London then....who knows

Very exciting week for us new entrants - first pay week. YAY. I think we are all going to go away on the Thursday, as we do not have that much to do. On Monday we got a lovely little surprise of some friends popping in on us a day early, and since then its been more cards, some soccer (or football as they call it here) and more partying. Still been cooking a lot, which is always fun, but tonight I think it is time to treat myself with a Sunday roast!

Today, my friend Lisa and I are heading to her side of town, Wimbledon. We were meant to have left about 3 hours ago, but with a prolonged sleep such plans were forced to change. So our plans for the next few days include a few more walks around London, this time hopefully stopping at a few museums and galleries. Also hoping to go to a play, but we shall see how we go.

I just checked my updated roster, and it is looking pretty good - I have the 30th September off, which as you all SHOULD know is the AFL Grand Final. So I shall make my way to walkabout somewhere and have a great time. Am very excited....

Anyway time for me to run, hope all is well, keep you posted on where we go and what we do.

Lotsa love,

Maya xx

must remember to do this

Well things have been so busy (not!!!) that I forgot to update you all.

So quick update - graduated on Friday, moved into our new house Friday afternoon, and party at our house Friday night. So enjoyable night, late one without going out even (5am!!!), had about 10 people stay the night, which made it interesting to fit everyone, but who knew that the corridor could be so confortable for some??? (honestly - I was jealous of her for sleeping on the floor).

Since then, went into London to see Yoni, who took me to see Agatha Christie's ' Mousetrap', which was amazing. Such an old school theatre, and it was so nice to see such a culture, which is pretty much non-existent in Australia.

So since then, have been trying to organise tv, phone etc etc. Hopefully soon should have a landline, so I can call u all. Until we have another form of entertainment (ie. TV) it has been cards after cards. Games we have played - Cheat, Big 2, Slaves and Masters, one from boarding school, snap, s***head, speed, spit, one that these polish guys taught us which we call ibis etc etc..... Gets quite confusing when trying to remember which one u are playing at the time.

Anyway I have to run

talk soon xx

Graduation

Peoples,

I am sooooo excited - I graduate today, AND move into my new house!!! YAY for me.

Yesterday had my most enjoyable day on the course I think, learnt about terrorism, hijackings, explosives etc.......very interesting.

Anyway have to run to go and get my 'wings' - talk later.

Maya xx

One day to go....

Well as time continues to fly past, it means I only have one day of academy to go. AHHHH. But I can't fly straight away. For those of you that have read Air Babylon, they talk about a '5 year history' - where you have to account for pretty much anything you have done for more than 14 days -- so annoying!

Things have been fun - having a good time with all the people at work, as we are all seperating tomorrow :(

Anyway I will have to explain everything soon. Passed my first aid test with 98% - no complaints!

Miss you all - take care
xx

House for Maya

So one week to go of training, haven't looked at many places (only one to be exact, by some sleazy guy - ewww), and I start thinking to myself it might be time to get myself into gear. So in trying to keep in contact with friends outside the course, I went back to the hostel. Spoke to Isel (who owns it), and she had two girls who were staying who had jobs with Ryan Air, and were looking for somewhere. So they gave me the number of a guy whos house they had seen and said was good. So that day I called, we went to look at the place, and got it!!! Me and two other girls (one aussie, one pom), and it is all of 5 minutes walk to where I can get the free bus to the airport. We move in on Friday, so thats all exciting.

Other updates, had a fun night last night - I have been dying for a roast, with vegies, gravy etc etc. So as you can only get it in pubs on Sundays here, off we all went. We invited a group of pilots with us, who we met a day earlier (some only that night), so it was nice to have a lot of people. Even a female pilot (poor thing, she was the only girl in the course, and she rocked!!!). So yeah, stayed there for a while, and went back to the hotel. Got to see some cool footage they had taken during their initial training in smaller planes. One clip (an official publication) was of a plane landing in equador - the airport is in the middle of the city. Very cool to see.

So now I have just finished my three days of first aid. Had to watch a video of how to give birth - which confirmed for me that it will be the most painful thing (and most disgusting thing) ever to happen. People then thought it would be appropriate to share that in some cultures they eat the placenta - HOW GROSS!!!! ewwww.........was a bit stand offish with lunch, but had to eat something. Thank god thats going.

Well thats about it for now. Hope you are all well.

Lots of love,

Maya

update

It has been a while since my last update, so thought I should make more of an effort to keep you informed. Well today, as I'm sure you are all aware, a terrorist attack has been uncovered regarding blowing up planes over the atlantic. So get on the work bus today, and notices are up informing people of the limitations on hand luggage etc etc - a bit scary, but how are you ever going to stop it from happening.

Work has been fun, more practical stuff - I have officially learnt the safety demonstration - ha ha a lot of fun I must say. We then got to hop on a plane and have a play etc.

Monday I had days off so went to visit my brother. Great to see him, and as a true brother showed how protective he is, whilst spoiling me rotten. He made my first bed on the floor since I have been here, and for that I am grateful!!!

Well I must be off now,

chat soon to you all xx

Another day on the job

Well yesterday proved exciting, learning about the Boeing aircraft.......in which I unfortunately dropped the exit door on the instructors door (oops)......she didnt't make me feel good about it either.

Today is our first day in uniform, so photos will be taken (and posted up shortly too I hope), so we are all a little excited. However this is dampened by a test which we have this morning (anoher one!!!), so once that is finished, we get to celebrate our uniform. Although the colours are extremely offputting, once you are all wearing it, its not too bad.

Anyway test calls - have to run xx