Job Hunting in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Yes Eoin has travelled half way accross the world to a city called Edmonton in the mid-west of Canada. Why I hear you ask! Well first and foremost to be with my girlfriend Chelsea who is from here and who I met while in internship in Amsterdam. So far things are going great. Within a week of job hunting I had been offered a job and a chance at a work permit but it really wasnt thetype of job I wanted (canvassing door to door for a so called "marketing" company). I didnt get a good vibe off the people working there so I declined the job. That was a Monday. On the Friday of the same week I had an interview for a Markeitng/Administration position with an industrial company. After 5 minutes of me going over my experience and backgrouand the guy tells me I am overqualified! So its going well here if by well is that there are lots of jobs and I am qualified but just trying to be patient to find the right one.

Since being here i have been to the Calgary Stampede, seen a Edmonton Eskimos football game live, done a bungee jump on my birthday followed by Superman in 3D and an extensive drinking session. I will be seeing the Chili Peppers in September and Black Eyed Peas in October and hopefully somewhere between all this I will manage to get a good job and secure a work permit to allow me to stay here.

Today for the first day in a while it is pissing rain. For the last number of weeks it's been scorching hot, averaging 27 degrees. The other afternoon it was at 32 degrees.

I will try to update my blog more often and for those resolute to keep me blogging I thank them for their "encouragement" (Ainee) and hope people come back to my blog. Same posts will go on my BEBO site too; http://TheRoutine.bebo.com

Adios!