First - the Radisson SAS. Sasa, Serbian spa manager, told me on Wednesday to wait for an information from him "later this week". The week is almost over and I didn't receive any message, so I guess this opportunity is over.
Second - the cafe with Polish staff. The manager looked at my CV and said he has to look through it along with other CVs and "he will call me". This last statement actually means nothing, so this opportunity is over, too.
Third - looks like Joe starts to change his attitude towards me. Not only he doesn't shout at me now (!), he agrees with me in most things (!), yet he stopped me on Thursday to have a talk and he asked me again:
- You speak German fluently?
- You can see for yourself. If a customer talks to me in German, I respond German, too. So I guess I can speak German.
- I'll try to get you in the job at the reception from second week of September. I have your CV somewhere, so I'll pass it to the reception manager and we'll see.
I was stunned. That guy would shout at me and threat to fire me straight away, and now he's saying he'll try to get me in one of my dream jobs? Incredible!
However, there is a fourth opportunity, I chased it and I'm very happy.
After work on Thursday, I went to Cafe & Wine Lounge - the place where Krzysztof found his job. I stopped for a quarter to have a Shandy. However, when the manager saw me talking to Krzysztof in Polish, he asked who I was, and he said I can come the next day with my CV to talk about getting a job at the Lounge! I wasn't too excited, but I agreed, and I guess I won't regret it.
Job at the Lounge is the lightest I have ever had. Maybe I just always stick to heavy jobs, but this one mostly consists of staring at the Lounge (20 tables), giving menus to customers, getting their orders and preparing them (mostly waiting for the bartender to prepare). However, this place is not very busy, so usually we just stand next to the bar and talk. The payment is 1,70LM, as one of the waiters said, which is around 3,94 EUR; however, the tips are high (the place is a bit posh) - yesterday, counting the wage + tips, we earned 5,66 EUR per hour. This sounds nicer, huh? :) The other good thing is that we work together with Krzysztof - so it's a bit easier to communicate to run the Lounge. The job is full-time or even more - usually it's between 7 and 8 hours (6:00 PM to 1:00 or 2:00AM), and we ought to work everyday (the place is short on staff).
Now the question is: should I get over the job at Sun & Surf, or stick to it through September? If I left the job, Joe is surely going to forget about trying to get me a job at the reception... if I stay, I'll have at least a few days a week working 12 (or more) hours a day. I'll just see how I manage this week, and I'll make a decision later.
Last but not least.
It's time for you to get to know why I chose this particular address, and name for the website :).
Choosing the address was simple. People say that Malta is the country of "yells, bells and smells". When we first got here, we didn't really hear the yells (I started hearing them when I started working for Sun&Surf Lido) nor the bells (maybe we're just used to them, because Poland is also a Catholic country, so we've got churches on every corner ;). However, we did smell something horrible. Countryside of Malta smells of sewage, salty water, horse excrements, and many other bad things. It smells nice in the cities, though ;): smells of pasta, pizza and Kinnie.
(Short explanation of what Kinnie is: it's a carbonated soft drink made on Malta, which smells and tastes of bitter orange. By now I'm addicted to it.)
(By the way, 7UP was also invented on Malta, perhaps Kinnie will come to Poland some day)
Choosing the name, on the other hand, was a coincidence. After a few days in Malta, I was wondering, how it was possible, that Malta got into the EU. It is a catholic country (more than 90% of catholics) - EU is atheistic; it is against immigration - EU supports people moving; it is a very small country - only big countries have a vote in EU; and what is crucial: Malta could be a tax paradise, if it was out of the EU - now it's impossible?
How come did the Nationalist Party, which considers itself right-wing and pro-market vote YES in the referendum, while the Labour Party, which is social-democratic voted NO?!
How come did 54% of the citizens vote "YES"?
There are many things that differ Malta from other "Western-European" countries. The mentality, the life organisation, the religiousness, public transportation... how come did they go in the EU?
I'm gonna leave you with this question. Maybe you have an answer?
Malta: a country of yells, bells, smells... and tastes! Pizza Al Diavolo (sausage, egg, chilli) in a restaurant in Mellieha. 6 euros. Full stomach for 12 hours. :)(Pint of freezing cold Cisk lager on the right hand side - well, it used to be a pint, now it's more like a half ;)
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