Friday, October 31, 2008

Serenity on Piha Beach

Before I applied for the job at SAFE, I was briefly interested in working in the Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation area of Counseling. The salary offered for the position was unusually high (not only by Kiwi standards) and the "office" was situated on Piha Beach. Piha is New Zealand's most famous surf beach.

One Sunday afternoon I had an informal job interview with Murdoch, the founder of Serenity Clinic. While I was interviewing, the boys had fun on the beach across the street.

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Situated on the west coast of the North Island (some 28 kilometers west of Auckland), this black iron-sand beach has a reputation for awesome surf. The rugged coastline and forested Waitakere Ranges offer a number of walks. The most famous landmark of the beach is the Lion Rock. It is a natural formation named for its similarity to a lying male lion.

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The other, less famous, rock formation on Piha Beach is called Camel Rock.

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After my interview, we all played.

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In the end, I decided not to take the job in Piha. We would have had to move again and we were just not ready for that... Oh, well, my convertible BMW would have to wait...

1 comment:

Lou Lou said...

i see you went to serenity for an interview this came up on a search i did online.
i was wondering if we could get in touch via e-mail as i have been scammed by serenity.
i had spent a month trying to get help and talking to the guy on the phone about coming in, my parents even got a tour of inside the clinic, it looked great and we decided to go ahead with help through them. the day i showed up they were not there. the rubbish bin filled with beer cans, a locked place, nobody answering any phone numbers, and a week later, i am still not in treatment. we have ben completely sammed,. 16000 has run away with the guy who scammed us.
i was wondering who you interviewed with and if you were aware of anyone else who works there. i am undewr the impression they have beren a functionind addictions clinic in the past and the guy who we were in touch with all this time was an employee. amanda.brunning@gmail.com
thank you.