Jay-Mah Creations Australia

Well, here is a new year...  2009 has been a relaxed, but VERY busy start - not so much physical stress; just long hours each day.  While it's the first time in over 25 years, that I haven't been working in retail handling the mad masses and the thirst for retail therapy, I've still been working into the wee early-morning hours.....

Instead of standing on concrete selling goods, I have been researching (learning from websites and published papers);and, fielding many hundreds of emails on....  S6 Fluorosilicate - the toxic poison the QLD (and rest of Aussie) govt's reckon will make us have 'great dental health' ie. hard teeth!  Oh well, never mind our kidney's becoming completely diseased; or our thyroids quickly amassing more fluoride than anywhere else in our body ie. the 'dumbing down of children's and our own, IQ' !!  I mean, personally, I'd rather have dentures, than renal pain and disease! 

I'm not alone: there are many 'workers' doing long hours at present  eg. see this wonderful BRAND NEW site for the best local and international information on this matter:

Fluoride Information Australia:

www.dianabuckland.webs.com

Now to add to my post-uni status, and because of the current credit crunch, the banks were not interested in my plight of being a 'just' graduated student, with no current full-time work (despite that I've worked all my life, juggling up to three PART-TIME jobs at times to attaing the blessed piece of paper !).  Right now, I'm challenged by having no car (for which I was applying for a loan for); but which comes first: having a car to go work; or finding work one loves, without a car?  And, in Australia with it's constant challenge of 'distance', its a really vicious circle. 

Three wealthy bank institutions knocked me back despite me having no debts (including one bank that was offering a 'Graduate Loan' - turns out this is mainly for people with guarantors on a doctors income level; or, a guaranteed offer of work full-time.... not for Bachelor of Arts level graduates, looking for work!  I question: how elitist is that!  I just have a huge desire to continue working in my chosen field  (producing film).. sigh. It has not been a great time in life!  After a particularly bad 'melt down' moment, my thoughts were not in a great place -  so what to do?

I've  decided to learn how to teach English overseas, as a backstop to my budding film career.  I will continue being a student (again) for the next six months... so, in a few weeks, I embark on a TESOL Level IV course, and will adventure off to work on contract somewhere overseas.... should be a challenge, and, fun.

As for housework during this 'quiet' no-work time ?  I've taken great pleasure in getting my cupboards and filing cabinets up to scratch, cleaned out, and reorganised... it's a very peaceful feeling knowing you have nothing you don't need or use ie. I hate hoarding  - clutter is not my favourite pastime  - I just can't stand running around picking up endless 'stuff' [see the film in the 'Important Links' page, called 'The story of Stuff' - its awesome.. just might help you begin your year with a different mind-set]. 

So while I wait for my TESOL course to begin in early Feb', and just to keep me out of mischief (!!), I'm working on building a website: called 'Jay-Mah Creations Australia'.  Just need to publish it now, to get it out to all you internet savvy folks!    That's it for now, so, 'Ciao' !!