AUSSIE Experience at "Down Under"

(50) I Made it !!!

2008-03-11T04:09:00.000-07:00

I simply made it:

finished internship after 6 intensive fast-running months, the time of my life
BP Ultimate corporate triathlon (400m,10kms,4kms)- the toughest sports challenge of life
completely changed my lifestyle and lost 12kgs in 6 months, got into shape and started sporting every day
I picked up and welcome my Mum in Australia, Ill do best to make it best gift to her coming 50s possible
I became 25 years old...ufff Im really getting old but Im still young as well, my degree done, first professional experience behind and ready for a new job
Ive planned the 35 days holidays consisting of East Coast backpacking, hop from Brisbane to Sydney and Melbourne and final two weeks travel around South island of New Zealand
Ive lived amazing 6 months in Australia, Im currently shooting a movie about whole experience to support @ers going for exchange

All pics from my stay can be found here

The whole Aussie XP summary will be posted after travels, thanx all readers for spending time here and thanx for support...

(49) Big chapter is slowly closing down...

2008-02-28T04:42:00.000-08:00

Many things hapenned since last posting...

Ive been chairing AIESEC Australia January national conference in Perth having more than 100 members on the spot. Its been one of toughest, most intensive and learn-ganining
Ive been trainning almost every day- running 5 to 10 kms, cycling, weightlifting, swimming, rowing, stretching, jumping and boxing- all for the final event of my sports year- BP Corporate triathlon with my GE team this Sunday 2nd of March!
I participated in great event "Stick it up for Prostate cancer" Harley Davidson gathering for the cause of rairing awareness how to protect against this serioous killer... more pics at Picasa album
Ive booked and plan the whole East Coast trip with my mum who is arriving next week and Ill be hosting her to express best wishing to her upcoming 50s in July. Welcome Down Under, MUM !!!
Ive booked my backflight home on April 16th due several personal facts, Ill be leaving this gorgeous country where Ive been both happy and got a great life learning since September.
Im sure Ill come back sooner or later

Stay tunned for more updates, current pics are located here

(48) Australian Open

2008-01-31T03:21:00.001-08:00

Finals: Sharapova vs. Ivanovic

The biggest suprise of the tournament Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

M. Juznyj

Rafa taking warm-up

Novak Djokovic

Tomas Berdych

Tomas

Roger Federrer- defeated Nr.1

ME in front of Rod Laver Arena

with Tomas Berdych (CZE)nr.13 seeded

Novak Djokovic (future winner) is getting some warm-up

breakin into "temple" of Rod Laver Arena- Henin (BEL)

Rafa(2-ESP)

(47)Sydney retro

2008-01-30T04:51:00.000-08:00

Sydney...simply the best holidyas ever

2008-01-08T03:26:00.000-08:00

(45) Unconvenient truth about Xmass weather in Oz :)

2007-12-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

If you think its 30 degrees and Im lying on beautiful sand beaches, You may be little bit mistaken...

Pokud si myslis, ze je teady 30 stupnu a ja se valim na krasnych piscitych plazich, mozna se mylis... aneb jak to vypada po ctyrech dnech destu a vichru...

Merry Xmass once more...

(44) Merry Xmass to everyone!

2007-12-22T16:30:00.001-08:00

(43) How far are you from your home?

2007-12-22T02:32:00.000-08:00

I was competing to become the furthest reader of czech press server idnes.cz knowing that it will be probably won guys at New Zealand what happened exactly. But at least I measuerd the distance at maps.google.com and here's the result :)

(42) Merry Xmass in Pacific Premium

2007-12-21T05:53:00.000-08:00

Today we had Kris Kringle in my job. Great idea with pulling out secret name of your colleague to whom youre supposed to buy a present. So you dont spend much and still you can enjoy Xmass spirit with friends. I got aussie souvenirs such as baseball cap or Oz flagged towel which will be useful :) The best was food as always :P I celebrated it with Czech Budvar you can get for $4 (64Kc) which is just tiny more than classic aussie beers...

(41) When I thought Oz is the driest country in the world I may be wrong...

2007-12-21T05:44:00.000-08:00

It finally started rainning on Wed eve and the air was coming so fresh and energizing again... I just love the smell of ozone and moisture in the air... Well it was rainning on Thu as well, some lightnings were even strikin already at 9am and caused few power stations collapses... And suddenly these pictures started appearing from accross Victoria. As usually most problems occurres in city...

merry rainny Xmass :)

(40) some flashbacks

2007-12-18T00:13:00.000-08:00

Since Phillip Island trip there hasnt happened much... I was ill for more than week, nothing serious but heavily running nose,sneezing and coughing. Mostly from a weather which is very changin from 15 to 30 degrees. GE declined my credit card application which was little bit shocking for me but I wont better comment it. Generally Im pretty busy with MyAIESEC.net being launched, some administration I finally sorted out and trainning again making 6ks run today... Just 5 more days to Sydney...

Me and My Bro True Aboriginese

right few secs after moment big black snake was crawling under my feet to bush. All around havd much fun except me :P

Aussie Sounds of nature : Cikadas and Kakadus

Kangoos and Waves at Pyramid rock Point

(39) MyAIESEC.net launched !!!

2007-12-11T03:23:00.000-08:00

(38) Phillip Island trip

2007-12-09T02:34:00.000-08:00

Note the thing on the belly is Baby koala... its all sitting right on the bench doesnt care about tourists... what a great life these creatures live...

this guy was so awsomely posing that he looked like an old model professional...

beautiful 5ft waves at Pyramid rock point
lookin into future ...

poser on tree

and the model scratching and posing...

Note all these pics are from internet as any picture taking is strictly forbidden not to disturb these beautiful creatures. We were waiting till sunset at the Parade and suddenly hundreds of these were coming from ocean looking for their nests with partner sitting on eggs.

(37) "Im an Achiever" video message

2007-12-09T01:56:00.000-08:00

After bit of thinkin if to embarass myself again, I joined the AI campaign and captured the video greeting how its great to be on an internship with biggest company in the world more than 16.000 kms from home....

(36) Movember statistics...

2007-12-09T01:47:00.000-08:00

Mo Brothers final presentation !!!

Team Sponsorship Details

Member Name	Currency	Amount
Calum Hamilton (Capt)	AUD	365.00
Leigh Montague	AUD	0.00
Troy Lowndes	AUD	395.00
Steve Evans	AUD	262.88
Lance Bowen	AUD	160.00
Tim Cole	AUD	100.00
me	AUD	70.00

(35) GE Xmass party and some news...

2007-12-02T03:37:00.000-08:00

The news of the Week. I was picked to represent GE in BRW Corporate Triathlon
on March 2nd compricing of 400m sea swim, 10 k cycle, 4k run. It will be my biggest sport challenge in my life and I testify Ill do best to bring the trophy to our team :)

GE Party was awsome, we made great Xmass spirit with colleagues, I had great talks with my boss and GE Comm. Finance ANZ CFO. Thanks to Heidi for great company . Day ago weve been to Movember party in Docklands, more than 1000enthusiastic fellas with Mos and various costumes, pretty great fun. And its already becomin quite weird to awaiting hot Xmass!
and one old pic I received from Marcia... its from Festival in Northcote

(34) Last week shots

2007-11-28T05:27:00.000-08:00

New summer cut.... to be more hydrodynamic while surfin' ... :P

isn't this paradise?

surfing+paragliding= kiteboarding ... Melbourne weekend fever

Beautiful St.Kilda Beach sunsets

Kevin Rudd for Prime Minister, Congrats Kev!!!

(33) Summer at GoldCoast :)

2007-11-27T04:03:00.000-08:00

One my planned place to visit is well known Gold Coast, currently being heavily occupied by schoolies after exams finished. But theres not only beautiful chicks in bikinis but some great predators as well... http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22829179-2,00.html?from=mostpop

(32) Grampians retro...

2007-11-26T06:07:00.000-08:00

(31)Grampians National Park

2007-11-18T05:45:00.000-08:00

(30) Greetings from Melbourne Cup

2007-11-13T06:05:00.000-08:00

Please Excuse slower reactions of the director due to long sun exposure and excessive intoxication and use of alcoholic beverages, as Champaigne and Lager Beer.

Prosim omluvte zhorsene reakce kameramana vzhledem k celodennimu pobytu na slunci a pozivani alkoholickych napoju typu "Champaigne" a pivo lezak.

(29) What a beautiful day...

2007-11-11T16:03:00.000-08:00

Saturday has been the Day!

I was running around the city to get mattrace protector as I've been advised by my landlord, I got new bulbs which I smashed accidently in kitchen so we've been cooking in the dark for last week. I visited Fitness expo and got some magazines,e.g. Runner of Personal Trianer and bought some protein for cocktails, and at all enjoyed great weather in the City and beach...
I think I don't need to post any more commentary and one Big Event- we got the parcel from Big Pond and finally set up the wifi broadband so imagine me surfing lying on the bed, at the fireplace, on the toilet at the balcony ... :P

(28) Movember month!!!

2007-11-11T15:35:00.000-08:00

Guyz I need your support, I joined awsome initiative called "Movember" in favour of I'm searching for donations to Men's Prostate Foundation! I'm working tough all the day and night and growing the fancy moustache!I joined the team "Fu Manchu fo you?"

That's right we're bringing the Mo back because we're passionate about changing men's health and the fight against male depression and prostate cancer.Men's health is a major issue.

Did you know:Depression affects 1 in 6 men...Most don't seek help. Untreated depression is a leading risk factor for suicide. Last year in Australia 18,700 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 2,900 died of prostate cancer - equivalent to the number of women who die from breast cancer annually.Men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy of males is 5 years less than females.

The money raised by Movember is donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue - the national depression initiative, which will use the funds to create awareness, fund research and increase support networks for those men who suffer from prostate cancer and male depression.

Go to go to http://www.movember.com/au/donate , enter my registration number which is 139901 and your credit card details. Or you can sponsor me by cheque made payable to the "Movember Foundation" clearly marking the donation as being for my Registration Number: 139901.
Please mail cheques to: PO Box 292, Prahran VIC 3181. All donations over $2 are tax deductible. For those that have supported Movember in previous years you can be very proud of the impact it has had and can check out the detail at: Fundraising Outcomes . www.movember.com

(27) Melbourne CUP ... The Race that stops the nation

2007-11-07T19:36:00.000-08:00

(26) Weather is crazy...

2007-11-07T19:30:00.000-08:00

The weather is changin so fast...Staurday was just windy,rainny and nasty. It all turned till Tuesday when it was perfect sunny day and you could even get sunburnt pretty well.
St.Kilda beach is being under reconstruction, would be great if it will be fixed till real start of summer...
You can check out my car as well...just a little bit long

(25) another week behind

2007-11-01T19:28:00.000-07:00

still all the way around: job, relax, gym, beach....
nic moc se nedeje, porad dokola prace, relax, gym, plaz.... rikaji mi St. Kilda beach Terminator... tukum a spekum rikam:"Hasta La Vista Baby"
mistni minipromenada vedouci k Luna Parku plan prijemnych hospudek, baru a bank...
taky bych se proletel....
nedelni idylka na jarni plazi Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne a lod Spirit of Tasmania

(24) last week updates

2007-10-28T21:50:00.000-07:00

Life is going on in easy and normal way in Mel...

just few great news...

1)I'll be chairing ministate November planning conference in Mel.

2) I'll be CHAIR of January National Conference in Perth for 150 newies!

3) I still won't miss Australian Open on 14th Jan and 22nd

4) we got small fire in a flat when my flatmate was trapped outside the flat while cooking the pasta, luckily we got just heavy smoke in there when I cam from Gym and just had to leave opened windows for 3 days :)

5)Gym and sauna gets never boring for me :)

6) I love jogging on the beach!

7)I'll be going to Sydney from Dec 24th to Jan 1st, I'm so happy.

8) I did a great shopping on Sat... great sweat t-shirts, cool glasses and cap

9) I've been to awsome birthday party of my fellow intern Marcia,Brazilian style!

10) My favourite ice hockey team HC Pardubice are total loosers, clinched 13th out of 14 in current rankings.

(23) Sunday summer

2007-10-22T00:25:00.001-07:00

Sunday weather turned to nasty hot and unbreathable... and the beaches got quite crowded mostly by drunk Englishmen bathing in totally clean water... I better took air conditioned gym and sea baths pool :)

Nedele uz byla prava letni... a to doslova.. vzduch byl jakysi tezky a nedychatelny, plaze byly plne, mnohdy anglany ktery se cachtali v ne docista ciste vode. Tak sem to radsi zalomil kde jinde nez ve fitku a ve slanovodnim bazenu. Vecer sem si dal morsky mix... ze pozdravuju babi, ty by se asi zvedl zaludek :P

(22) Saturday jogging

2007-10-22T00:20:00.000-07:00

The weather is here really crazy and you never how will be next day. Sat morning turned perfect for jogging- nicely sunny with spring breeze...

In the afternoon we had great BBQ at Lucy Dodd, former MC member AUS and Brasil which turned my friend very fast :)

The Toilet rules really rulezz :)

(21) St Kilda Pier Penguins

2007-10-22T00:09:00.000-07:00

First I went outside on Friday, I regreted.. in a blisterring wind and scorching beaches... it was really nasty and cold (around 5 degree) but at the end of St Kilda Pier I got the reward. Beautiful small penguins just hiding among rocks to take some night rest after day spent hunting seafood in the open sea.

V patek tady pocasi stalo pekne za ho*no, ale jelikoz jsem si minule precetl ze pri zapadu slunce se vracivaji tucnaci, aby zde mezi kameny na molu prenocovali, jal jsem se je navstivit. Pekne fucelo, ze sem si pripadal jako v rumunsku tenhle cervenec,kdyz nas chytla chumelenice. No bylo uz skoro videt velky prd, tak sem sem uz byl na ceste zpatky a tu sem zaslechl cosi jako vrceni. Kouknul sem se mezi kameny a tam maly tvor natahujici krk a pokousejici se v seru neco uvidet. Tak sem s dovolenim vylepsil zrak mensim bleskem, ale jinak sem je netrapil. (obzvlaste pote co sem zaslechl ze minuly rok je jisti chuligani ubili klackem...). Celkem sem zahlidl asi tri ale dle zvuku jich tam bylo urcite vic, jeste tam pry sidli vodni vydra ale ty sem nevidel...

toto je magicky lunapark, kolem ktereho kazdy vecer chodim do fitka...

(20) Spring vs. Summer day hoooray

2007-10-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

this time only in czech:
Tak sem v poledne zachmurene zasel do banky zaplatit najem... 300 babek na 14 dni..jenom pocitej.. za malou komurku a sdilenej obyvak 5100 korun ceskych... noale co bylo hodne radostne, to bylo pocasi, bylo to na hrane leta a jara... zasel sem aspon na deset minut na plaz a bylo tam bajecne..viz fota no a ted sem jeste neco dodelaval se sefem, a mezitim mi dal takovej milej dopis o navyseni platu, bylo tam neco o trech tisicich, tak sem myslel ze je to co mam ve smlouve jako extra balicek ale je to normalni navyseni platu o 3 litry na rok, coz mi akorat pokryje letenku.. no neni to bajecnej den? hahaaaaa uz nam zavedli jinak linku ale jeste to veme par dni (1-10) na zavedeni internetu... pro srovnani u nas doma to cely trvalo 4 hodiny od zavolani po okamzik kdy net zacal fungovat- nechapu jak tady nekdo muze delat business...

(19) 3 days Gym torture... Let's get rid of extra FAT!

2007-10-15T19:30:00.000-07:00

I managed 3 days gym torture and stayed alive :) Not talking about general workout but added running, 650 swimming and finally what my personal trainer prescribed me: I took spinning class! And here's the warning: Kids never go spinning, it's too dangerous! I felt like dying after 20 minutes of changin the rhythm from hill to max speed and male trainer screaming "I wanna see you smilling! Don't look at me like this you big guy!" talkin to me when my face was everything but not happy. Ok then he shouted :"Ok, this is over." and I thought I survived but this was just end of one session, now it became even more nasty. Spinning in stand, max speed and all with disco rhythm music. But at the end you're really happy you made it squeezing your shirt off litres of sweat. It's worth it :)

po cesku: vcera sem zakoncil svuj tridenni program ve fitku spinningem a bylo to maso! Po dvaceti minutach minutach sem chcipal, menili sme rytmus z klasickyho sedu so stoupani a do toho borec rval at se usmivame, hlavne na mne :) Pak sem myslel ze je konec, coz by bylo prave vcas, akorat ze pouze skoncila prvni cast, pak prisly rovinky na max rychlost a zase stoupaky... Ale na konci je clovek alespon uspokojen mnozstvim potu v triku a deprimovan vsemi kolem jak sou v pohode... Ale stoji to za to!

(18) Bowling blitz and Weekend beach relax

2007-10-14T20:27:00.000-07:00

You can just guess who was best in GE Commercial Finance Bowling blitz... yes it's me. I did 164 which is not bad but all emloyees got so wasted from the free booze (beer and wine) that it was enough. I won DVD, 2 tickets for GOLD Class Village Cinemas and funny trophy :)

I challenged myself in a gym little bit: classic weightlifting workout, 5 kms run and 650 m swimming... looks like I'm getting fit :)

Pro domorodce: Kdo jiny vyhral bowlingovy turnaj nez ja... nastrekl 164 v prnim kole naq vyhru stacil jelikoz se vseci tak ozrali ze pak byli radi ze se trefili na drahu, ja samozrejme pil jen iontove napoje a sodu. vyhral sem DVD a dva listky do kina, do Gold class. Jinak sem si stanovil rekord, vedle klasicky cviceni v posilce sem dal 5 km behu na pasu a 650 m plavani... a docela sem ted v pohode...

(17) Friday and celebrating one month in Oz... !

2007-10-12T00:17:00.000-07:00

Yeah it's one month I'm here, the time is running! Tonight we're going to Bowling Blitz with whole GE Commercial Finance and having some party :) Will see how I'll be on sat :)

Tak uz sem tu mesic, to to leti... No dal sem si dneska musle na chili a velkou rybu, na to mega zmrzku v Mc... a vecer se de na firemni akci - bowling..ole...

(16) Meeting Eloise and Lucy from Aus MC

2007-10-11T23:53:00.000-07:00

aneb ty, ktere mi napsaly ze maji pro mne zajimavou praxi... :)

(15) Chinese Revenge - Cinska pomsta aneb Kazdy Cinan ze Secuanu doporucuje Paliveho kraba

2007-10-11T23:47:00.000-07:00

(14)My flat and my City - Muj byt a moje mesto - Melbourne

2007-10-11T23:41:00.000-07:00

(13) Dandenong National Park

2007-10-10T00:19:00.000-07:00

As I wrote we've been to Dandenong National Park this Sunday and it was whatelse than amazing :) I got to know another three good friends Arno, Vincent and Mauro from Holland and Italy + Marcia from Brazil.

Check out the "must see" waterfall on right-this is called Waterfall in Oz :)

The jungle looked exactly like Jurrasic park. We enjoyed Kokoda memorial track "1000 steps" which was cool 2kms hike pretty up the hill in humidious jungle.

(12) I'm the Best Chef of ST Kilda :)

2007-10-10T00:10:00.001-07:00

Ok, I prove again that I'm the best cook in this region...

entreee baguette with chedar cheese and ham. Main dish: Chicken steaks

in yoghurt, kari and soy sauce, Pork steaks a la Starosta and T-bones in chili.

served with roasted potatoes on garlic and bacon and home made potatoe salad!

Dessert pancakes with banana cream :P

mnammmmmmmmm

(11)Spring is comin.. Jaro je tady!

2007-10-04T23:48:00.000-07:00

It's unbelieavable but spring is really comin, sometimes i just don't wear leather jacket and go out just in shirt... the level of our fireplace can be alerady just on medium level instead of previous "MAX"=I'm freezing like Antarctis! Besides that still waitin for setup of the internet at my flat-should take app. one week. So normal day looks like this: at 5.15-5.45 I'm leavin the Pacific office, cook some stuff at flat, go to gym and spa and watch some series on "Ten" channel or take a nice movie in the bed... and waking up at 8am and going to work, reading how Pardubice lost ice hockey match in a terrible way. :P

so I'm goin to IKEA and relax through weekend and on Sunday going to Dandenong National Park :)

po cesku: jaro je tady... tradicni den vypada takto: vstanu v 8, prace od 8.30, odchazim po pate, neco si navarim kolem osmedo posilky, sauna, bazen, bublinkova koupel, nakej film nebo serialy na kanalu TEN (novy serie Dr.House, LIFE, Prison Break apod., Simpsons, Futurama)

jedu do Ikey, v nedeli do narodniho parku Dandenong :)

cheers

(10) Friday beach fever...

2007-10-01T01:37:00.000-07:00

So I finished at work on Fri and told to myself what better idea then to go to beach to enjoy warm rays of sun and watch the sunset... well instead of warm spring romance, there was sth like mild hurricane coming from the sea.. but watch the pics.. isn't it gorgeous?

(9)City pics and "High vibes festival" retro

2007-10-01T01:28:00.001-07:00

BEWARE I became sheriff of HIGH VIBES Festival !!!

....par potvor z poulicniho festivalu...

(8) movin to new flat retro

2007-10-01T01:12:00.000-07:00

movin to new flat? no problem- just 4 luggages but thanks to my malaysian dorms mates we made it... :)

Quiz: do you know where was the Olympic games in 1956?

the winner gets a present after my arrival to CZE..

and some pics from cooking at my flat finally...

and some relax at the fireplace with my first Czech Beer here...

and in da office....

obrazky jsou snad vypovidajici... pouze dodam kvizovou otazku : Kde se konaly Olympijske hry v roce 1956?

Vitez obdrzi po priletu darek

dalsi souteze budou nasledovat... pripominam ze odpoved se musi zobrazit v Comments , kam lehce muzete i pod anonymnim profilem prispet...

(7)Chocolate trip

2007-10-01T00:55:00.000-07:00

Last week I had great meeting with FTSE member at Thai restaurant and then went to Chocolate bar (instead of drinkin beer or tougher stuff as it would be in Prague). It's funny how you suddenly meet people that you know only from virtual level. the world is small,right Dino?

aneb vecere v thai restauraci a navsteva cokoladoveho baru....hmmmmm

vynikajici bila cokolada... ne jak ty sra.ky u nas z prasku, ale klasicky roztavena s mlikem...

(6) Best days of internship are here...

2007-09-25T00:13:00.000-07:00

The best days of my stay have come with my movement into new apartment. All just calmed down, I can relax more, my job is just 10 minutes from house and the job description has moved quite far as well. On Saturday I boight my first running shoes after few years and got them try at the beach of St Kilda. Suddenly I came to luxurious ST Kilda Sea Baths, took a short excurssion and signed in. I haven't been to more fancy and cool gym, great sauna, 25metres salty pool and spa baths (bubble bath) ever before.

So I already took two visits and have to say that it became fast my second home:)

just check http://www.southpacifichc.com.au/home.html

You can run or spin while watching at the sunset on the beach, watch various channels on the panel or take free group lessons :)

On Sunday I went to High Vibes Festival at Northcote suburb. It was based at the closed street and bars in there. Various music from rap,hip hop,rock, metal, etno etc. Various Int. cuisine served as well so I tasted Calamari, some italian stuff and Nando' s chicken...

check http://www.highvibes.com.au/index.htm It's purpose was to contribute to development of Northcote suburb..

have to go, my job is over... stay tunned!

pro neanglosasy:

prubnete prvni link ST Kilda Morskych lazni, kam sem se upsal a zacal chodit do posilky,slanyho bazenu, perlickove koupele a sauny... Dalsi link je o festivalu kde sem v nedeli...

(5) Movin into ST Kilda and tasting the world of beers

2007-09-21T00:32:00.000-07:00

So today I finally moved into new apartment..showin you pic of the entrance. My room is completely empty so after movin in the bed and warming it I' ll post pics as well.

I' m situated in ST Kilda, Barkly street,Mel

so just easily type it into google.com and click Map to see how close I' m to beaches. Let' s say it' s not totally for swimming but joggin at the seaside is definitely cool! there is Sea spa with gym as well so my demand is completely covered.
Next great experience I have from meeting my new friend Natalie whose boyfriend is Roman from Czech, we just met randomly in tram. She asked me where do I come from and it was out.. We' ve been to cool english pub and thanks to my surprise they had Bottled Pilsner and Budvar as well. Whatmore I was invited to visit New Zealand in Feb or March while they'll be sailling around. It's really friendly and easygoing country here.Another shock was when walkin through suburb and suddenly seeing neon ad with a logo of Velkopopovicky Kozel. Pretty strong marketing here :) hopefully I'll find soon some at the store. But can't drop a bad word about the aussie beer, it's most strong-lager type and has very interesting flavours.

(4)First Spring Weekend ´n Oz weather

2007-09-19T06:24:00.000-07:00

Hey! It seemed that spring just came to Oz but well it´s not actually true, the temp is moving around 15 and sometimes you can feel first shinny rays but suddenly you start freezing. But you see around many people in short-sleeved Tshirts having fun, lickin ice cream. You come to office which is conditioned to 10 degrees, instead of elegant black suite you´re wearing big sweater from home. You try to click mouse to produce at least some movement in office and generate sort of energy that could make you awake. This is all called "Istanbul syndrome" otherwise I´m really strange... but my malaysian fellows felt freezing as well, so I´m turning the heating on and can follow writing.

After few days of nervosity,stress and even slight depression that started to blur my clear sight and mind I can shout positive news... the papers for HR HQ of GE (let´s cheer for world of acronyms) have been accpted and what is important-I won´t die from hunger and will get first salary in 10 days....
But this is not all... the biggest news is I should be movin into new apartment shared with one Aussie girl that accpeted me from hundreds of applicants to be her flatmate. I checked almost 30 flats to rent on net, visited 5 and slowly starting to get crazy from it. Even got into suburb house of very easygoin guys with dreads, having fight dog in there and smokin so heavily that if I would be comin to office from there boss would ask if I´m comin from the english pub on the corner. So I should be movin on Friday and will be working on makin my one room good shelter for next 6 months at least.

On Sunday I got to soccer (football) of home Melbourne Victory, seeing biggest attendance around 35.000 in there. the stadium was still just half full :) game was quite average, ended 0:0 but we had fun.

(nyni uz se jedna o velmi volny preklad, bejt prekladatelem je udesny): Cuz, jak sem psal v minulym prispevku, tak jaro si opravdu dava nacas. Ovsem Australani si uz misty vykracuji v triku, jogguji na plazi, kde jsem prochazel ve svetru a kozeny bunde, pak prijdes do kanclu kde je asi 10 syupnu a zacnes klikat mysi a pokousis se vyprodukovat nakou energii. Takze odchod na zachod ci do kuchynky neni pouze zaminka k ulejvani se ale naprsto nutny ukon aby clovek neprimrznul k zidli a nezustal tu nadobro. Ale uz se to zlepsuje,v utery dokonce byla klima rozbita takze sem si uzival krasnych 20 :)

Po par dnech nervozity jsem se dockal potvrzeni papiru z HR(lidsky zdroje-kadrove) HQ(reditelstvi) GE (nase matecni spolecnost-kazdy zna modry logo GE Money bank a jakysi pindy o nulovych popltacich (vsak oni si na to nahrabou jinak)). takze pristi patek bych mel dostat prvni vejplatu, ktera je naprosto vcas po vycerpani mych rezerv na zalohu na ubytku.

Nejvetsi novinkou je cerstve nastehovani do novyho apartmanu s Australankou, studentkou Univerzity umeni. Nebojte se je to takovy typ kamaradky, zadna modelka, takze zasnuby nehrozi. Naopak je dost v pohode , ma tam elektrickou kytaru, bici, velkou knihovnu DVDs takze o zabavu mam postarano. Jeste predtim sem zazil martirium v podobe kontaktovani asi 10ti pronajimatelu,5 sem navstivil vcetne jakyhosi doupete, kde inzerovali pokud ti nevadi stenatko a koureni na zahrade tak dojdi- v realite mne uvitalo ve dverich odrostly stene pitbula, jinak cela predsin zahulena, pokoj smrdel jak v opicarne, holt nekdy si rikam ze tz cechz nesjou tak zaostaly ale o tom jinde... kazdopadne se na mne ustalo stesti a narazil sem na jeden inzerat s velmi dobrou cenou. Jal sem se honavstivit, tam se potkal s Frantikem, kterej na ni hazel sexy ocka aby vzala jeho ale me charisma jeho radoby sexaappeal prebilo. Takye dneska v patek sem se nastehoval stylem "kulovaho blesku"kdy sme me 4 zavazadla prevezli tramvaji (samozrejme byla plan lidi co jeli do prace, takze to byl boj myho megabatohu a nohou a obliceju kolem, ale nakonce sem vyhral, nastesti mi pomohli my kamosi z Malajsie..

Minulou nedeli sem se dostal do mistniho fotbalovyho stanku, ktery byl jen tak z pulky plny ale i to dalo 35000 lidi, takze zajimava atmosfera... Dneska zacina finalova serie sportu cislo 1 coz je zde Footy (verze ragby ale bez halem a vic se kope). Maj to udelany tak ze vetsina je z Melbourne a jen snad jedne je ze Sydney kde se hraje klasicky ragby. Tim je vyloucena naprosto kokurence regionu jako u nas... zajimavy...

(3) World of cuisine in Melbourne City

2007-09-17T23:27:00.000-07:00

Next chapter is my favourite one. Let me present You the Australian, or better say Melbournian cuisine. With no despect I can say that “the whole world fits” into Melbourne in terms of food and tastes. So far I was enjoying this stuff: Welcome by Malaysian noodles of my flatmates, trying well known fast foods which gave me just a while to orient myself before stepping into delicatesses. Well the most interesting about fast foods is the brand change of my favourite Burger King Hungry Jack’s but he whopper still tastes well,thanx God. In job I tried chinese noodles- the portion just seemed to be for secretaries on a diet. So we had to make something big!

I was invited to LC meeting of AIESEC in Melbourne. The atmosphere was pretty warm, it commemorated me those marvellous LC meetings in Prague. But well telling them that I’ve been 5 years in @ had to be scary… After meeting we took a journey to Chinese Hot Pot restaurant which was supposed to be my hottest experience but God of Cuisine turned well for me cause we weren’t able to fit in 20 people and luckily found Korean restaurant which turned to one of my best cuisine memories. It’s quite easy for chefs, they just bring you big steaks and t-bones and you cook by yourself! Better said you grill n fry by yourself! We had pretty much fun, the only con is that you smell like a worker in coal power station cause it’ s done on wooden coal and the smoke just spreads everywhere, mostly into your shirt and suite...
The Saturday turned to be first Spring day for me. Finally it was pretty shinny and the temp climbed over 15degs which made me so happy. After having one of my best coffees ever (macchiatoGrande caramel in Starbucks) I went to discover Chinatown (one street, not town actually). I chose Sushi bar and Singapoore noodles. I could practice my “sticks” skill learnt thanks to Lukas and the result you can see on pics. Not bad, what do you think? Another chapter was Japanese noodles from flatmate, Aussie burger (really disgusting- have you seen red beet(cervenou repu) in a burger so far?!), calzone, subway baguette and finally my home-made sandwiches with salmon spread-delicious! And this is just a small piece of cake I’ve tried so far! I should be really starting jogging soon otherwise the loss of 6 kgs from Turkey comes back in a second.
Greeting from the world of tastes!

A konecne pro anglicke nemluvy:
Tato kapitola je venovana kuchyni.Do Melbourne se doslova vejde cely svet chuti a vuni. Doposud jsem vyzkousel tyto kuchyne: malajske nudle od mych spolubydlicich na privitanou, na zacatku jsem automaticky sahul po fast foodech viz MCDonalds, Burger King, Subway, ale to jen na chvili nez jsem se zorientoval a skocil do specialit. V praci sem si dal jakysi cinsky nudle. Pak prisla bomba, kdyz sme zasli s ajsekari mistni pobocky do Korejske restiky. Tady mistni borci s varenim neresej, hodej ti na gril flakoty masa a uvar si sam. ALe je nutno dodat ze maso je vytecny a dobre nalozeny. Zazitek je opravdu nadlouho trvajici, jelikoz grilovani probiha na jakymsi typu uhliku ktere produkuji nezamenitelny smrad, nastesti skao zustalo usetreno diky schovce v aute.V sobotu poprve teplota vysplhala na jarni teplotu a bylo to skoro na triko.. Po me oblibene kave Starbucks Grande Caramel Macchiato sem vyrazil do podniku Sushi bar, kde sem vsak zvoli Singapurske nudle, kdyz uz sem ten Singapur ohledne praxe ozelel. Takze sem mohl opet oprasit svuj um jezeni hulkami. Ma to jednu velkou vyhodu, rozhodne clovek jidlo neuspecha. Proste v pohode po malejch kouscich to za cca 20 minut zbodne a je ti ok.Nejvetsi nechutnosti byl zatim paradoxne tzv. Australsky burger, ktery obsahoval vajicko a cervenou repu. po teto kombinaci mi bylo dosti blivno a jeste dalsi se ozvaly patricne nasledky... jeste ze na zachod je to z kanclu par metru... :)

(2) Prague-London-Hong Kong-Melbourne

2007-09-15T07:17:00.001-07:00

“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”

Charles M. Schulz quotes (American cartoonist)

Let me present the
Australian view of the world...

why not on the other hand?
people just think we are here at the end of the world but let me tell You.
This is the fuckin nice end of the world and great place to live...

So let me review how i got here...
the flight took only 28 hours including delay in Hong Kong cause of "technical or mechanical issues" as we´ve been told. Just imagine you fly on this faboullous supercool Jumbo Jet over Siberia, China and Ocean afterwards and there just happening "some" technical problems in there. Anyways I have to say that it´s been quite great experience and I even didn´t matter the length and little space...
I took luxurious seat at the window offering me great views on russian vast land, some hills entering asia, exciting Hong Kong, few islands in Philipinese sea. The biggest freak was the inbuilt mini TV in seat offering bunch of movies, favourite CDs to listen, radion, news channel and of course Discovery channel documents about Australia. Wondering when Czech Airlines will keep the word that they want to be seen as one of top airlines and will provide similar service.

I was picked by fellow AIESECers from the airport and arrived to warm malaysian dorms flat. Next day I didn´t already hesitate and took the trams through the City from Parkville to St Kilda suburb to look for my emloyer´s place. It didn´t take much time to discover nice AIM building with the seat of PPF, my proud employer. It´s situated in really friendly and calm suburb with nice "City "view.

I´m really enjoying the time there, the team is great. There are at least 4 people that have been to Prague, amazing!

We already went for beer with boss. The environment is really friendly here. I guess you definitely heard about Fridays dress code but it´s not the last thing... yep the things are going really easy here...

Well some traditions have to been kept from Czech MC, right guys?

I´m currently getting tough training in databases and excel from my boss. During intro circle through the office my colleague just said: "Hi, this is Jacub, he´ll be taking over the job of our two mates, here soon. Welcome him in a team! "
Well good to know that one day I should be so effective to make two ladies´job... :) will see one day....
Next days are pretty set. Priority Nr. one is to find the apartnment for next 6 months in St Kilda. There´s quite big supply here, prices 200$/week which is still quite acceptable. My favourite is the one 50 m from beach situated in Beach Ave :) so will see where I end, there is still option to backpack in a tent on cricket ground in front of my emloyer´s building.

(1)Farewell

2007-09-15T06:04:00.001-07:00

Coming from Istanbul for a week, making a trip to Vienna getting visa, checking my Koi pond in Moravia, visiting Prague for last time to say goodbye to my friends, having small high school gathering and at all saying goodbye to my awsome and always supporting family. Quite packed agenda for one week but we made it!

Well I even did some cool trainning how to carry and care about babies, hope I won´t need it soon still :P Keep them growin, Martina!

Thanks to my mum for beautiful and scandallously nice gift to my graduation-new watches Tissot. The titanium is pretty tough n heavy!
and looks pretty cool...

Thanks to all once more/ to whom who just dropped a line of greeting, shook hand, gave a hug, kissed and even dropped a tear. It will be saved in my heart forever.

hmm they´re shinning !

Cheers JG/Starosta/Geg

Takze pekne cesky. Pomoci teto casti se anglicky mene gramotni mohou lehce tomuto jazyku doucit, takze jiz za par dilu mohu plynule publikovat pouze v jazyce anglickem :)

Tedy, kdy by to rekl, ze se da stihnout za jeden tyden dorazit z Istanbulu, zajet si pro viza do Vidne, omrknout rybnik v Kladkach (v prekladu Morava, kladky nemaji preklad), pozdravit
se v Praze s prateli ajsekary (resp. se opit), mit mensi tridni sraz (6 lidi total) a predevsim mit rozlucku s rodinkou, ktera mne vzdy a vsude, zistne i nezistne, hmotne (nove hodinky od maminky) i nehmotne podporovala, za coz jsem vdecny a timto i vyjadruji diky.

Vsem co si na mne vzpomneli, podali ruku, objali ci snad polibili timto dekuji a ujistuji ze nezapomenu!
(v anglictine se hovori o ukladani v srdci).

S pozdravem JG/Geg/Starosta

Welcome

2007-09-14T11:04:00.000-07:00

Welcome to totally fresh Blog. It will be totally devoted to my adventures in country down under-Australia and mostly one city Melbourne.