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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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