Brisbane Market（ブリスベン卸売市場）

Hi, mates!!

I got a new job lately from my soccer club. the company has been supporting our soccer club for last many years as our main sponcer. The name of the company had been put on trainig shirt back and part of heart as a logo.
This is one of a small export business company in Australia. They mainly do business with American navy and Chinese market.
And we organize fruits and vegetable produced by domestic Australia as clients order.

so I work full-time at there every Mon to Friday for 7,8 hours basically. And couple days ago I was nominated a field manager by the boss, and then I manage a part of operation and take care of some workers. but actually I don't know why he picked me up as a supervisor cuz only 3 weeks has passed since I started working here.

Moreover I got so busy the moment I bacame a manager, of course I have much more things than before what I have to do. For example I have to teach a new work-mate what to do and keep my eye on some workers. and I have to sometimes organize workers for the nex day work. if the boss said we would need more people for tomorrow work, I have to call up someone and I ask them if they can work the day.

So just in case I can't catch anyone or miss something someday, I set up an job recruitment site on the web.
Actually I could find some workers who need some works urgently thanks to this ad.

And our work there is to peel off a onion and divide bad one from good one. Maybe I think you sound an easy work, but if we come off the skin too much or kick it around even one onion, the big boss and some client will give me some complains urgently and lose a contract, as the result I'll lose the job.

So I need to be serious all the time and concentrate on the work with taking care of other workers.
That's why almost workers in there never be smile, no one talk each other while we are on work.

Propably the onion's high season is finishing soon and Mango season coming around the corner at next. My boss said it would be much busiest than now and would need more 6 or 7 workers for Mango.　

Honestly I'm really sick of looking at fruits and vegetables. so I just wanna even avoid going to the supermarket.
But I can't help it...

But my boss is really good person for me besides on work cuz every time it comes weekend, he alway takes me to the pub, restaurant and his house to give me a big treat.

　
　but.....

I thought back about exactly one year ago, I worked at a farm in countryside. I just feel like I've been around lots of fruits and vegetables every end of year since I came to Australia.....

I could forget what did I come to here for...orz











あー・・・・・・・。

　最近更新頻度がガクっと下がってきている。。。。。

　それはなぜでしょう？？ん？？

　
　今日はですね、（質問内容無視！？笑）今自分がやってる仕事について話そうかなと。
　現在、サッカーのオフシーズン中なのですが、ガンガン働いております！！
　毎日疲れてまっす、腰痛いっす、朝起きるん苦痛っす。でもやるんです！やらなきゃなんです！！


　ってのも、今年やってたサッカーチームの結構なメインスポンサーのトコで働かしてもらってるからでございます！笑　仕事探してたってのもあるけど、直接ではないにしろ、間接的にチームから紹介してもらった形やから、やるっきゃない！！
　お金も結構いいし、（辛いけど苦）毎日（月～金）働けてるってのは感謝しないとね。
　
　ってそのスポンサーってのが「E-fresh」（一応宣伝 笑）っていうブリスベン最大級のでっかい市場ん中にある野菜やら果物扱って商売してるとこやねんけど、（詳しくは知らない）そこで、今玉ねぎの皮をひたすら剥いて、綺麗にして出荷する作業を、毎日７時間くらいしてます。笑
　
　しかもおれ一応責任者！！（頼りねぇとか言わない！！）

　ここのボス（社長）は、会議やなんやで、ほとんどどっか行ってておらんから、その間、他の仕事仲間に仕事の仕方とか色々指示してます。
　けど、このボスほんまええ人で、金曜の夜はどっかええ店で飯おごってくれるし、果物持って帰り放題やし、なにより英語が聞きやすい！笑

　英語環境の中で毎日過ごせてるってのが自分中では大きいかな。やっぱり！なんかしらんけど結構かわいがってもらってるから、このままこの環境で仕事と練習しっかり両立していきたいっす！！

　
　しかし、来月から玉ねぎからマンゴーに変わるらしいんですが、手荒れるらしいし、くそ忙しいと。。
　なんか去年の今頃は、ここに出荷される前の農家で働いてたことを考えると、（このブログの一年程前の記事参照）オーストラリア来てこの季節は常に、果物や、野菜に触れているような・・・・。　

　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ではでは！！

Life on Mars（dust storm 砂塵嵐）

Life on Mars!!

Everybody in east coast of Australia must have felt fearful and felt like being on Mars at that moment.

the all east and north coast area was blanketed with a fierce dust storm which developed at the Outback.
And the dust storm stretched from Canberra to the North coast up to Mackay with expanding its influence.

According to a newspapar article, the storm hit Sydney before dawn, meaning residents there woke to a thick red haze that shut down the airport and led to warnings for people with allergies or respiratory problems to stay indoors.

Moreover, almost commuters on their way to work or school used swine flu masks, tea towels, and king of jackets to protect their faces from dust and to avoid breathing in dust into their bodies


I also fell like being in a science-fiction movie, and it was like watching 'Independence Day or War of the World'.

It was really an eerie thing..... because 16,000 tonnes of the dust was actually raining down each hour.

Can you imagine what happened in Australia?

But we've already been back in an ordinary life with a calm weather since the next day.








　お待たせしました！！

誰か待ってた方、ありがとうごぜぇます！！

　
今日はですね、Life on Mars（火星での生活）と題したタイトルのように、昨日、内陸部で発生した強烈なストームが砂塵を巻き上げながら、オーストラリアの東海岸のほぼ全域を包むように通過していきました。

　その結果、ブリスベンでは朝１０時くらいからかな？
　　
　もうそっから空がずっと赤に染まってて、昼やのに夕方かと錯覚してしまうような感じ。太陽の光さえも覆うくらいでマジ奇妙でしたわ。。
　
　シドニーの方は、空港なんかも完全に閉鎖されてて、道行く人らは皆、インフルエンザ用のマスクしたり、タオルとか使ったりして塵・埃を警戒してるくらいひどかったらしい。


　こっちはそんな感じでもなかったけど、多少息苦しかったりってのはあったし、アレルギーなんか持ってる人は大変やったと思う。
　
　なんせ４０年振りに発生した規模やったらしいからね、なんか異常ですわ！
　
　ほんま「アルマゲドン」とか「宇宙戦争」みたいな映画の中にいるみたいな感覚やったし、一瞬、このまま世界おわんのちゃうか。。とかおもてもうたからなぁ。


　そんなこんなのオーストラリアニュースをお届けしました。

mosquito(mozzie 蚊)

　com'on!!!

oh... How disgusting this season is...

well, it's start of mosquito's season, Normally many disgusting mosquitos is seen in the park and throughout a place surrounded by nature from every September. Just a year ago, I was working in a farm of Gatton and I really suffered from mass flies and mosquitos in there. In addition we had to work in the hottest season of Australia, but when I thought back at that time, it seemed to have been a long time, but it's an irreplaceable moment for me.

Anyway, now I haven't seen such a many mosquitos in the air yet fortunately. but it's just matter of time before they gradually increase.

oh my godness!!!!!

I provided my blood to them when I was training alone in a park and I hoped they would generate their cheerful babies....

sorry, just kindding. I just wanted to give you a laugh a bit, no sense of joke.

Ohhhhhh,, What a nonsense story so far today, but at last,

If there is anyone who making a plan for Australia,　please just listen to my advice and suggestion, ok?
You'd better bring more some anti-mosquito goods than suncreens. I think it's worth thinking well about it as a top priority.










さぁ本格的に来ましたね、この季節が！！


　そう！！！！


　「蚊」の季節到来です！！（誰か蚊取り線香ないし、「ムヒ」送ってください！！泣）

　まだゆーても普段生活しててもそんなに気にならない程度の発生率ですが、これから本格的な夏に向けてひた走っていくオーストラリアは、彼らの出現度を急速に高めていきます！！
　あ～ぁ、ほんま無理や、こいつらだけは。。

　自主トレしてる時も、ストレッチだけで３０分くらいかけんねんけど、そん時とかめっさ寄ってくるし、案の定、今日もかなり血を提供してきました。これで彼らはたくさんの子孫を残せるでしょう。。。

　ってコラっ！！あかん、アカン、阿寒。。

　んで、ハエもやばいねん、こっち。去年農業してた時とかエグかってんから！！

　ってなんの話やねんなぁ？笑　とりあえず今からオーストラリアに来はる方、日差し対策よりも、蚊さん、ハエさん対策に講じてください。後悔させません！！（今日は意味わからんこと書いてもたな・・・・。笑）

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　ではでは！！

Kick off for the next season!!（来季へ向けて始動！！）

　Hey, mates!!

　As the title I began a spontaneous training from this week. I didn't do nothing last week for take some breaks, so I felt very heavy on all my body and fely like getting stiff and out of shape.

But I could refresh my mind and body thanks to some rest, and I've already been running for the next season,.

For sure, I actually feel uneasy sometimes on my future, there are also sometimes I don't know exactly what to do. Of course I expect myself, how ever now I feel much more concern than expectation to myself and pleasure for the next season.

But I think everybody would have a similar emotion like that before challenge to something.

Anyway the day I started training did a light session as I'm afraid to get injured.
The traing manu is :

・5 to 6 kilometer running
・some splints in short distance
・do 100 push-ups, sit-ups, back stretching so on...

Anyway I now have to build up an athletic physique and a much stronger body than last season. This is what I felt through the last season.

And I'll gradually pick up the training pace and then increase more burden and at last push myself into the exhausted situation.


If you interested in Australian soccer scean or you'd like to know how Australian soccer is organized, please take a click here. (but I'm afraind all entries in this blod has been written in Japanese.)







　さて、束の間の休息も終わってしまい、来年に向けて自主トレを始めました！！
　
　しかし体重かったわ。。笑　
　なんか腹とか１週間なんもせんかったけど、肉ついてもうたなぁって感じしたし、いざ走ってみたら足がだるいだるい。。完全なまってます。もう鉛です。


　気持ちの面もやっぱ期待と不安。。両方もちろんあるけど今は不安が７割くらいかな？けどやるだけっす！！
　
　今日は初日やし、軽めにしようかなとおもてたんですが、色々考えてると一日も無駄にでけん！とか勝手に熱くなってしまい、結構やってしまいましたね。笑
　明日いい感じに筋肉張ってくれたらと。。（Mじゃないよ笑）

　
　まぁメニューは、

　５～６㌔走→ダッシュ数本→筋トレ（腹筋、腕立て etc）各１００回ずつ。
　
　こんなかんじでした。これから徐々に上げていって、１０月にはこの倍くらい週５～６回ペースでこなしていければと思います。やるぞぉ！！！

　オーストラリアサッカーの情報はこっちのブログに書いてるんで、たまに覗いてみてください。　


　　　　　　　　　　　　　ではでは！！


　

My least favorite word (嫌いな言葉)

　Hi, mate!!

I sometimes feel uneasy a bit cuz I'm on the kind of vacation after finish the season. That's why I sometimes feel like being floated on a calm lake.　
I don't know why, I've never felt before like this. For sure, I wanna play soccer on a field with someone, but I'm thinking now I have to take a break in a short time to get rid of some injuries and for mental
care.

Today I just try to talk about a useless word for me. It means it's my least favorite word for me.

Do you have a not favorite word? I think almost people would have said ' yes' if I had asked ' do you have a favorite word?'.
But I guess some people has never thought about a least favorte word seriously.

In my case, ' Ganbare' This is one of a Japanese word to help inspire someone. In English, has many words which has quite similar meaning as like Ganbare, I think. For example, as long as I know, " hang in there" " good luck" "keep it up" so on...

I didn't know which one is the closest word to 'Ganbare'.

Anyway, what I wanna tell is, I always sound like a bit abstract and superficial expression when I hear it from someone. Even if a person use this word(Ganbare) to cheer me up seriously, I might not feel delightful, conversely I might feel stressful against the word cuz it's not easy to do one's best all the time.

So I always try to extend with other words(more specific word), when I encourage someone.

This is my polocy, eh? haha





　束の間の休息に、なぜか危機感を感じつつ、不安になってきた最近です　笑
　
　恐らく、オーストラリア来てから４日間も、サッカーせんかった日なかったからやなぁ。けどオフなんで今週いっぱいは休みます、意地でも！！笑

　今日はそんなこんなで、ひょこっと思いついたので書きます、「嫌いな言葉」というよりは、「自分が使いたくない言葉」かな。


　もうかなり前からなんですが、みな恐らく、この言葉を結構な頻度で無意識的に使っていると思います。そう。。。



　　　　　　　「頑張れ」



　なぜかこの言葉、昔っから嫌いやねんなぁ。なんか前にCMにもあったこんなナレーション。

　”「ガンバレ」って何をどう頑張ればいいんだよ”っていう、確か家庭教師とかそういうCMやったと思う。

　なんかおれが言いたいことズバリ！！みたいな　笑


　おれん中でやけど、めっさこれが「抽象的」で、「表面上」でしか聞こえへんから、自分にゆわれるんはかまわんし、そんなん流せばいいけど、自分が発する時はちゃんと責任もっていいたいなっていつも思う。


　みなはどう思うよ？？

　
　べつにかっこつけてるわけじゃなくて、ほんまに「頑張る」ことって、簡単に一言で表せれるような事じゃないと思ってるから、それはこっちきてさらに思ったし、せめて自分が誰かを鼓舞するような言葉を送りたい時は、もっと具体的な言葉にしようって勝手に習慣づけてやす。

　いつか、限界までやりきった時に、「おれほんま頑張った」っていって日本帰れたらなって今は素直におもてます。


　　　　　　　　　　　　　ではでは。　


　
　

Tax return

Hoｗ are u, buddy?

Today, continued from the last entry on Tax. Everybody remember?
If anybody forget it, please remember it right now, OK?


But I'm not professional about tax,u know I'm neither an account nor an expert on tax, so this is what I just want you warn first before read this below.

so I wrote on Tax before and Taxes are withheld from monthtly or fortnightly your income automatically. This is normal.
Even if you go to other countries, you have to pay a tax for their countries.

But originally we don't have to pay them cuz we are treated as foreigner. As a matter of course, in my case, I'm not Australian. so I can't claim equality of treatment and compensation same as Austalian on insurance, pension and welfare so on.., even if how much money I would pay taxes.

That's why we can claim to goverment through an accountant to return the taxes which you couldn't help but pay. Of course I did it as well and the taxes was refund in 3 weeks after reclaimed.

But each person are in different situation, and this depends on visa which each has.
However Many students and workers from japan go back without appling for a tax refund. Almost of them gives it up early before look into by themselves how to reclaim. They believe just a ridiculous rumor.








　この前書いた「TAX」の続きです。　

　その時に書いた、税金を給料からやたらと天引きされる！！という話。実は、取られたお金１００％戻ってきます！それがこのタイトルにもある「タックスリターン」というやつ。

　「１００％」というのは、もちろん持っているビザの種類にも因りますし、その人のおかれてる立場・状況にも差が生じるとは思いますが、ごく一般的な学生ビザや、ワーホリビザの場合は還ってくると考えていいのではないでしょうか。
　
　＊注　　もちろん専門家ではないので、これらの発言に対する責任はとりかねますので、その辺は自分でしっかりお調べになってくださいね。


　なんでも、居住者と非居住者の判断により異なる、とよく聞かされましたが、今まで働いてきた会社がしっかり税金を国に納めてくれてて、なおかつタックスリターン申請に必要な書類を用意してくれるところであれば、還ってくると思います。
　会社によっては、法律スレスレの方法でイカサマしてるとこがよくあるみたいなので、特に日系は。。。　
　
　あとは、信頼できる税理士・会計士に依頼すれば、手数料は１００ドル（今のレートで９千円くらい？）でやってくれます。

　実際自分も、申請から３週間と経たずに還ってきたので、「しっかりご自分で調べた上で」トライしてみては？　

　どうせ無理やし、と諦めて帰るのは非常にもったいないと思います。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ではでは！！

season end （Round 26 vs North star）

Finally, this season was over at last weekend's game!! As I said before we couldn't go to the playoff for top 4 teams in the league due to an embarrassing result.

But now I just feel relaxed and at ease. I didn't feel like this in so long cuz I had always been tired in this season and feel always uneasy and frastrated with a lot of things..
In fact, I felt like I could cry when I couldn't play for top side for couple games. but of course no one helped me out of the punishing condition, so I could help but put up with it.

But I never dropped out of the suvival of playing. I just kept waiting for a opportunities and at the last game, I finally seized a opportuinity, actually.

At the last game, vs North star, I played for reserve game before I was called out by one of a coach in top side. and I got two assist of goal in there and I could play for top from second half.

When I was on the pitch, we were in a terrible situation, 1-4, 3 points behind. After that, we showed an amaizing performance to come close and back to even, we ended up adding 4 goals and took over the lead, 5-4, and.... actually we had been winning tll last 5 minutes....

At only 5 minutes to time up, we were equalized from coner, we ended up finishing in even score, 5 all.
Our first winning game was dissapeared at next to time up.


Then, after the game, a coach and a stuff called out only me and told me, ' what will you do next season? You intend to play here?, I answered, 'I'm thinking about it now' and they said, 'why? Play here!!'

!!??

I didn't know what to answer back and I didn't believe in his words cuz I might been a quality player at last game but I didn't think they gave me a offered with only one game.
Of course, I also complained to them why they didn't give me a chance earlier at that time, but he just gave me some bizarre excuses.

I got sick and tired of their attitudes and words, I turned down the offer. If the offer had been much better, I wouldn't have agreed with it. I wanna play better, improve my skill up to limit. To do that, I have to be a stronger team i think.

My big challenge will continue forever as long as I'm player. (unless retiring)










　ういっす、「税」については次回書きますわぃ！！

　
　えーー



　えー



　今シーズン、無事終了いたしました！！！！！！（パチパチ）

　おかげ様で、怪我なく２チームに渡って過ごしたこの半年、精神的にしんどかった時期しかあんま記憶にないけど、終わりました。
　成長したんかな？？笑　

　実際サッカーに関してはうまくなってるとは全然感じません、むしろこれぐらいやれて当たり前、もっといえば、まだまだ全然ダメ。。。

　明日からオフシーズンに入るけど、日本にかえらんって決めたし、必死でトレーニングして確実に成長できる飛躍のシーズンに来年はしたいと終わった後すぐ気持ち切り替えましたね！　

　楽しむ暇なんてないんや、もっと追い込んで、強くなります！（ほんまに日本が恋しいけど笑）


　そして今日の最終戦、またもやリザーブでの出場。前半２アシスト決めて前半はなんと５－０で折り返し、後半早々交代しました。

　　
　それで、トップの試合に呼ばれて、ベンチ入り。

　後半１０分くらいかな、１－４の場面で中盤の底で起用され、そのあとポンポンと点が入ってなんと５－４で逆転・・・そのまま勝ちたかったけど、最後終了間際に返されて５－５で試合終了。

　なんとも野球の試合みたいな乱打戦なったけど、ほんま勝ちたかった・・・。

　その後選手控え室で待機してたら、監督に個人的に呼ばれて・・

　「来年絶対うちでプレーしろ」　　　　　　

　！！？？！？？　


　えーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー！！？？　でした。正直。

　今まで全然使ってくれへんかったのに、今日のプレーだけで気が変わったみたい。笑　けど、おれも納得いかんかったから、色々不満ゆったけど、なんか色々言い訳されて終わったね。笑

　その後収拾つきそうになかったから一応やるとはいっておいたけど、「絶対やらねぇ！！！」って心ん中でおもてました。笑　

　
　けど仕事も紹介してくれるみたいやし、１試合で色んなことが変わって自分も驚いてます。

　やっぱ外国人選手は結果次第やねんな、と。　

　ほんま来年死ぬ気でやります、自分の人生をいい方向に導けるように！

　今年の個人成績は、コッチのブログに載せときます。

　たいした成績ではないけど、まぁ見てみてください。　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　ではでは！！

TAX

　Hi, mates!!

The girl who moved in our share-house couple months ago left here about a week ago. But don't get me wrong, please. The reason is not because of me.lol
She seemed to be in trouble on her work. well I don't care about her.

Today's theme is about "Tax in Australia". As a matter of course, Australia has much difference of Tax system from Japanese one obviously.
First, when it comes to consumption tax(duty), we are obligate to pay taxes of 5% per an item. In case of Australia, it's 10% besides all perishable foods. It means vegetables and fishes aren't applied to it.

Incidentally, it was 17.5% when I visited UK 3 years ago. So I think It is still really cheap over consumption tax in Japan.

And basically, the tax concessions has been given to Aussie, Foreigners can't get it same as Aussie and person who has a permanent visa. As the result, especially people who has a working holiday visa has been levied a heavy tax.

Do u think how much it is?

It's 30%!!! Can u believe this? Even if u work for 200,000 yen, you will be able to get a pay for only 140,000 yen. I think this is ridiculous system for working holiday visa holders.

As you know from this tax system, it's not really easy for foreigners to work in Australia.

So I really recommend you to fully prepare everything and to make a atable plan before buy a flight ticket. or you must regret definitely after come to Australia.



　

えー、この前入居してきはった韓国人の女の子が、もう出て行きはりました。笑

　僕のせいじゃないからね。笑　
　仕事のトラブルみたい。。

　
　てなわけで（無理矢理の切り替えですが笑）、今日のお題は、「税」です！！
　
　オーストラリアと日本では、税率が違います。（当たり前か。。）こっちの消費税率は１０％！！ただし、生鮮食料品には適用されないようです。

　おれが３年前くらいに英国行った時は、もっと高かったから、日本は消費税率世界的にも低いんちゃうかな？（あくまで推測）


　あとは基本的にオーストラリアの税制はオーストラリア人か否か、それか自分が今持ってるビザによって税率がかなり変わってきます。

　日本人の場合、市民権、もしくは永住権以外のビザ（たいていは学生ビザかワーホリビザ）の人はかなり天引きされます！！
　
　特にワーホリ！！

　ほんまえぐい！！

　なんと３０％ほど給料からひかれてしまいます！！ほんまは２０万の給料が１４万になったり。。でかいっしょ！？

　
　ちなみにある一定の年収がある方の所得税も４５％と聞きました。おそろしや、オーストラリア。。。（日本の奥さん以上にこっちは苦労してるのかも笑）

　けど、ほんまにこっちで「働く」って大変なことなんです。みな、生活の為に必死で働いて、結局英語に携わる余裕なく帰国していく。。そんな人らが五萬といてます。
　
　
　こっちに長期滞在を考えてる方、偉そうなこといってますが、しっかり計画を立てて、ある程度の余裕を持って来ることを強くお勧めします。日本で先に苦労しとくか、こっち来てから苦労するか、自分なら絶対前者です。　

　

　もうちょい書きたいことあるんで、次も「税」に関して書きたいと思いやす！！

　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ではでは！！