Alice had come back after we had gone to bed, but she had got the job at the restaurant- she's getting $10 an hour but they can give her 35- 40 hours a week. She also got given free spinach curry and chapattis, although she found it too spicy to eat (which is good news for me). I had to hand in my notice for cleaning at the hostel, because when I have evening shifts at Hogs, they start at 6 so wouldn't be able to be here at 5.30-8.30. I'm also going to have to...

Me and Alice tried to sneak off into town to get Bex a birthday cake, but Bex wanted a McDonald's so she came with us. I had some chips (you have to pay for ketchup!) and a cookie crumble McFlurry, which had a lot more topping than what you'd get in stingy England! Alice had a double fudge chocolate brownie, and Bex had a McChicken meal. We then went to Target to get Alice some black clothes for her Indian shift tonight. They went to get the 4 o' clock bus bac...

My shift at the café went pretty well, and was actually quite fun, as it was quite busy so I was kept on my toes. I'm the only non-Chinese person there, so sometimes they say things that I don't understand, particularly as Tina's (the coffee barista's) English isn't particularly good. Bella, who is the other waitress aside from me, was really helpful though and gave me really clear instructions of how to do everything, although some mistakes were made because ...

I have been feeling a bit worn out from all the hard work I have put in finding work, so decided to take it relatively easy today. I went to see the manager of a restaurant I went to yesterday, where the girl, Leah, had actually written on my CV (or résumé, I should say) that I was going to come in at 11.30, so obviously it would look bad on me if I didn't go. Then I went to the Police station to report my lost purse, then brought some black shoes for the shi...

Today's wander around town got me a few trials- I had a trial shift at the restaurant next to the Pier bar this evening, starting at 6, and a trial on Saturday in an Indian restaurant (I think the fact that I had been to India and was familiar with what a Thali was helped). This was the good news of today. I got the local bus back to the hostel, and left my purse on it. This was the bad news of today. To do my trial shift, I had to get Alice to do my clea...