A long time between posts

Despite being back in Hong Kong since early January, it has taken me this long to add another blog post. There have been a couple of reasons for this, and both are related to work and job-hunting.  

I have been spending large parts of each day searching for appropriate jobs. Once I find one advertised, I have to navigate a company-specific online form to apply,  and hope that the page doesn't crash, which has happened and means starting the process again. Then there is another cover letter to write and often selection criteria etc etc. A couple of applications have taken several hours, but that doesn't guarantee that I will even get a response from the company or the agency handling the role. It can be frustrating, but I am sure everyone who has ever looked for work knows what I am going through.

I did expect to be doing this once I got settled here and had a relaxing break, which I was having. But now, my husband is also doing the same thing, as the job we moved here for, has finished, due to a highly secret company resale. My life as "an ex-pat in Hong Kong" may be over much sooner than I anticipated. If neither of us finds work in the next few weeks, we have decided to return to Australia, and will go back to Sydney. Both Sydney and Brisbane seem to have quite a lot of work in the areas we want to work in, so we could end up in either place. 

Anyway, with all this going on, I found it hard to sit down and blog about my new life here, knowing that it may be cut short. I am keeping my fingers crossed that we get to stay here, not only because we don't fancy another move so soon, but also because we like living here and want the time to get to know Hong Kong better.

But life goes on, so, in between job applications, I have been doing a lot of walking to clear my head and get much-needed fresh air and exercise . While walking, I have been taking lots of photos, mainly with my phone, and I have uploaded many of these to Flickr and Instagram. I have also added some to the photogallery here. I enjoy taking pictures, and now I think that if we do leave in the next month or so, I have will have these as memories of the area we lived in for a few months. 

And on another positive note, the weather has been really lovely over the last week or so. The very cold winds and rain we had before Christmas seemed to have passed once we got back from Australia, and it has been fairly mild through January. But temperatures are in the twenties now, and it is wonderful!