opotiki: Part 3

We have knocked on all three packhouses door in Opotiki but still, no job yet. Apparently, none of the packhouses has started operation yet due to the unusual warm weather they are experiencing hence the fruits not ready yet. Not really a good news for us. But nothing we can do except to wait for calls.

Speaking of calls, phone signals in Opotiki is pretty weak. Most of the time we will missed the calls due to lack of signal here and there. In fact, we have to find places where signals are stronger and angled our phone there. For example, we had to put our phones at the window sills as most of the time, signal there is slighter better.

Because of weak phone signal, we actually missed a job opportunity in Te Puke. When we received the SMS saying we had miscalled, immediately we called back but unfortunately, the person behind the phone said we were too late since we missed the call, they already called other people. Darn!

For that day, I was actually quite down lor…so sad that we actually missed a job opportunity. In uncertainty time like this, we cannot afford to miss job as our finance is getting low. However, since we already missed it, we have no choice but stay positive and hope for the best in Opotiki.

Thanks to Rachel, we managed to move 3 doors down the street from our backpacker to another backpacker, which is so much more better as we get to have the whole 3-room apartment to ourselves at the price 40.00 dollar cheaper than what we are paying now.

THIS IS A STEAL ISN’T?????

We spent a day to totally spring clean the whole apartment so that we will be comfortable there since it will be our hive for some time^^ Whatever is missing/needed we can always get it from the owner and she’s a kind lady that will provide us whatever we need. Not only that, we get to have the internet service for FREEEEEEEEEEE~~~~

This is what I call a bargain!!!!! When I heard that we can use the internet, I feel like I was on cloud nine! This is really too good to be true! We can finally connect to the world once again!

Our neighbour so happens is a Malaysian couple as well. Pretty interesting right how all Malaysian will meet each other one way or another. I was quite surprise that there’s quite a number of Malaysian in Opotiki actually as it’s a small town after all.

We were called to attend an induction by one of the packhouses here. An induction actually means a short briefing on the company dos and don’ts, the work process and procedures and finally a tour on the factory itself. It does not quaranty work, but it means you are put on “on-call list”. If they need people, they will ring you up.

Means still no job yet. Still need to wait for phone calls. Still desperate. Still free and easy. Still can play mahjong whenever we want. Yes, mahjong. Yours truly has been corrupted by them to learn and play mahjong. Learnt the basic rules already but not very good at it yet. Most of the time I’m on draught season (losing). Luckily no money involves hahahahaha^^

PHONE FASTER RING AND JOB FASTER KNOCK ON OUR DOOR ANYTIME NOW PLEASE~ !!!