Queenstown Nov 29th

I've been working quite a lot this week--I worked at the indian restaurant, cleaning, and then was offered a surprise job at a cafe, which I was really excited about until it turned out that it should have been more appropriately named the Soul-Sucker Cafe. It was pretty uptight and I hated the Starbucks-esque-with-bad-music environment and not the laid-back kiwi work place that I'm used to, despite being actually run by kiwis, so I worked a shift and then quit about 10 minutes ago. Anyways, I'm quite happy with my happy medium now, so I think I'm set for jobs.

The indian place is a pretty cool work environment, the people are pretty chill, everyone eats from the naan baskets once people have left, and I get free curry and naan after every shift. One of the chefs is nicknamed Juggy, or Jugmaster, which I get a kick out of. There are two other staff from the hostel that work there and possibly a third coming, so we might as well just name the restaurant after our hostel, but it's fun working with friends. We have a sit-down huge meal every three weeks or so where the chefs and manager try to get through a bottle of Johnnie Walker Whiskey, which is amusing to watch. In any case, I'm getting along alright in Queenstown and actually getting used to being in a small town (unimaginable!), but then again, this is no ordinary small town, they often don't have hang gliders and paragliders over your head when you're walking to the grocery store.