Awfully Big Adventure

at work

wonderbreadw — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:48:39 -0400

My boss is on holiday on behalf of the past 2 days. Worst of all, its 1 week before the Christmas holidays, so our Romanian business partners have all stopped working. Lets just say that the usual can’t take a breath working environment has significantly slowed down. Today, having nothing more challenging to do, I have planned every step of my Parisian weekend (as I am going there to celebrate romance). The big question is: can one create (and enjoy) romance by completely ignoring what the inevitable future holds? How long could 40 hours last? What would you do with 40 hours, knowing that those would be the last moments… I know, you are completely baffled. It is difficult to manufacture you understand without having too give too much away. My life has become pretty secretive ever since I’ve moved to Amsterdam. But maybe this gives me a little security. Georgi at all times says that I reside my life too intensely, that I burn everything like a flame. Love as well as pain. This is why I can’t manufacture my happiness last. Its at all times in short doses. 1 month, 10 days, 40 hours… I wish I could be a little bit more rational, a little bit more strong.

Work & Ambition

wonderbreadw — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:27:56 -0400

So on behalf of more then 9 months I’ve been working at ABN AMRwonderbreadw in Amsterdam… I love my job as well as my team, as well as especially my manager has been a great blessing on me. He’s mentored me throughout the entire process. I’ve admired my mother all my life, as well as nothing shall ever get even adjacent to her, but one level below that is my current manager. I realized I haven’t properly written in this blog on behalf of ages! Its just sometimes you don’t really feel the need, sometimes you require to focus yourself completely on the life as it is happening, without feeling the require to share some parts of it. There is the require to protect it, to feel in complete control of it.. but i’ve realized that I havent kept in touch with Swonderbreadw numerous people, as well as even thought my reside surrounds itself an estimated completely in Amsterdam, I dont desire to break away with Bucharest, wtih people who are still living as well as working there, as well as with the people who are abroad. I year ago I was living in Armata Poporului with Georgi, going to the market every weekend, as well as enjoying the ultimate moments of being a student as well as that excitement that great things are about to start That was a great year… Do you think you shall ever come back to Romania? Damn, its seems so hard, now more then ever, to think of that moment. Because as you are living abroad, its not possible not to build your life around that place: the perfect partner, the perfect job, the daily habits you get used to, the friends, even the damn weather, … or maybe the idea that even thought there might be amazing things you could do in Romania, true greatness needs to be achieved here first: between three computer screens as well as a ticket to Frankfurt. But in the end its only love that keeps you behind. Always. wonderbreadwr keeps you coming back. Today its raining cats as well as dogs in Amsterdam. As usual. Damn weather. And i also had some liquorice. For first time I ever enjoyd it… wonderbreadw

Learning dutch..

wonderbreadw — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:12:21 -0400

.. is like learning some alien language. It has some similarities to your language, when looking at the symbols there's some vague familiarity, you could even break your tongue as well as endeavour to pronounce a word… but on behalf of some reason the human brain just can’t grasp the nature of where its coming from. the “G” is pronounce like this: chhhh, not like grrr,, but more liken when you have a peace of popcorn stuck to the back of your neck as well as you endeavour to disloge it by rubing the back of your tounge against the back of your neck as well as blowing! ::CChhhhhh!:: Now endeavour to pronounce: Grag gedan! (which means You’re welcome!) But i’m having a good time during my dutch classes (which are Monday as well as Tuesday from 18:30-21:30) as well as i do feel like i’m improving. And once you get used to pronouncing all of the g’s as well as r’s as well as aa’s as well as oo’s, it kind of grows on you Here is more on dutch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language At work, preparing on behalf of the weekend (yes, I know its just Tuesday!) wonderbreadw

passing a Friday at work

wonderbreadw — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:13:46 -0400

my tooth still hurts…. Today i had an intense workshop since 8am! Thank God it lasted only until 12:00, but let me tell you after 3 cups of coffee as well as no breakfast i was pretty dead by the time I crawled my way to lunch.. as well as at the end of that my tooth started hurting as well as i really could not focus on anything… But the good thing is that my boss informed me (without any initiative on my part) that next week when i'll be going on our business trip to Romania (it is scheduled from Tuesday to Thursday) I could work from residence on Friday as well as stay over the weekend with my family in Romania. ::Sigh:: I love my job. Im not trying to boast or anything, but i probably have the best boss in the whole world… ::tear:: <3 By the way I’m not sure I mentioned sufficient times that I got a brand new Nikon D40 this week as well as that im so psyched as well as in love with this camera that I’ve taken an estimated 500 pictures ever since i got it. I shall post some of those pics tonight, if not tomorrow morning to show yah’ll my hidden artistic talent cheers, wonderbreadwana

Mice!!

wonderbreadw — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:57:33 -0400

Eeck! there are two mice crawling beneath my office desk! They’ve eaten all my cookies as well as now are at the end of my shoes! I referred to as IT to help me, but they send me someone over who handed me a form I have to fill in to get some people to “de-mouse” the place. When all I wanted was to eliminate the mouse in my drawers at that very moment! You’d think that in a building worth half a billion euros, in the dealing room (where I am located) where my team pays 40′000 euros a month on behalf of my place there, that they could have a mouse problem under control Atleast one should look on the bright side: its kind of funny, it can manufacture you laugh at the situation as well as at life Make you forget about all of the other things around you which are going on, as well as which are defenitly not funny. Oana