Waiting is the hardest part....knowing that you are doing all you can to get yourself out there, and people are doing their best to help you out, but you still wait, and wait....!!!!
I had a lot of promising leads this week, as far as an internship goes. I am in contact with several people inside HASSELL Architecture in Sydney, and that seems quite hopeful, as they are trying to expand their Interior Architecture department. I hope to hear back from a friend there early next week.
Also happening next week:
I will be hearing back from Hughes Bruce on Monday, a small contract design firm that is trying to help me out.
I had a phone call yesterday with the business owner, who works for big architecture firms that hire her company out. After a brief chat on the phone, she decided she is willing to be my contact inside several big firms:
Rice Daubney, Bligh Voller, and Davenport Campbell.
She personally handed them my resume, so that it came from someone they know and trust within the business, rather than an American girl fresh off the plane.
But at the end of the phone conversation, after saying that she would do all she can to help get me into a big Sydney firm, she said ".....you know what, I might just want you for myself!" I wasn't quite sure how to respond to that. I am flattered that so many people want to help me out/wish they could take me on, etc etc, but at this point....I just need the FINAL OFFER. Come on, people now. :) :)
Next week, hope and pray for an awesome and exciting blog post. I need to be patient with myself, as I still have not been here long at all. ;)
In the meantime, I am working at Cafe Meni, this cute little coffee place right across the street. It is a great place to work, turns out, Australians like their coffee really, really, really pretty. So that has been fun.
Needless to say, the learning curve will be fun. Between trying to understand THICK accents, new currency, new words for things (like you never ever say trash, you say garbage. and you never say "like" you say "keen") and new drinks (a "long black" is an Americano. A "flat white" is a foamless latte) I have my hands full at work, too!!!
