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Hi as you all know im adidasdd, that nick name came from mates overseas, where i had the lable adidas as my whole wardrobe at one stage, and the dd stands for my bra size, stupidly uncany i know.

29 and i have my son right beside me at the local brain and injury centre, where i attend as a client.

I have done some certificates in the food industry, and its come with some basic exsperience also, i worked here at the centre for a yr and a half serving lunch very day working from 10am - 1pm because i had to prepare cook serve and clean, which was a big learning curve considering i'd never done it before, i was fortunate enough to have a caregivers certificate, thus getting me through the door....

Most clients are here with brain injuries and some with other dissabilities with mine such being Autism but a form of that called Aspergers syndrome.

At the moment im job hunting for a part time job, and its to kill the bills, yep i've got a back log of debt, so hunting at the time being for a part time job in the food industry here is bleak considering a restaurant i applied for refused to acknowledge me because i got told racial sparks are causing staff to leave, and i decided scrap that not interested in managers who aren't considerate!

I have applied at a place called works bar http://www.workscafe.co.nz check out the site, am more or less Kitchen hand material....

On the other hand this yr xmas through to new yrs people will be flocking towards this big MUSICAL EVENT!

www.rhythmandvines.co.nz

This is so popular people are actually paying to camp, which is situated at the Awapuni Sound shell called the BW Camping grounds

www.bwcampgrounds.co.nz

On the other hand i applied for a position to work at the Camping grounds for three days with a catering company called GOURMET SHUTTLE

www.gourmetshuttle.co.nz

They have brought their cooking trailers with them about 4 big ones, the camping grounds will have about 3 on site, and one is opening up further around the corner down the road, to allow another 3 thousand people, at the moment our town
Gisborne New Zealand, could possible be looking at over ten thousand people comming through for this huge music event which is world wide, hence we are the first country in the world to see the sun.!

I find out in the weekend wether i have a job with the company, to be honest their is nothing down here for a long term job depending, so i mentioned that in my interview which i had yesterday, was a bit of a wait, however in the hot sun i perservered, and manged to get seen.

It was thought wether or not i could handle the work load due to the fact that i aint held down a proper job, but untill i get rid of my bills then i can look at working fulltime i'd have to put my son back into afterschool care.....

Inbetween all this im busy preparing my gardens for summer, moneys tight and vegetables are quite the price apart from tomatoes being 1.00 a kg at the moment, a bonus if u want to do relish or pasta sauce.....

Im enrolled at a dissabilty centre called work bridge here so if i get the job, i'd need support transport wise...as yesterday i biked to my interview and my chain came off and i appeared with greasy hands, most embarrasing!

At the moment inbetween then im weighing up wether i would be best learning more by corrospondence http://www.stotts.co.nz/2/57/1/gourmet_cooking.pm doing this course or training here http://www.tairawhiti.ac.nz/default.asp … amp;ID=165 I find out this afternoon after 1pm New Zealand time.

While attending the brain and injury centre known as The Gisborne Stewart centre i get a life skills coach Annette who teaches clients their course interests or works through them with their goals....Mines to be a chef....
Its taking a while because i have Autism and im also a solo mother and im being supported by a place called ccs, who work with people with dissabilties to maintain a level of independancy to help me live independantly on my own. great support...

Well i have been told its time to call it quits i'll post how i go from this afternoon this week, computer time is over for me

Larni-Jean