Apartment hunting

Sigh.. time is going by so fast and my to-do list just keeps getting longer and longer..

So I tried to be productive tonight and look for a place to live next year.
Firstly, I had no idea where to even start.
Do I want to live in an apartment? Or rent out a room in a house? By myself? Or flat with other people?  In the city? or in the suburbs where it's cheaper?
But I couldn't even ask myself these questions, cause my only priority was that it allows pets.. LOL

I really really want a puppy next year... I know I sound needy but I think it's the only way to stop me from dying of boredom in Hamilton.
I knew it wouldn't be easy to find a pet-friendly place, but I did not know that most places allow cats but not dogs!! Honestly that is so petcist.. I hate cats.
Well I don't hate cats but they are nowhere near as cute as puppies.
And some of the ads have NO DOGS ALLOWED in capital letters, yet they allow cats and smokers and children.. not like those are any better.. ==

So I went through pretty much every apartment in the city, and even in the suburbs and none of them were pet-friendly. Until I found a site called easyflatmate.co.nz or something like that.. the name is pretty self-explanatory. And some of them actually allowed pets. So I messaged a couple of them.. hopefully they will reply me soon. But the annoying thing is that they are all guys.. sigh I don't really want to flat with a guy.. TT
So now I'm thinking maybe I should just give up on the idea of getting a puppy.. cause I probably won't have that much time to take care of it right? I had this idea in my head that I would go home at lunch to feed it, but that would only be possible if I lived in city close to my workplace.
Arghhhhhh so frustrated!!!

Life update

Hellooo guys,

Haven't blogged in so long! It's been a pretty stressful month, with my last ever university exams and all, but glad that it's all over now! The wait for exam results has been nerve-wracking.. every morning I get up I check Student Services, but still haven't got any back yet.. hopefully I passed everything ><

Been super busy after exams. Thought I would be able to finally relax and enjoy my last ever proper summer break, but I've been working at my parents' business everyday cause they are understaffed atm, and really really busy. So I've been waking up early every morning, and working till 5 in the afternoon. Ugh.. so tired everyday, don't have energy to do anything.

Last night was my friend Halle's engagement/birthday party at Crystal Lounge Bar. Everyone is getting married!!! (Well all of Brandon's friends are hah). One of his good friends is even about to become a dad soon.. lol kinda weird when I think about it. I can't imagine myself getting married for at least another five years, but I'm glad we are on the same page about this. Anyways, happy for all my friends who are entering into a new chapter of their lives! :)

Moving on.. so my start date for Fonterra got moved forward a couple of weeks sigh.. so now I am starting work 4 days after I come back from our holiday. I got a new manager too and she called me last week to ask if I can start earlier, since the current grad is finishing his rotation soon, so she thought it would be a good idea for him to teach me everything in his last two weeks, to allow a smooth transition/handover. I guess it's a good thing for me, so I don't go into work the first day and get totally overwhelmed by everything. I must say.. Fonterra is soo.. active LOL. We have a welcome pizza & drinks next week, and then I'm going down to Hamilton next month, to attend some half yearly conference thing. And we get regular e-mail newsletters, and we're getting paired up with a buddy/mentor soon. I guess that's the good thing about grad programs; they offer you alot of support and help you network and all that jazz.

Something that's been annoying me slightly though is peoples' reaction to me going to Hamilton. That's why I don't really like talking about work, but I always get asked so zzz..
Particularly one person's reaction (who shall not be named cause I am a nice person lol) was all like: "Omg, why are you going to Hamilton.. it's such a shithole.. man good luck with that ay hahahah,' and then he proceeds to keep laughing as if it's such a funny thing. And then starts bragging about his new job, and how much he is getting paid (lol I just wanted to say back to his face: 'Pfft I'm getting paid way more than that' but I didn't cause then I would be stooping to his level). Honestly I hate people who feel a need to show off about everything..

Anyways back to the point, I am only going to Hamilton for 6 months, so it's really not such a big deal, so please stop feeling sorry for me :) I am kinda excited actually, finally get to have my own place, and be independent and not have naggy adults around me telling me to do this and that.

Ok.. I had heaps of other things to blog about but I am running late now. My friend is here from Australia so we are going to High Tea at Stamford. And then I have work later at the bar TT

So will blog more later!
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