Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Adrian has arrived in Australia
As a young, single bloke carrying a rucksack, arriving from Malaysia, he was given the full works at customs, though they spared him the rubber glove treatment. But eventually he let them in when he remarked he was staying with an up-standing, law-abiding Australian citizen.

He must now find an income and find somewhere to live. He shouldn’t have too much of a problem, but how meaningful any employment can be on a three month maximum contract, I don’t know. I just hope he has brought enough money with him to give it a proper go.

He needs enough to see him through the time it takes to process an immigration visa, which could take some months, but hopefully will not involve a trip to any office in Sydney or Canberra.

Today he has a couple of job interviews in town, mainly bar/catering industry work; but I guess once he is earning he will be OK.

He is a bit happier now that the weather has cleared up. His first full day (Thursday last week) was about as miserable as I have seen it in Brisbane.

He said he wanted his money back.

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