bognor regis

The past three Saturdays I have spent doing a promotion in Bognor Regis. A seaside town an hour train ride away to the west. The town is larger than I first imagined, but the majority of its residents are grandparent age as I expected. It's high street (each town has a high street where the shops are located, similar to a main street in the States) is shown below and is quite large compared to others I've seen. As the only person working the promotion in this location it was my task to hand out flyers and sample an Olay moisturiser/foundation combo on shoppers convincing as many as possible to purchase the product. It was not the most exciting job I've ever done, and its definitely not the worst, but the money made it worth it! Although now that I have a proper job I am very happy this stretch of promotion work is over and my Saturdays are once again free.



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first day

I survived my first day back into the working world! It was great actually. I have started with four others, Giovanna, Joe, Claire and Jake, so we are all learning together. Next week two more people are starting. Venture capitalists just invested in the company so it is going through a big growth at the moment. The company was also ranked as one of the fastest growing digital media companies in Europe by GP Bullhound. This week is learning the email marketing software that we will start selling Friday afternoon. Everyone in the office is incredibly friendly. Yesterday the two managers that are training us, Marc my manager and Russel from the other team, took us to lunch at a Tai pub nearby in the lanes. I had a delicious king prawn red curry! It was an amazing start to the week and the job.

Today is of course more learning and exploring the product. One wall of the office is a block windows and the sun is shinning through. The opposite wall, which is near me, has a very large image of red flowers against a blue sky. A great atmosphere here today, a great working environment! I think it will take a little while to get used to getting up at 7:30 and I know once this week is over pressure will be on to make the sales, but as of now I am enjoying it and so glad to be working again.

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p.s. as I was finishing this Marc walked in with cookies for our team! I wonder how long the treats will last?

lucky 13 strikes again

Today is Friday the 13th. I turned 13 on a Friday the 13th. 13 is my lucky number and it proved itself once again today.

I've got a job! I've got a job!

I am a Business Development Executive for Pure 360. This company provides email marketing solutions that improve the results of many businesses campaigns.

Check out Pure 360... http://www.pure360.com/

Last Wednesday I travelled to London for an assessment day with the graduate recruitment agency Pareto. After a grueling day of group tasks and presentations I was pleased to be told I was successful. One of their recruitment consultants then set me up with an interview in Brighton with Pure 360. I went through two rounds of interviews, which included presenting a sales pitch that sold the company's product to them, and after my final round today I received the exciting news of a job offer! So, within a week and a half of being selected by Pareto they have hooked me up, pretty impressive. Monday morning I will find myself gainfully employed arranging my desk and making new friends. Oh and most importantly, finally earning some money!

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the big pink - dominoes

TUNE! I like, check it out....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnNlQ-KNv4


I also stumbled across this blog the other day....

http://allthingsgoodrudegirl.blogspot.com/

its full of albums, the perfect site for keeping in touch with music.

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guy fawkes and bonfire night

"remember remember the fifth of november"



A long long time ago a man named Guy Fawkes attempted to overthrow the King by blowing up parliament. For a better idea of what really happened check out this site...

http://www.bonfirenight.net/

The day is now remembered throughout the country with parades, burning of effigies and magnificent fireworks displays.

I celebrated in the nearby village of Lewes which hosts the largest bonfire night in the country. Read this article from Brighton's largest newspaper to learn more about this years event...

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4726245.Lewes_Bonfire_Night_hailed_a_success/

This was my second year attending the event and once again I felt like I stepped back in time as the parade marched past in this old village composed of societies in old fashioned costume and bearing torches, including children. There is something spooky about the night that I just can't get enough of.



The night ends with each society hosting a fireworks display. We went to one that was free with an amazing show and a massive bonfire to keep us warm.

It was well worth fighting the crowds!

Love

robo wars

Halloween is not as big of a holiday in England as it is in America. You wont find hoards of little children running across streets and door to door in search of a sugar rush. You wont find adults dressing up at work. You wont find carved pumpkins glowing in windows and on doorsteps. However, you still find many young adults in costume out for another party. I'm sure there are still little ones knocking on strangers' doors, its just not insanely popular as in the states.

I went out briefly on Halloween and was disgusted by the fact you couldn't get in to any club or even bar without waiting for hours. Seriously, I have never seen such massive queues. Leah and I gave up and went home. I think half of the country ventured to the seaside for the holiday! The difference in costumes here is hilarious. Approximately 95 percent of people who dressed up did so by pairing dirty shredded clothing with faces painted white with smeared black eyeliner and red lipstick. Seriously, where is the creativity?

I am extremely happy that I celebrated the night before. I dressed as an angel. A bit of an impromptu night as a group of us went to the Halloween party at Komedia. Komedia is usually a comedy club in the lanes, but this 'all hallows eve' it turned itself into a dance party. Live trapeze artist, fire show and three rooms pumping Halloween tunes included. Music in two of the rooms was a bit old fashioned, but we did get to monster mash.

Highlight of my night.... I needed a trip to the loo but was trapped in one of the rooms by a monster telling me he couldn't open the door until they finished filming the robo fight scene on the other side. Seriously! A couple of guys costumed as robots in cardboard boxes were fighting in the stairwell and filming it. True Brightoners...The eccentric artsy type! Luckily filming didn't take long and I escaped to the loo laughing in disbelieve. Weird? Yes. Love it a little? well... Yes.

Check out this link to see Komedia as its usual comedy club:
http://www.komedia.co.uk/

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