The Game: Me VS The System

Hello.

So before I tell y’all whats goin on I need to recap the 2? last weekends before I forget…

Friday 17th – I literally sat here for 10 mins trying to remember what we did…I remember! Because the 5 of us moved into our beautiful new house, Murphy said we were having a boys night in. So the 5 of us and Scully got ribs from Hurricanes and watched Step Brothers. And although it goes against my Friday rule of going bananas it kind of a cool night. And because we were all relatively sober, we had a good run at the Saturday.

Saturday 18th – We were all up early and hit the reject/discount shops for stuff for the palace. got loads of new toiletries, washing stuff, cleaning stuff, matts and bins and whatnot. Saturday night then Im pretty sure we went to Anne Ryans mansion and had another barbeque. Actually thats definitely what we did coz I have this photo to prove it…

That there is our gang! Front from left to right – Darcy, Emma Clancy, Kate Ryan, Michelle Murphy, Claire Treacy, Emily Ryan, Edel Garvey, Fiona Faughnan and Emma McDonnell and then back left to right – James, Birchall, Faygo, Gez, Dave Clancy, Scully, Murphy, Aaron, Phil and Me!!

That night we got schplooned! I ran out of beers and hit the vodskies pretty early! As far as I remember we went to the Paddington Inn and then to the Courthouse…?

Sunday – Woke up at 4.30 in the PM….wow that was a late! Had something to eat and then went to Anne Ryans house and went out with her and the girls for a drink, was home in bed reasonably early!

The week was grand, just getting settled in the house. Dave Clancys birhtday on the Tuesday. Went for a steak.

Thursday I got a new phone, INQ1, its the schnizz, can do everything on it!

Friday – Me Dave Aaron and Birch (we 4 are core) went to Anne Marie and Maries house for a flippy cup tournament, it was great laugh. Got smashed and had a house party! Sing a long central!

Saturday – Made our way home from Randwick. Showered and got on the booze again. It was ANZAC day so everywhere was gonna be mental. We went to Balmain to meet the rest of the skerries crew and had a great laugh. We were in the Welcome Inn. Played 2 up all day. Great game. The whole pub stands around a square on the floor. A ref is in the middle and picks somebody to mak a bet. The person is then handed a paddle with 2 coins on it and they have to bet whether after they are thrown they will land heads up or tails up, one of each and its thrown again. Someone takes the person in the middles bet and then all the side bets happen! I won 19 games in a row. 200 bucks up! sweeeet. After, me gez emily and claire went to the rocks for a bit and then on to the courthouse. Got thrown out eventually, got the best devil wings in the world ever and then fell asleep on the girls couch!

Sunday – did a we bit of shopping, bought the Macgyver box set and sat on the couch for the day!!

This week not much happening bar trying to sort out my life….

Right sponsorship with Oracle is out, they told me on Tuesday. They cannot financially commit to me for 2 years. So thats plan A to keep me in this godforsaken country out the window….

So plan B went into action Wednesday morning.

As you may or may not know, my farmer dude f*cked me over, leaving me without the evidence which immigration asked for. I cannot supply this evidence. Which is a form 1263 I need completed by the farmer.

I have 2 people willing to vouch that I’ve worked for them since “leaving the farm” that I originally applied for my second visa with.

These are both eligable for the rural work. One is in port macquarie up the the road there.

What I was worried about was would immigration allow me to withdraw the first application and lodge a 2nd one on the grounds that I could not gain evidence from the first place.

So spent the half an hour on the phone to them there yesterday.  Cacking myself.

They asked why I could not get it, I said Im having trouble getting a hold of him at the best of times, let alone getting him to fill out a form and fax it back. Payslips they asked? well I was paid cash in hand…

So they said well you can fill out the form 1263 and not have it signed and we’ll look into it and try get hold of the farmer…that wasn’t what I wanted to hear….or yeah you can send in the form filled out by your newer employer with a cover letter explaining that you were having difficulties gaining evidence from the first guy and that can be accepted….thats what I wanted to hear!

So I asked – my bridging visa is up in 2 days, can it be extended. So he wrote a little note on my application sayin that I have rang, explained my case and to keep my bridging visa open until they receive the next form from me…..He also said they are a couple of weeks backlogged so could take a month or 2….GREAT SUCCESS. Get in there!!

So ive a few weeks now to get everything sorted properly!

Now its a game – Me VS The System

Went to see Wolverine last night – its BAD ASS!!

Laters,

Ronan

ps I dont why the writing is small