosper.
