Today was my first day at my new job. To get from home to work requires this:
Bus to train station -> Train to city -> Red CAT (free inner city shuttle) to work in the west end of the city

My start time for this week at least is 8am. To make that schedule, I’m out of the house by 7:10am. The first two legs of the journey were ok - on time and not too crowded. It was in the city that I hit a literal wall of humans waiting for the Red CAT. I had planned my journey to allow me to miss the first CAT and catch the next one, and still make it on time. The first CAT arrived and it was packed. Second one came, and it was the same. I might take a photo tomorrow to show you how bad it was/is.

So I looked at my watch and it was 7:50am. Fuck it I thought, I’d walk. But I underestimated the time needed to do so. Half way through my journey, I saw the third CAT passed me by. 8:05am. Shit I’m late! I started to jog and it wasn’t easy because some parts of the route was uphill. 8:10am - I was about one block away when I saw the fourth CAT pass me by. Double fuck!

Lesson learnt? Even if I had to, wait for the fourth CAT. I’d still be slightly late but at least I won’t be sweating and out of breath. The whole ordeal really sapped my energy for the rest of the day. Luckily it was mostly reading documentation today.

Oh yeah, in other news the people at work were very nice. :mrgreen:

My friend Nadia in Singapore is totally jonesing for a trip to Sydney but she wants to get it for free! So she entered herself in a competition called “Unexpected Australia”. All she needs is for people to vote for her - people who vote also go into a draw to win a MacBook Air, a Sony Ericsson K8501,a Nikon B60, a Nintendo WII or two Sandisk Ducati Thumbdrive (4GB). And it doesn’t matter if you don’t live in Singapore either.

The voting details are all here. Go vote for her, maybe win something and help out Australian tourism at the same time. It’s good for the economy. ;)