Pokute's Rumble in the Jungle.

Ok...next one.

2011-06-07T12:09:00.002+01:00

Soon the first year in school is coming to an end. Last day is 15th of July after 2 weeks of summer-school (which is only fun stuff and no real studies for the students). For me it means that all grades needs to be collected and that the last pieces of the puzzel needs to be placed.

The plan for this summer is 2 weddings in Italy and a trip to Ireland in August. I also hope to be able to make a visit to my family in Sweden. But that all comes down to economy I guess.

For the rest well...the weather changed. We have had brilliant weather up till Monday (yesterday) when it rained almost the whole day. Today (Tuesday) is no rain but not sunny either.

Think it is time to work now...

Until next time

Dusting off the old blog.

2011-03-01T14:19:00.002+01:00

Well I guess I come back and dust the old blog off a bit. Sitting home and doing some work. Just finished Howl's Moving Castle. Very good movie and I got in a very good mood to. Needed! ;)

To all of you out there. Until next time!

Oh my God!

2010-11-07T12:37:00.003+01:00

I had almost forgot that I had this blog and "haircut" (thank you haircut) made a comment and suddenly I realized...last post was a long long long time ago. Life have leaped forward. I have a new job which I love. I am now a teacher in Physics at an international school. The students/kids I have are the best! I think I have been very lucky and I hope I can give them what they need to pass their exams and grow as human beings. Yesterday evening we, me and Katia, were supposed to go into Amsterdam for the "Museum Night" but since my wife was not 100% in shape we ended up watching two movies instead and me cooking an Uzbekian lentil soup with pumpkin. I must say I was impressed how easy it was and of my result. Well now I have to start working for my grade 9's science project assignment...because we all live in one world...I wonder if any of them are going to see this ;).

Cheers all!

What!!! Have I been gone that long....

2009-04-28T12:47:00.002+01:00

....ehum yes. Oh sorry folks. I have been busy. Well turned 30 last week...30...three zero...and it feels...normal. (?)... Yes just normal. There was no apocalypse.

Otherwise life is floating. The spring is well underway and almost all types of trees have gotten their leaves. I felt the spring as well...in my nose. Damn pollen. Ahh well better the winter at least.

My Italian classes have stopped. Now I have taken 3 courses in total and I am on level C1...university level was it...right. Non sono securo insoma.

And now a closing in Swedish: Simma lungt!

New Year...new....yes what is new?

2008-12-31T15:13:00.003+01:00

So, new years eve...another one. In a few hours it is only 3 moth and 17 days left of my life...I cannot say it but it is a number between 29 and 31 and it belongs to the set of natural numbers (for those with mathematical knowledge).
I have been offered a job...as a trainer for the people that 'come after me'. But the salary is about 400 less brutto which becomes about 200 netto. 200 euros netto...i.e. 2000 sek...i.e. not good.
I have to think of what to do because I need a job and with 1 month left to go nothing else is in sight...so maybe it is just to take it and a.s.a.p. change. *sigh*

I need to start learning the dutch language because otherwise the works are limited to this pay...at least it feels like that.

We will see what comes along.

Happy New Year!!

In the jaws of the beast...

2008-12-08T07:33:00.003+01:00

Well now I work for my company but with the Outsourced Service Partner trying to make life easier for them. My job at the moment is to train them, answer questions they might have and coordinating the work with my soon former employer. I am trying to make myself irreplacable but I guess that is abit of an utopian goal. My CV is at least freashly updated and ready to be sent out to any new open position that might be of interrest.
Yesterday me and my wife were at a concert with a polish singer called Anna Maria Jopek. The style is like mixing Jazz and Icelandic band Sigur Ros (one of my favorit groups by the way). I was pleased with the evening and it was very nice.
Not far til cristmast either...hoho!! :)

Outsourced.

2008-11-20T11:23:00.002+01:00

Well it is no secret for you now probably that I don't have long left at my current work. I have known about the fact that my job has become redundant (actually since mid august). The last few months, december and january I will spend on site with Dell's OSP and help them 'go live'. It is an interessting experience and I also get a lot of experience in manageing others aswell as training others. Maybe that will lead somewere?? Who knows!?

Moreover my jobsearch are going slow at the moment. Not applied for new ones in a while. But I guess it is time to start trying again. My aim is either programming and/or consultancy. Consultancy might not be the best market now though since the economy is slowing down. I could aswell consider Business Analyst or similar, which if I should be honest, does not sound so bad at all. However considering my background maybe programming will be something I would like better even though I am sure I would like both.

Now back to work, breaks over...

Groningen nostalgia....

2008-11-10T00:46:00.004+01:00

....so Katia and me went to Gronigen this weekend to visit since her old officemate was defending his thesis and graduating. At the same time we took the opportunity to re-live the memories of the past were our story had its first steps in 'normal' life (Well since I met my wife normal is hardly the correct word, and to that I am glad).

We sleept over at Katias old spanish friend and had a really nice time. First time I have gotten drunk in quite a while, however I had no hangover to speak about saturday morning which was not exactly what my wife could say. Poor Katia, she was feeling soooooo bad. :)

But all in all a nice weekend, we both needed it.

Accepting the unacceptable...

2008-11-05T13:12:00.003+01:00

Acceptable
1. worth accepting; satisfactory or, sometimes, merely adequate
2. tolerable; bearable

Human (adjective)
1: of, relating to, or characteristic of humans
2: consisting of humans
3 a: having human form or attributes
b: susceptible to or representative of the sympathies and frailties of human nature.

Unacceptable
1. not acceptable : not pleasing or welcome.

What is acceptable? And what are accepted of someone else when you have done something unacceptable? Is behavior of the human being acceptable? Is it acceptable to give in to human feelings, emotions and to fall for human weaknesses? Is it unacceptable not to do what is expected of you? If you are human is it not expected you will behave like one? Why is it not accepted to behave like a human if you accept the fact that you are one? Can you accept yourself being human? If you think someone else have done something unacceptable does the unacceptable things then become acceptable? Can you accept the unacceptable?? Can you... Do you... Human?!

Random thoughts

2008-11-03T11:12:00.005+01:00

Shatter
To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.

Trust
Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.

Despair To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; often with of.

Love
A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.

Forgiveness
1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.
2. Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.

2008-10-31T15:27:00.001+01:00

I did not intend to hurt you
The way, I realize now, I did.
Your love means the world to me
And it always will.
I will do whatever it takes
To prove the same to you.
Ever since I met you
And your love enveloped my heart
I knew for sure that
A new chapter in my life would begin from the start.
Forgive me for the hurt I have brought.
I have tried making it up to you through each little chance I got.
You have my love for now and forever.

Wedding bells!

2008-09-14T08:37:00.002+01:00

Life takes a leap forward. On the 23rd of August 2008 me and Katia Ganda got married in Riva del Garda in Italy. It was the happiest day of my life. After the honey moon was in Mexico. We flew from Amsterdam to Mexico City, were we stayed 2 days. Then flew to Tuxla were we had rented a car and drove to a lovely city in the mountains called San Christobal. There we also stayed two days. Then onward to Palenque, Champeche, Merida, Cancun and eventually Puerto Aventuras och Playa del Carmen were 5 days of beachlife was enjoyed. A wonderful and marvelous trip. Now back in Amsterdam the temperature is somewhat different. ;)

I hope now I will have some time to visit Sweden (over a weekend probably) and I know we need to go to Italy for wedding pictures and some more stuff. At the moment the priority is to move from the house in Amsterdam to a new one in Zaandam that we bought about a month ago. There is still some minor ajustments to make but in principle we are ready.

A big hug to all of you out there.

Life goes on.

2008-06-21T10:00:00.004+01:00

21st June at 01:00 in the night my grandfather passed away peacefully on one of the most magical nights on the year, Midsummer. My memories of my grandfather are all dear to me and I am happy that I last week was able to see him a last time before he passed away. I know that for him it was time to go and that he wanted to se his Signe again. I think of my family back in Sweden and hope that they are allright. It is with all my dear memories that I will now remember him. I am in some way happy even though my heart is heavy and I know he is now in a better place then he was.

Documentary mornings.

2008-06-20T07:48:00.004+01:00

I have this morning on way to work listened to a documentary about the Catalina crisis from the Swedish national radio program 3, (SR P3). It is about when the Russians shot down a Swedish plane over 'international' water. Were exactly the DC 3 plane were when it was shot down is not know other then to the Russians and to the Swedish air force. However it is very interesting to listen to. We were very close to a conflict with Russia at this point. For sure it was one of the most dangerous situations for Sweden during the cold war. I have started to download a pod-radio documentary every morning. I have so far listened to The SAS crash at Gottröra, and about the Congo crisis in the early 60'ies which I must say was so far the most interesting, the stories from Swedish personnel and UN soldiers paint a very different situation then I had previously known. I can recommend to do this if you have an mp3 player or mobile phone that can play mp3's.

About time?

2008-05-30T12:45:00.004+01:00

So well. I know I have not been that active in the last few months but here is another post.
What is going on? Well I work, I sleep, I plan the wedding, i worry that I have not been home in Sweden to see my parents, my brother and sister etc. And the truth is that there is time if you want to find it. And I will find it so...homecoming in June I guess. Cannot say early or late but June.
Otherwise the Netherlands is like usual....rain....rain....clouds...rain.......rain......you get the picture? Well it actually are not that bad but if you come from the Swedish east coast like me well that is what you think....for example a person from GB or from Norway (Bergen for example) would probably think the weather is quite OK here.

I will in the future try to be more active in the blog, I know I have time for that to. :)

cheers ppl.

Were have I been.....really??

2008-04-16T15:31:00.002+01:00

Added that information at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

Alot to do...and alot have been done...

2008-04-06T17:20:00.003+01:00

...well now most things are starting to come together. We have finished all the paperwork for the wedding. Katia has a dress. I have a suit. Flowers have been booked. Church have been fixed and a place to have the luch also. What to eat is yet to be fully decided. All of this...already and still its about 4 moths left. So when is the BIG day....well the 23rd of August of course.

I have also finished my first italian course and on monday I start the next one. My italian is much better (and it should be) then previous, not only that. It is much better then expected!!

The spring is arriving in Holland. Keukenhof (the flower park) has been open for a few weeks and the leaves have just started to come out on the bigger trees. Some small bushes have already got their leaves and also some of the smaller trees have bright white, pink and fuxia flowers. Weather has been nice this weekend but still Holland is Holland. Tomorrow it might be raining.

Wedding.

2008-01-29T12:15:00.001+01:00

Even though the invitations have not gone out yet I have prepaired a webpage that contains some useful information for the attendants. The page will be updated with links and information as the preparations proceeds. The address is www.katia-and-pg.blogspot.com.

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

2008-01-07T11:21:00.000+01:00

I have not written in a while now, because I have had a lot of things to think about. And I guess I should say it right away...

I AM GETTING MARRIED!

I am almost chocked myself when I say it even though I have know about it for some time...well I should know I mean. I took the decision. It will happen on the 23rd of august in Riva Del Garda in Italy. An Italian wedding...what comes to mind is the movie: "My big Greek wedding" (I think it was called) but I think and hope that it will not be like that ;).

Anyway. A lot of things need to be done to the wedding. First there will be all the invitations to the wedding and the invitations for people to the dinner after. Only a selected few will be able to attend the dinner (few is in relative sense) already over 100people are expected, but of course everyone is welcome to the ceremony in the church. I will put up more about this later on Katias and mine common blog (will be online soon, link will be available here soon also).
Until next time!

Mental Calendar messup...

2007-10-31T09:12:00.001+01:00

Amsterdam is getting more and more grey for every day and I heard rumors about frost. Fortunately I have not seen any yet but I guessit is just a matter of time. Yesterday the strangest thing happened. Since Katia did not goto her place until Tuesday morning my mental calendar kind of got tricked and I thought it was Monday. I therefore called my sister that I knew was not working on Monday evening and found out that she indeed was working (which of course was true since it was Tuesday). Her boyfriend must have thought I was drunk. Then my father called and I gave him the same story, *stare at the sky*. When Katia called in the evening I just remembered the phone calls and my brain finally made the connection. Bättre sent än aldrig!

A view from a "Windows"

2007-10-01T18:06:00.000+01:00

Support when it is at it's best. The strange things you hear about. This one for example (that is probably fabricated) but anyhow the point it is trying to make is true.

I guess it is time to stop with support jobs soon. It is not good for your mental health even though you learn a lot of how people actually think. I think it is like they say about people behind the steering wheel of a car also applies to people behind the computer screen. For them there is only their way or the highway. But I guess it is like that. Well.

Now we will stop whining about support and about how people behave. Me an Katia had a really nice and calm weekend. We were going to a photo exhibition but it was so expensive that we decided to spend the same amount of money on lunch...*think*

I have been called for an interview in Germany for a PhD position. And that is both a curse and a blessing. Blessing because I want to work with astronomy and a curse because I keep moving around like a Jojo. I think Katia has the same opinion and now I bring this upon us as well...

But I'll do my best and will ofc take the position if I am offered. Otherwise the work at Dell is going smoothly. I think I will try to make my way into either the educational part or the production planning part. I have also been suggested quality and call coaching but I am not so sure about that.

Well more next time...Ciao amici!

2007-09-05T00:30:00.000+01:00

The summer is no more. It feels kind of strange. I can only hope for that the autumn will have some nice days to offer for the future. I have to start with my Italian studies for real. I have pushed them to far now and it is time to take them up again. I hope I will have something more to use then what I have acquired so far. 30 hours of 'essential Italian' mp3's, a grammar book (rather good actually) and 'Il piccolo Principe' which I think is probably translated into a number of other languages. I also have some Italian movies with English subtitles. Question is: How do I begin?

I also have something else to start studying. I want to take the CompTIA A+ certificate. I have received the book and I think it is more or less to start reading. A lot of what the book sais I probably already know but it does not hurt to repeat. Work is going more or less fine. I have started to feel comfortable in my job and when push comes to show I seem to handle it a lot better then I thought. I also have a very nice team manager that understand my situation and that phone support is maybe nothing I had in mind from the beginning. He has already told me he will help me and guide me through the internal courses to get me the best platform for advancement and that is a chance I cannot let go pass. When the train is leaving I want to be on it.

After a visit in the 'capital'....

2007-08-06T17:32:00.000+01:00

...of former West Germany, namely Bonn. I visited a close friend from University. It was really easy to get there from Amsterdam. Only 3 hours by train. And it was quite a nice train ride also. Everything seems to be fine with the 'masked avenger'. And I was delighted to see that she seemed to be settled in. I was however a bit disappointed since you think of something totally different when you say 'Capital City of country X'. Bonn hardly felt like a capital and even though I was disappointed I also enjoyed that it lacked the big city pulse and that everything was so green. So all in all a very good trip.

I have started my new job which is a 40% increase of my former salary. Which is very nice of course. I also feel that the company cares more for my well-being than the previous one which also is nice. Fore sure there will be career opportunities if I choose to within the company and also possibilities to go back to Sweden or move to other countries and still stay with the company. In short: 'I am in.'

However I will still look for PhD. That is my main interest and yes...it is going to mean a lower salary possibly but still at least I feel somewhat 'safe' having a job with a future.

It has been some time since I wrote anything but now I have done so. I will see if there is any photos to add next time I write something. But for now. Enjoy the summer or what is left of it. Again today the weather is switching into something that looks more like autumn....bollocks.

Summer?? What summer??

2007-07-25T18:29:00.000+01:00

I am 79% Addicted to Coffee

Summer were did you go? 17 degrees and rain? What is this? Was at a friends blog and found a coffee quiz. So my question to you is: How addicted to coffee are you? Will go with my girlfriend to visit an old friend in Bonn next weekend. It will be fun. Hope the weather is going to become nicer and that the rain stays away. Big parts of Great Britain seems to just flow away and I guess we should feel lucky here in Amsterdam that the British Islands are were they are. Otherwise we would be the ones that would have to swim. Read today that the Thames is flowing over and are threatening Oxford at the moment. I think that the British people would agree on my first question. Summer were did you go?

Summer....were did you go?

2007-07-03T21:58:00.000+01:00

Well. So almost a week ago since we came back... unfortunately we left the summer in Sweden and came back to some kind of autumn here in Amsterdam. We can be lucky that the British Islands are in the way of the worst downpour since at least it runs off them. Here it would just add up into a big lake I guess. Even here in my apartment on the 3rd floor I am still under sea level...scary. Luckily I do not notice. In the weekend we will meet an old colleague of mine and the weekend after that we are going to Arnhem and Nijmegen. I have always wanted to see the battlefields of the 'Great War' and what could be better when I am living here.

Life moves on.

2007-06-13T11:38:00.001+01:00

Signed with a new company yesterday (Will start on the 1st of August). Seems like it is going to be at least another year here in Amsterdam. From Software support I will now go to Hardware support. Software support has so far only been for English customers but now with the new company I will do hardware support for my countrymen back in Sweden. Even though they will never know they are calling to Amsterdam. Will go back to Sweden in the coming week. See my friends in Uppsala and go back to my parents in Åtvidaberg. See my grandmother and my grandfather and maybe....if I have time get some vacation.
The weather down here in Amsterdam are a bit cooler now, we have had really warm weather and thunderstorms for the last few days. I hope the weather in Sweden will be good when I arrive.
Got contacted on the blog today by an old school mate. She is on maternity leave. And I panic... Not much but a little. My brother is married and have a kid. My sister is engaged to be married. Old friends from home get married and some are on their 2nd or 3rd kid already... I tell myself I should not panic, I guess, I am still 28 but anyway.
Well back to work...

Wherever I lay my hat, it's home.

2007-06-08T11:41:00.000+01:00

I wonder if it is true for Icelandic people then....*wonders*

ICELANDIC WIND STRENGTH INDICATOR

Wind strength measured by the angle of the chain

0° Broken - inform the weather office

30° light breeze

45° breeze

60° energizing storm

75° warning - low flying dump trucks

90° Welcome to Iceland

A walk along memory lane...

2007-06-06T18:46:00.000+01:00

A few years ago I was on a very nice trip together with my ex girlfriends family to Iceland. A few days ago I found that the Swedish newspaper 'Dagens Nyheter' had a very nice piece of photographs from Iceland together with music by Sigur Ros. I added it in the links to the right because I like it and it reminds me of a country/island with great nature and a sense of wilderness that is hard to beat. It was also great fun going with her family since they are very curious, energetic and positive people. Anyhow a good memory coming back as I see the slide show on 'DN'.
So please check out:

http://www.dn.se/DNet/road/Classic/article/47/jsp/bildspel.jsp?a=651338

Enjoy!

Newsflash!

2007-05-30T11:15:00.000+01:00

So I am sitting here in Amsterdam at work. The sun is shining outside, a beautiful summer day. And then all of a sudden life gets even better as I get to know my little sister (well not so little anymore, 25 in November) has gotten engaged with her boyfriend which I now need to call fiance. I wish I could be there to hug her. Anyhow. Life takes yet another enjoyable step, the sky is blue, the birds are singing and I continue working.

Eager to get moving...

2007-05-17T08:54:00.000+01:00

So. Back from Italy. Also means from 25-28 degrees and sun to about 18-19 degrees and clouds and rain. Well you cannot have everything. It has been long now and the 1st of May actually was 1 year at my job. Time to look for a new one. Time to move on.
Not sure if that means back to Sweden or another job here in the Netherlands but anyway a new job. Internet at home is not sorted yet, and I know that some of you have not heard from me in a while now. I will try to make it up as soon as things come together and sorts themselves out. Hopefully by Monday (21st May) I can start calling people. Until then...patience.

Finally it rained.

2007-05-10T09:10:00.000+01:00

5 weeks! First day of rain in 5 weeks was on Monday. Everything became a lot greener instantly. So far no new news. For people that want to know no Internet for me yet but it is on it's way. Planning summer vacation also seems like it is going to be in August this year. I really will try to take enough time to meet all you people in Uppsala. I miss you. Also have started to see if I can refresh my programming skills and to learn some Java in the process. So far it seems pretty easy. The C++ I had during university makes it a lot easier and Java seems to be more straight forward. Applications for new jobs are also high on the priority list. Even though my colleagues are nice and the atmosphere is good I need more for 6 years of university.

One step closer...

2007-04-18T09:34:00.000+01:00

...so. 28. Yesterday. Shit. A nice birthday indeed. Did not do anything. Work is normal. Life is normal. This weekend we were at Keukenhof, the Disneyland of flowers. The weather was amazing. 25 degrees and sun. Not a single cloud in the sky.....and it was 15th of april.... O_o
Felt like June. Anyway. It was very nice and I hope my skin started to notice that the vampire color was not in fashion in this kind of weather and that it was time to start changing to a darker more appropriate color for the summer.

Spring time!

2007-04-09T13:06:00.000+01:00

Ohh well. Let's see. Hmm? Did not...hmm? Write in a while. For some reason? Well time again I guess. This weekend was Easter, in fact it is still Easter Monday. Saturday was spent at the Zoo in Emmen were all the animals were thouroughly looked at so none of them felt left out. Especially thouroughly observed was the hippoes. Well maybe not by me...but by someone else you might know. Sunday was brunch and walking in town. In Groningen they have a Cafe called Pepper that I like alot. The music is relaxed and the atmosphere is cool. They usually show music videos or nature pictures on beamers in the place wich makes it interessting also going there by yourself if you understand what I mean.

Next weekend holds Keukenhof, I think. We will see.

One small addition.

2007-03-18T09:30:00.000+01:00

Just wanted to say I added a link with a song that makes me long back to times gone by. Wonderful memories in Uppsala and wonderful memories of my student time. However time cannot be stopped and sometimes memories are good as memories. I mean it. Probably some of the memories would not be special if time did not go forward. To all of you, old friends out there, to my family, to special people and to present friends. And to you my angel.

A few days of spring...

2007-03-18T09:03:00.000+01:00

For a few days Amsterdam have had weather worthy of the name spring. Bright clear blue skies and about 15 degrees around noon. Cannot remember the last time, unfortunately the memory is short when it rains almost every day. Today Sunday morning the lord is greeting us to a new day of traditional Dutch weather (look, I am unfair to this country and I believe that the Dutch people think the same as me sometimes). A co-worker usually turns to me and sais: "Stop complaining in the Netherlands we grow men!" Well in Sweden we do to but we do not need rain to do so.

Anyway a few days of spring is all that is needed to get the mood in a better shape. Will be moving to a new apartment soon. Sineing the contract on Tuesday and hope we can start to move in the week after. Also need the salary, my wallet is starving. Thought I would try to put some warm color on this grey day. Let's see if this image does the trick.

A Visit to Sweden with surprises...

2007-03-07T13:01:00.000+01:00

So. Weekend in Sweden with a big surprise. Basically we were going to see my niece's baptism and my brother asked me to take pictures in church. I said well I can do that and got a fast film since I did not have a flash on my SLR-camera.
However, coming home I realised that I had a "slide-film" in the camera and did not want to waste it and asked my father for advice. He said well you can always save the fast one for another occasion. We looked at each other and said: "For his wedding!!" And laughed.
Well before the baptism I kind of needed to change film anyway so I did. Then when the first chord on the organ played I realised that that was exactly what I had been doing. With the 'Bride March' playing my brother, dresses in mess uniform, and his fiance, dressed in a lovely white dress with dark red ornaments, walked up the ile. We had all been fooled. Only 5 persons knew about them getting married at the same time, themselves, my sister, my sisters boyfriend and the priest. It was a very beautiful wedding. Of course my nice was baptised also. I hope to be able to put some pictures to this text in the weekend or after the weekend.

The door.

2007-02-27T22:43:00.000+01:00

During Christmast I was, as said in the previous post, in Venice. All of the photographs I have from Venice cannot fit in to this page so I suggest you who have not been there; Go There!!
And for those who have been there before; Go Again!!

It is not necessary to go in the summer. In fact I think that going around Christmast is a great time to go for several reasons. It is off season, plenty of hotel rooms and not so expensive. The hotel we lived at was 60 euro a night (220 a night in season, read summer). And also the smell of the channels is probably more pleasant when it is cold than in the summer.

Don't miss it.

New meat to the grinder...

2007-02-26T23:02:00.000+01:00

New arrivals in the house. A veteran call center worker from Finland landed unexpectedly this evening. Hope he will like it here.

New positions for PhD comes up. Am I interested?? Of course!!! So down to make something out of all my CV versions I have at the moment.

Yet another week. On Friday we fly back to Sweden for my niece's baptism. My niece is among the cutest small girls in the world and also it is going to be fun to visit Sweden.

Time to start studying for the In Design ACE again. I need to take it in Mars or early April I think. It would be foolish of me not to try. Another ACE will be good in my CV.

Lets finish with a picture from Venice! Picture was taken sometime between Dec 26-Dec 29. Cannot remember exactly when. Be safe and...eat alot of chocolate, it's good for you!!

Population Increase.

2007-02-22T19:53:00.000+01:00

I now populated my blog with an elf (Link on the right) and a Blog Blob. I have heard rumors about the blue Blog Blob being irritating but to be honest he is probably the cleanest person I have ever lived with ;).

I recommend you to adopt an elf you to. A cuter flash game/app is hard to find, and he is fun to play with, you should try.

Housing issues are in the news and there is a hope on the horizon. I guess it is time to take a closer look. The phone is still out have been for a few days so if you have been trying to call me on the home number, sorry. It will be sorted by the beginning of next week. Cannot say that the phone company is super fast.

Keep safe in cyberspace and drive carefully on the highways of free information, because the real world and cyberspace are dangerously alike...

Dutch architecture

2007-02-21T20:09:00.000+01:00

IRS. Something to look at.

Watch out there is more...

2007-02-20T21:06:00.000+01:00

What? Already a new post...? I have now increased the content of my page to 200%! A new picture and new text... Jeez!

So what did I do today...I have one word. Lightroom 1.0. I am no expert yet but now I know what it is about at least. :)

How come news does not surprise you anymore? Is it because you have learned the way of things so you, like in the movies, can guess what is coming next? A kind of expertize you get after living almost 28 years? Or is it just that one looses the edge after a while? Seeing having seen most things already another car bomb or another threat of war just does not interest you anymore...? For me I do hope it is the first. That I in some way have learned 'the way of things'. Scary really.

Ah yes and so we are one less person in the house also, my dear German friend moved to Blomendal. Which reminds me that I soon have to find something also. Will have a look around. Well t.b.h. I have already started.

On Valentines day we had dress up-day at work. Only 1 rule. Wear something you normally would not wear to work. So. Ecco!

Finally....

2007-02-19T23:29:00.000+01:00

So. Finally for all my friends out there there is a way of contacting the pokute again.
Were is he these days?? Well he apparently moved to Amsterdam about 10 months ago and according to rumor he is still there. Kicking off with yet another week at work for 'a big american company' technical support. Mo. I guess there will be some pictures here shortly to. A blog with only text is to boring...no? So be prepared, more to come!!