"She Works Hard for the Money..."

So, I'm surviving in Sydney! Physically and economically. Quite a pleasant surprise for me. :) Haha. But really -- I'm having the time of my life and hardly dipping into my savings which is very, very reassuring that maybe I won't be broke as a joke the rest of my life. Here are some quick updates about my jobs:

AMADEUS IT PACIFIC

• Corporate offices waste a lot of money on mailings, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. One of the best parts of the day is at 3:45 when Peter from TNT stops by to pick up the satchels. He's been coming to Amadeus for 10 years -- and he just dyed his hair blonde to look younger. He's quite a character. :)
  
• Daniel is the sweetest co-worker ever. EVER. I'm going to miss him so much when I leave. He's the best gossiper (because everyone talks to him), but so very tender-hearted. He saves me food and brings me little treats (everyone knows sweets are the way to my heart, right?) Yesterday he had homemade bread pudding and scones. Made me a little plate with jam and everything -- delicious!! I also love when his partner, Stuart comes down because he always says "how's it goin' chickadees??" Hehe. (Bets -- remember "Chick-a-billy" ?? SO WEIRD. ps what were our nicknames for those t-shirts?)
  
• When I make coffee carts, I tend to give people my favorite kinds of cookies aka biscuits-- makes my clean up better when I get to snack on the leftovers. Hehe. My favs: the Caramels and the Venetian biscuits. Yurm.
  
• Catching the window-washers on the twelfth floor and waving is very exciting. They make silly faces at you. Haha.
• One of my "important projects" was to handle the authoriz(s)ation forms for the big important people's corporate AmEx cards. They trust me with important info, yaknow. No big.
  
• We get a lot of wrong number phone calls.
  

SUMMIT RESTAURANT + ORBIT LOUNGE

• After work my mouth hurts from smiling so much -- but people are surprisingly friendly, complimentary and always inquisitive about my accent. The funniest thing is how often I have the exact same small-talk conversations. Usually it's "are we moving now!??" or
  "don't you get seasick??" or "don't you want to come with us?" (when I lead them to the elevator).
• You'd be surprised how many people don't really understand the concept of a revolving restaurant. So many times I seat people at there window seat, but it's currently by a steel beam (yaknow, to hold the building up) and they get all huffy and puffy about not getting a "window seat." Once I explain, ummm just wait like 20 seconds, they usually feel pretty silly. Love seeing posh/pretentious people feel silly. Haha.
  
• I got a paper-cut on my pointer finger (worker's comp...?) so I can't sign into our fingerprint time card system. Eye scan, perhaps?
• Michael Moore, our celebrity chef, just published his first cookbook and we had the big launch last week. I guess there were a ton of really famous Australian celebrities, but unfortunately I didn't know who any of them were. But I did seat one of the "richest men in Australia" who was having dinner with not one, but two beautiful older women. Very typical. Haha.
  
• People say "ta" for thank you in Australia. Never thought it would be irritating, except when I'm "lapping" people and every single person at the table says it. Haha.
  
• Folding napkins is surprisingly therapeutic.