"Kim, you just tried a brand new cereal. Tell us about it!"
Kim: "It's called Cheerios, and my family loves it!"
Haha, I'll have to try this new hit! ;)
Haven't Cheerios been around since the 1800s or something?
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Brand New Cereal: CHEERIOS???
I just laughed at a commercial I saw on television tonight:
"Kim, you just tried a brand new cereal. Tell us about it!"
Kim: "It's called Cheerios, and my family loves it!"
Haha, I'll have to try this new hit! ;)
Haven't Cheerios been around since the 1800s or something?
"Kim, you just tried a brand new cereal. Tell us about it!"
Kim: "It's called Cheerios, and my family loves it!"
Haha, I'll have to try this new hit! ;)
Haven't Cheerios been around since the 1800s or something?
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The New Flat
After 4 months, I've made my way out of the crowded 7-person flat in Surry Hills to a much roomier (albeit not quite as nice) flat in the heart of Sydney on Market St. Rent is DEFINITELY not cheap in the city, but I found this place going for a decent price so I grabbed it. I've been in it for a week and Katie and Gracie moved in today. I was actually pretty lonely for that week without them; it made me realize how hard it's going to be to leave the friends I've made here when I head back to the States.
I'll try to get some pictures up of the place soon. It was a little rough around the edges but I've spruced it up a bit with some cute rugs and some feng shui. We have an amazing balcony too. I mean, the view is pretty much just of the surrounding sky scrapers, but the balcony is HUGE so we love it. Home Sweet Sydney...
I'll try to get some pictures up of the place soon. It was a little rough around the edges but I've spruced it up a bit with some cute rugs and some feng shui. We have an amazing balcony too. I mean, the view is pretty much just of the surrounding sky scrapers, but the balcony is HUGE so we love it. Home Sweet Sydney...
Big Girl Job
I got a big girl job!!!!! I'm working for a global company called IQPC-International Quality and Productivity Centre. http://www.iqpc.com/ Here is the company profile as copied from the webiste:
IQPC provides business executives around the world with tailored practical conferences, large scale events, topical seminars and in-house training programs, keeping them up-to-date with industry trends, technological developments and the regulatory landscape. IQPC's large scale conferences are market leading “must attend” events for their respective industries.
IQPC produces more than 1,500 events annually around the world, and continues to grow. Founded in 1973, IQPC now has offices in major cities across six continents including: Berlin, Dubai, Johannesburg, London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, and Sydney — with additional openings scheduled for 2008. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce an unrivalled portfolio of conferences.
I'm a sales executive for the company so I try to find delegates to attend the conferences. To buy a seat at one of the conferences will typically range anywhere from 2k-5k. So far, everyone is really nice and I like my manager and co-workers. Training went really well and I won a $50 Myer gift card (Myer is like Macy's) for performing well during the first week. ALSO, I just made MY FIRST SALE on Friday! I was the first one out of the new trainees, so I won $50 from my manager. Woooooo Hoooooooo!
IQPC provides business executives around the world with tailored practical conferences, large scale events, topical seminars and in-house training programs, keeping them up-to-date with industry trends, technological developments and the regulatory landscape. IQPC's large scale conferences are market leading “must attend” events for their respective industries.
IQPC produces more than 1,500 events annually around the world, and continues to grow. Founded in 1973, IQPC now has offices in major cities across six continents including: Berlin, Dubai, Johannesburg, London, New York, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Stockholm, and Sydney — with additional openings scheduled for 2008. IQPC leverages a global research base of best practices to produce an unrivalled portfolio of conferences.
I'm a sales executive for the company so I try to find delegates to attend the conferences. To buy a seat at one of the conferences will typically range anywhere from 2k-5k. So far, everyone is really nice and I like my manager and co-workers. Training went really well and I won a $50 Myer gift card (Myer is like Macy's) for performing well during the first week. ALSO, I just made MY FIRST SALE on Friday! I was the first one out of the new trainees, so I won $50 from my manager. Woooooo Hoooooooo!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Red Bull Flugtag in Sydney
The annual Red Bull Flugtag was held in Sydney this year. Anyone know what a "flugtag" is? I didn't either. It's an event where competitors get a running start on a ramp about 6 meters above the water and attempt to fly in homemade flying machines. HILARIOUS? Yes, I thought so too. The event was held at Mrs. Macquarie's Point and the day that started out pretty overcast ended up being gorgeous and sunny, so I got a tan AND got to crack up and ridiculous people trying to fly.
Walking to the Flugtag. The ramp is across the water just behind the big boat on the right.
Some of the homemade flying machines.
View from where we were sitting. The ramp isn't in this picture but you can see the Harbour Bridge and Opera House
Walking to the Flugtag. The ramp is across the water just behind the big boat on the right.
Some of the homemade flying machines.
View from where we were sitting. The ramp isn't in this picture but you can see the Harbour Bridge and Opera House
Monday, April 7, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
The Sydney Royal Easter Show
The Sydney Royal Easter Show is a traditional/annual agricultural event that's held in Sydney to promote and display livestock, produce and rural merchandise. There are lots of amusement park-type rides and games and other live shows in addition to the cattle/horse/farm animal shows. It started on Easter and lasts for about a week and a half (I think). This year it was held in Sydney Olympic Park and my friend Antony took me to it on the Sunday after Easter. We didn't spend much time in the smelly animal part...we just wanted to ride some rides!
We arrived at the Easter Show around 1 and stayed until about 6:30 or so and we got to go on a fair amount of rides while we were there. It was a really good time and I honestly laughed so hard during the rides that my abs were sore the next day. Antony had a little height phobia and some of the rides we went on made me worry that he might go into cardiac arrest. My favorite was the Zipper because there was no line for it and they let us stay on for a reallllly long time. I thought Antony was going to die. I didn't stop my hysterical laughing (it was WITH you, Antony!) for the entire ride.
Here's a video of one of the last rides we went on. It took about 15 minutes for Antony to psyche himself into actually going on it. To be fair, I wasn't 100% sure about it either since we'd JUST eaten lunch right before. But it was really fun!
So I was just chillin with the Black Eyed Peas....
Me, Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, Amanda
Here's the story:
I go out with Amanda (above on the right) who I met at the gym. She says The Eastern is supposed to be fun on Wednesdays so we make our way to Bondi Junction to check it out. Halfway through the night we hear that Will.I.Am was upstairs in VIP. We somehow weasel our way up there and get a quick picture with him. Later that night as I'm wandering down the street I see Will and his friends walking in front of me. They're being hounded by people taking pictures of Will, but I made some small talk with one of the guys as I walk by. I go around the corner to the ATM and they walk down near where I was to hail a cab. As the cab pulls up, one of the guys yells at me to get in and go "party" with them. I literally do the "turn-around-to-make-sure-there's-no one-behind-you-then-point-to-self-and-ask, 'me?' " thing. He says, "yes, you!" so I try to play it cool and saunter on over to the cab. I ask if I can sit up front and they oblige and the 3 of them squish in the back seat. The cab ride is cool and Will talks to me a little bit about South Carolina and they all seem pretty nice. The cool part of the night pretty much ends there though, because the cab ends up just going to the hotel where they are staying and not a "party" so I tell them I am just going to catch a cab home and off I go.
Not the most exciting star story ever...but still a good story.
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