Yeaaaah, finally Friday
Long long week. I never thought it was gonna end. At least not the work week...now it's finally weekend!
Carl has a friend over from Limerick. I will go out and have a few beers with them in a few min, have dressed up nicely and stuff already. Ready to get pissed... ;)
So many things have happened this week, so I really need to vent. But I can't get too drunk since I'm gonna play basketball tomorrow. And on Sunday it's Kamilas birthday :D need to find her a present.
Anywho, I had one of these thingies this morning. You know when you suddenly are aware of how alive you are. And I saw everything and I was just happy that I am living the life I am.
There have been and a lot of bumps on the road, and I have a few in front of me, but still, I really really enjoy my life here in Ireland. Except the rain. And no, I'm not drunk yet ;) haven't started drinking yet.
But I need to go, don't want to be too late...and need to find a pair of shoes to wear and a bag..
Cheers!
Carl has a friend over from Limerick. I will go out and have a few beers with them in a few min, have dressed up nicely and stuff already. Ready to get pissed... ;)
So many things have happened this week, so I really need to vent. But I can't get too drunk since I'm gonna play basketball tomorrow. And on Sunday it's Kamilas birthday :D need to find her a present.
Anywho, I had one of these thingies this morning. You know when you suddenly are aware of how alive you are. And I saw everything and I was just happy that I am living the life I am.
There have been and a lot of bumps on the road, and I have a few in front of me, but still, I really really enjoy my life here in Ireland. Except the rain. And no, I'm not drunk yet ;) haven't started drinking yet.
But I need to go, don't want to be too late...and need to find a pair of shoes to wear and a bag..
Cheers!
Interview done, next on the list - Chris moving in
So I applied for the ER position (Executive relation) two weeks ago. And last week, after being quite a bit nervous about it, I received an email saying I had been chosen to come for an interview.
Of around 100 applicants, we were between 5 and 10 people who actually got an interview. I was PROUD! :)
And happy! But I got this email on Thursday afternoon and the interview was on Tuesday. Went directly to my manager who cursed since we had so little (?!) time to prepare me for the interview. He gave me advise, I then went home even more stressed out.
Friday was spent with Zarah who works for ER since a few months back and she gave me some info about the job they do. And I met another manager who worked for ER and he cursed as well when I told him when the interview was...
I went home that Friday and didn't have anything but ER in my mind. Prepared the whole weekend for all the normal questions you get, but also to present myself and sell myself since I have done so many different things in all my projects.
Sunday I relaxed and went and saw Avatar with Carl. Awesome movie! Want to see it again.
Spent Monday obsessing about the interview and preparing again, everybody has all the time been saying "you'll get it, no problem", but the problem here is that even if I was good enough to get through to the final few, the ones that were called for interview, probably are VERY good as well.
Spent Monday after work trying to find clothes to wear. Didn't want to be to dressed up, but still, needed to show that I am going for an interview. Found some clothes and went to bed.
Obsessed the whole morning today about the interview. Got to the interview and we had a great time. I spoke non-stop for about 50 min, and they said in the end that the interview went fine. Exhausted, I thanked them and left the room, with the information that I now will have to wait for up to two weeks before I get a yes or a no. Yey.
At least the interview is now over and I can't do anything more about it, but I hope that I showed that I would be great. All people up there who know me, have sold me to them as well, so I might have a tiny advantage there :)
We'll see..
Now, I'm off to bed. My head is empty.
Oh, and by the way, I got accepted to the Finnish course in July this year in Helsinki :D so I will spend two weeks in Helsinki studying! Awesome!
The last thing was that Chris, the Danish guy in our team, is moving in with me on Saturday. He is leaving Ireland in about a month and will be living with me until he finish Apple and goes home. THAT is gonna be interesting :)
Of around 100 applicants, we were between 5 and 10 people who actually got an interview. I was PROUD! :)
And happy! But I got this email on Thursday afternoon and the interview was on Tuesday. Went directly to my manager who cursed since we had so little (?!) time to prepare me for the interview. He gave me advise, I then went home even more stressed out.
Friday was spent with Zarah who works for ER since a few months back and she gave me some info about the job they do. And I met another manager who worked for ER and he cursed as well when I told him when the interview was...
I went home that Friday and didn't have anything but ER in my mind. Prepared the whole weekend for all the normal questions you get, but also to present myself and sell myself since I have done so many different things in all my projects.
Sunday I relaxed and went and saw Avatar with Carl. Awesome movie! Want to see it again.
Spent Monday obsessing about the interview and preparing again, everybody has all the time been saying "you'll get it, no problem", but the problem here is that even if I was good enough to get through to the final few, the ones that were called for interview, probably are VERY good as well.
Spent Monday after work trying to find clothes to wear. Didn't want to be to dressed up, but still, needed to show that I am going for an interview. Found some clothes and went to bed.
Obsessed the whole morning today about the interview. Got to the interview and we had a great time. I spoke non-stop for about 50 min, and they said in the end that the interview went fine. Exhausted, I thanked them and left the room, with the information that I now will have to wait for up to two weeks before I get a yes or a no. Yey.
At least the interview is now over and I can't do anything more about it, but I hope that I showed that I would be great. All people up there who know me, have sold me to them as well, so I might have a tiny advantage there :)
We'll see..
Now, I'm off to bed. My head is empty.
Oh, and by the way, I got accepted to the Finnish course in July this year in Helsinki :D so I will spend two weeks in Helsinki studying! Awesome!
The last thing was that Chris, the Danish guy in our team, is moving in with me on Saturday. He is leaving Ireland in about a month and will be living with me until he finish Apple and goes home. THAT is gonna be interesting :)
What happened 2009? And a brand new start 2010?
So, a short summary of what happened 2009.
The year started of quite well, except me and my boyfriend that is. New year was dreadful. Had an awesome night, was at a Scandinavian party, went home around 4am and had to call him since he had the only keys (he had lost his own). He let me wait outside for half an hour when he said "five minutes" and we had a big big fight. Great start.
Was home in February and didn't see any of my friends, only family. Had and awesome time with my sister. And it was nice just to be home.
In April or something, Mia left for Norway :( which was very sad since she was my closest friend here. But now I can go visit her there :)
Time passed and in May, me and my boyfriend moved to a beautiful flat together with a close friend of ours. Tore managed to loose half of my things while I was in Sweden since my sister graduated!! :)
I was upset for a while, but it was probably for the best, now I have less stuff... ;)
And me and the boyfriend...in September I decided to move out. And on my birthday I moved to my own flat. That was great and I had a flat all for myself. Could walk around naked in it if I wanted to.. :D
My birthday was quite nice as well, spent it with my closest friend Kamila (Swede) and her German boyfriend Lars.
In the beginning of October, I adopted Odin, my rescue cat from Animal Care Society. That, since I had decided to stay here for a while. Odin has FIV (feline AIDS), is about 9 years old, have only a few teeth left and is almost one-eyed. I love him sooo much!
And the big blow came! The boyfriend/exboyfriend (don't know which we were really) told me that the flatmate, our close friend, had left the country and not paid the rent for 6 months. We had paid him every month, but apparently he had just decided to keep the money for himself.
A lot of stress, a lot of hunting down, and finally, with a lot of help, we found him in Norway and he promised to pay that back. Seems to be ok at the moment.
In the beginning of December, I took another cat, now named Mimir, as a fostercat. I was only gonna have him for a few weeks. Lovely cat. About two years old, has FIV as well, and is missing a toe. Me love him too!
Christmas came and no Christmas feeling or gifts...spent Christmas alone, with the cats.
New year was great. It was quiet, spent it with Melinda (a Swedish friend) and her boyfriend (Dutch) + another Dutch guy.
So how was it partywise? It was awesome. Went to several Apple parties. Met a lot of nice people there. The last few months were the "worst". Living alone, I can do whatever I want :)
I think I needed it though with all the shit going on around me...
All in all, I think 2009 was a tough year. I don't think I have ever experienced anything like that before. Thank god it is over!
So what about 2010?
Well, my sister turned 20 on 8th of January. Now she's a big girl! :) And I will turn 25 later this year. Crazy huh?
I have applied for another position in Apple, hopefully I'll get it. Otherwise I'll start looking around for something else. Need to get out of CR, feel like I have done everything and know almost everything now. Need a new challenge.
And Thursday this week, a competition started. Me and a lot of people in Apple, have grouped up in teams and now, the following 6 weeks, will be focused on losing weight. It's a competition between teams and between individuals in the team. Awesome! So at the moment, I am actually quite focused. We'll see if I manage to loose something, but anyway, I'll probably get out of this a little bit healthier, and that's the most important.
And earlier today, I went to Apple and played basketball. And I must say, when I left Apple after a long shower and sitting in the sauna, I was completely happy. It was a beautiful day, and I love basketball. So sad that it have taken me 1,5 year before I actually joined the basketball team. And I wasn't bad. They were impressed :D
And I was impressed that I still could play.
BUT, now I can barely move. All my muscles ache and I don't even want to think about how it will be on Monday...
I am determined that this year is gonna be a great year. It feels strange still to be single, but that is something I will get used to. Some time in the future, I might find someone like Andreas, whom I will fall sooooo crazy in love with. But I will survive in the meantime. It's nice to have time for yourself.
And I can focus on my Finnish studies. I WILL speak very good Finnish by the end of this year!
Cheers!
The year started of quite well, except me and my boyfriend that is. New year was dreadful. Had an awesome night, was at a Scandinavian party, went home around 4am and had to call him since he had the only keys (he had lost his own). He let me wait outside for half an hour when he said "five minutes" and we had a big big fight. Great start.
Was home in February and didn't see any of my friends, only family. Had and awesome time with my sister. And it was nice just to be home.
In April or something, Mia left for Norway :( which was very sad since she was my closest friend here. But now I can go visit her there :)
Time passed and in May, me and my boyfriend moved to a beautiful flat together with a close friend of ours. Tore managed to loose half of my things while I was in Sweden since my sister graduated!! :)
I was upset for a while, but it was probably for the best, now I have less stuff... ;)
And me and the boyfriend...in September I decided to move out. And on my birthday I moved to my own flat. That was great and I had a flat all for myself. Could walk around naked in it if I wanted to.. :D
My birthday was quite nice as well, spent it with my closest friend Kamila (Swede) and her German boyfriend Lars.
In the beginning of October, I adopted Odin, my rescue cat from Animal Care Society. That, since I had decided to stay here for a while. Odin has FIV (feline AIDS), is about 9 years old, have only a few teeth left and is almost one-eyed. I love him sooo much!
And the big blow came! The boyfriend/exboyfriend (don't know which we were really) told me that the flatmate, our close friend, had left the country and not paid the rent for 6 months. We had paid him every month, but apparently he had just decided to keep the money for himself.
A lot of stress, a lot of hunting down, and finally, with a lot of help, we found him in Norway and he promised to pay that back. Seems to be ok at the moment.
In the beginning of December, I took another cat, now named Mimir, as a fostercat. I was only gonna have him for a few weeks. Lovely cat. About two years old, has FIV as well, and is missing a toe. Me love him too!
Christmas came and no Christmas feeling or gifts...spent Christmas alone, with the cats.
New year was great. It was quiet, spent it with Melinda (a Swedish friend) and her boyfriend (Dutch) + another Dutch guy.
So how was it partywise? It was awesome. Went to several Apple parties. Met a lot of nice people there. The last few months were the "worst". Living alone, I can do whatever I want :)
I think I needed it though with all the shit going on around me...
All in all, I think 2009 was a tough year. I don't think I have ever experienced anything like that before. Thank god it is over!
So what about 2010?
Well, my sister turned 20 on 8th of January. Now she's a big girl! :) And I will turn 25 later this year. Crazy huh?
I have applied for another position in Apple, hopefully I'll get it. Otherwise I'll start looking around for something else. Need to get out of CR, feel like I have done everything and know almost everything now. Need a new challenge.
And Thursday this week, a competition started. Me and a lot of people in Apple, have grouped up in teams and now, the following 6 weeks, will be focused on losing weight. It's a competition between teams and between individuals in the team. Awesome! So at the moment, I am actually quite focused. We'll see if I manage to loose something, but anyway, I'll probably get out of this a little bit healthier, and that's the most important.
And earlier today, I went to Apple and played basketball. And I must say, when I left Apple after a long shower and sitting in the sauna, I was completely happy. It was a beautiful day, and I love basketball. So sad that it have taken me 1,5 year before I actually joined the basketball team. And I wasn't bad. They were impressed :D
And I was impressed that I still could play.
BUT, now I can barely move. All my muscles ache and I don't even want to think about how it will be on Monday...
I am determined that this year is gonna be a great year. It feels strange still to be single, but that is something I will get used to. Some time in the future, I might find someone like Andreas, whom I will fall sooooo crazy in love with. But I will survive in the meantime. It's nice to have time for yourself.
And I can focus on my Finnish studies. I WILL speak very good Finnish by the end of this year!
Cheers!
