Hope(less)

End of January on the beach!

2012-01-29T23:19:00.001+01:00

This is why I love living here, in this tiny spot at the end of the world: because at the end of January it is so hot that the chocolate melts in the car, because you can sit in the sun and feel the incredible warmth touching your skin and because you can take long walks on the beach. Only wearing a cardigan. Oh yeah, life is good.

Sorry, I cannot blog anymore - I got a life now!

2012-01-25T23:30:00.000+01:00

Just kidding, of course, and no offence meant to any blogger on the Net: I still admire you and your blogs and secretly wish to be like you when I grow up ;)

But it has just become difficult to find the right balance in life so I can actually find the time to sit comfortably with a cuppa and be able to write in peace. Especially now that our little family has grown with a little furry member (our pet dwarf rabbit Buttons, who by the way is growing fast so he won't be a dwarf soon), free time is really scarce. Do not get me wrong - I am loving every minute of it, work and Scouts and home time and all. But I do sometimes miss having too much me-time on my hands!Even as I write this, I am sitting on a window sill in our Scouts headquarters, waiting for Mr G. to finish his Explorer Scouts meeting!

There is one funny thing to mention here. When I first started dating Mr G., I was the Internet and laptop freak. I would get an anxiety attack if being offline for more than 12 hours. He would have a real life and maybe check his Facebook / e-mail once a week, sometimes not even that. He would not think of using Google but would phone and ask his friends / someone who might know. I would be online all the time, even blogging occasionally but with zero interest in page views, average time spent etc. whatsoever.

Nearly a year and a half later, we seem to have swapped roles. While I cook or am busy with my Beaver Scouts or am outside having a real life, he would be blogging and checking the traffic sources and the page views and worrying if his blog didn't get enough hits.

Am I contageous or has someone secretly swapped our minds?

Sharing is caring

2011-11-07T21:44:00.002+01:00

Ok, I admit I am pretty shit at regular blogging, or so it seems - this time I have no excuse though so let's get to the point.

It has been a little over a week now that me and Prince Charming have been living together and I just wanted to share with everyone how wonderful it has been so far!

It's the little things that matter most now: Him being home when I come back from work. A cup of coffee in bed on a lazy weekend. Having him around to tuck me in bed when I'm not feeling well and kissing me despite my efforts to keep my flu-germs to myself ('Sharing is caring', philosophically says he and still kisses me!). Me and him sitting back to back (in our spare bedroom slash storage room slash office) while I'm working and he is playing computer games (the game is apparently Star Wars, not WALL·E, DUH! Big deal, if you ask me). Even now I find it cute that he is dying of curiousity and trying to sneak behind me after being warned he cannot read until the post is ready. The list can go on but just in case you are already bored with our little everyday things, I will cut it short here.

I am happy - it's a pure bliss with him.

Girl next door

2010-11-11T22:58:00.005+01:00

Or in our case, the pigglet next door!

Today, a colleague of mine at work went down to the garage for his morning cigarette and spotted this little cutie on the other side of the fence:

When I first saw it (first on photos, then in person), I couldn't stop thinking: something like this can only happen in Gibraltar, where the main road to the continent crosses a runway, where stray dogs are replaced by stray monkeys, where it is cloudy on one side of the street and sunny on the other one.

Anyways, back to our little neighbour. Not long after we discovered the pig, pork recipes started circulating in the office, together with the occasional: Awwwww! Me, being most concerned about his well-being, soon figured he is a pig and since pigs are always hungry, he is hungry. He seemed to agree and eagerly ate all the bread I gave him. He left with a full tummy and a happy Oink! and I left with a new little friend. Yay!

The house is new, so the fun is new too!

2010-05-17T20:37:00.004+02:00

We finally moved to the new flat in Gib and are still settling down. Though moving itself is no fun, living with Robert and Andra seems to be quite funny ;) And living in Gib is indeed a great relief for us all!

I will not bore you with more moving details but will share just a few dialogues ;)

Me: Robert, what are you heating in the microwave?
Robert: Ice cream.
Me: What?
Robert: It's too cold.
Me: *facepalm*

Robert: Why is the microwave not working? It was working last night!
Me: We unplugged it from the power socket since we needed the UK to EU converter.
Robert: I'll fix it with a spoon. (Here he takes a metal spoon from one of the drawers and tries to shove it in the electrical plug. At this point I'm already in full dismay and leave the scene.)

Fun fun fun! :D

Battery full!

2010-03-28T23:29:00.004+02:00

The weekend is now over and for the first time in a while it feels like I have managed to recharge for a busy week ahead.

Now just a few shorties before I go to sleep:

* The summer arrived and as a result I have one red half of my body - tanning/sunburn never seems to be even!

* Farming on Facebook is now apparently a full time job. Took me an hour to accept 1/3 of all the received gifts. Had to expand the farm, sell so many decorations and got bored.

* Season 5 of How I Met Your Mother is brilliant. I just wish my Internet were faster and I could download it all :(

* Moving to Gib in a month. After some drama and us going to real estate hell, we finally have a place in Europlaza to call ours.

* Summer holiday (or at least a part of it) is now fully booked - arriving in Sofia on June 25th and staying till July 6th with a bit of work inbetween!

* I am a proud owner of an iPod touch. My bank account suffers a lil from that - who knew that the iTunes store is sooo addictive for apps!

Now have a good night!

Hunting season is over!

2010-03-23T00:42:00.003+01:00

Flat hunting is exhausting. Flat hunting is also very boring and stressful. Flat hunting is something I would not want to do again for a very long time.

Thankfully, we finally found a flat in Gibraltar. The two weeks of constantly running around the whole place (Ok, I admit, it is a small place but nevertheless!), calling agencies, pretending you are not disgusted by the place you are being shown or crept out by the "lovely" view over the Hebrew cemetery in a designer living room are finally over.

Right when we were getting desperate (me especially since neither of my 2 future flatmates liked the flat I fell in love with because of a lovely 2 level, very princess & fairy-tale-like room which would have been mine), we found The place. It was the last apartment we had to see and none of us had any hope. But Bam! We are moving in in a month! Great locations, beautiful view over the marina, spacious rooms, what else can one ask for...

Now I can finally relax and sleep ;) Good night!

Nice to meet you or...

2010-03-14T03:03:00.002+01:00

What do you say to someone you have known and worked with for a year but you have never seen? Is Nice to meet you appropriate, since you already know each other? Or should you say Nice to see you? Or just Hi? There seems to be no social protocol for such occasions - when you finally put a face behind a person you have been in touch with online for a while, or I can't seem to find any that matches and does not sound awkward.

Well, whichever it is - it was lovely meeting a colleague from the German office today. Have a safe trip home, Bjoern!

Robbery at the EPT in Berlin and a video

2010-03-07T20:31:00.003+01:00

This weekend was full of events. First we had a welcome party for the new starters in the company on Friday - it was a huge success and I am not saying this only because I organized it ;)

Stefan also made an awesome video from the party! Look for the rabbit (yes, I am also appearing a few times):

Then while we were sleeping undisturbed after the party, there was a robbery at the European Poker Tour in Berlin! Noone got hurt but it did scare everyone who was present in the casino at this point.

I was peacefully shopping in Marbella at that point so thankfully I did not worry too much for my friends who were there but I am hoping for less action at the coming poker events this year.

Bank holiday in Gib tomorrow and movie time now - later!

Diary of a weekend

2010-02-28T12:08:00.007+01:00

The winning paintball team!

Friday, 9.30 pm: Off to Lars' "See you soon" party.

Saturday, 6.30 am: I arrive home, still drunk. Dancing all night after a long working week is not a good idea after all. Off to bed at 7.00 am.

Saturday, 12.00 pm: Alarm clock goes off.

Saturday, 2.20 pm: We head to Sotogrande/Guadiaro to play paintball. Still slightly drunk.

Saturday, 3.00 pm: We are lost in the middle of nowhere, no signs and no clue where to go. Noone is picking up the phone either. Stressy.

Saturday, 3.30 pm: We already have the suits & masks on, that gun is heavy! I need a break before we start. Also, I am team captain and our strategy is: Shoot Joakim!!!

Saturday, 4.30 pm: My mask is steaming up and I can't see anything. I'll just shoot if I see movement. Ha, I havent been shot yet.

Saturday, 5.30 pm: I got shot on the head. I will sue the other team if it leads to brain damage. Let's go home?

Saturday, 6.30 pm: Starts raining like hell, thank God everyone else is also tired. Time to go home. We won btw. 5:0, ha!

Saturday, 8.00 pm: Baked a frozen pizza while showering. Now eat and go to bed.

Sunday, 11.00 am: My feet still hurt, I am dead tired and on top of it, I can't move my right arm. This gun sure is heavy.

Sunday, 12.20 pm: One coffee later the world seems like a better place. Some work, dinner with friends and early in bed!

See you all next week!

Only or already?

2010-02-24T21:32:00.003+01:00

I realized I am getting older when instead of only I mentioned already together with the time. Walking back from work with N1vlem, we looked at the clock and the comments were: "It is only 9pm." and "It is already 9pm." He went home to play poker and stay up late, I went home to take a shower and go to bed with John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" and/or the latest episodes of House M.D.. Sad, I know.

At least the sun is back! That does make me one happy bunny! Let's see how long till it rains again - keep your fingers crossed for sun, please. The population of PokerStrategy.com in Gibraltar and I will appreciate it. No, honestly - we will.

On a side note - I have always (ever since childhood) been bothered by the fact that lollipops contain so much sugar that they are one of the worst things that can happen to you (health- and teeth-wise). Well, good news, everyone - there are finally sugar free lollipops on the market. Enjoy!

What are the odds

2010-02-21T21:14:00.003+01:00

... of seeing a Bulgarian car (from my home town) just round the corner from my place in Southern Spain? Well, not high, I guess, so it made me smile...

... unlike the weather which has been awful in the last 3 months. Constant rain really lets these little depressed and depressing thoughts crawl into your mind and settle down neatly. Sun, wherever you are hiding, please come back to "sunny" Spain. We miss you!

Look at the stars...

2010-02-12T19:16:00.002+01:00

...look how they shine for you...

Coldplay in the taxi to work 2 days in a row, and on the two days when I actually woke up early and was not in the mood for the usual flamenco/reggaeton/cheap Spanish music on full blast.

Work work work work work work in office.

Finally an owner of a tennis racket but also annoyed the constant rain which seems to never want to leave Gib.

Not too much time for anything else, especially sleep.

Will blog when something nice happens. Might not be soon.

Random

2010-02-01T20:09:00.002+01:00

Just a few things I wanted to share...

...The Dutch word for English is Engels which apart from the language, means angels. Nice, isn't it?

...I usually speak German without thinking too much about it and without making too many mistakes. I recently noticed that whenever someone says anything nice about my German, I start trying (unconsciously, of course) to prove him/her wrong. I start making mistakes, hesitate and stutter. Weird.

...Limo rides are not as exciting as people think. I got champagne all over me (thanks, Melvin) & didn't enjoy it as much afterwards! However, Saturday was fun and it was good having Rogier, Twisted1984, TychoVe and Pinowww here! The Dutchier, the merrier ;)

Stroopwafels - nom nom

2010-01-27T21:13:00.003+01:00

A few weeks ago I was bitterly criticized by my Dutch colleagues at work that I am obsessed with stroopwafels. One of the questions was why I am making such a big fuss about them since there is nothing special about a stroopwafel. Of course, all the logical arguments I provided as to why one should absolutely love this masterpiece of the Dutch cuisine were discarded immediately.

It felt like explaining to an Eskimo that even one word for snow would suffice - it was useless. Since then I decided to love stroopwafels secretly and not mention it at all. And I had forgotten all about it until yesterday - I was randomly clicking on stats on my Google Analytics page (which I started using recently and wow - someone in New York read me, yay!) when I discovered that someone clicked my blog after googling stroopwafels!

This just proves my point - stroopwafels ARE great! Ha!

// Image from: 101 Cookboks

It's one of these days...

2010-01-26T21:10:00.001+01:00

... when you realize you don't want exciting things to happen to you so often. Even after you have thought for a while that nothing exciting happens to you. I do like my boring life, mind you. Exciting is not always good!

... when finally someone dedicates something to you (secretly but you still know it is you!) and it is only to tell you that you are a bitch. Well, I'm sorry I'm such a bitch.

... when you actually manage to have a whole (proper!) conversation about the weather in Spanish and then notice that the neighbour you have been talking to you is currently smoking a spliff. In the hallway of your apartment building. Has that helped him understand me?

... when someone you care a lot about says: I wish I were an animal on your farm on Facebook, then I would see more of you. I'm really sorry for that, mum!

Back to "sunny" Spain

2010-01-10T21:47:00.000+01:00

I am back to Spain / Gib where the sun is supposed to shine all the time. Why else would this area be called Costa del sol? But surprise: it has been raining almost non stop since I came back from my holidays. It is also very very cold (or at least it feels like that because of the permanent tornado-like wind). Not impressed with the weather at all.

Anyways, turns out nothing stopped functioning while I was gone. Isn't that a shame? You think you make a difference but the world goes on with or without you. You think you play a role but it is amazing how easily you get replaced... *Sigh*

But enough thinking - time to cuddle up under my duvet and watch some Pushing Daisies (thanks to Ina for that - miss you loads already) and get enough sleep to prepare for another busy week at work (incl. training of some noobs - will be fun!). See you soon!

New Year's Dialogues

2010-01-01T19:55:00.000+01:00

[00:22:17] Nadia Ivanova: happy new year
[00:22:18] Nadia Ivanova: :)
[00:22:52] xxxxx: thx
[00:22:54] xxxxx: not yet here though
[00:23:03] Nadia Ivanova: weell
[00:23:09] Nadia Ivanova: be bulgarian for a bit :P
[00:23:29] xxxxx: thanks, but no thank you
[00:23:29] xxxxx: :D
[00:24:14] Nadia Ivanova: :D
[00:29:38] xxxxx: so I probably seem like the biggest geek now
[00:29:45] xxxxx: since I'm at home at the computer :D
[00:29:49] Nadia Ivanova: du-uh
[00:29:57] Nadia Ivanova: where am i?
[00:30:12] Nadia Ivanova: :D
[00:32:55] xxxxx: yes
[00:32:58] xxxxx: but you are a geek
[00:32:59] xxxxx: :D
[00:33:04] Nadia Ivanova: well
[00:33:15] Nadia Ivanova: i am a soon-to-be-drunk geek
[00:33:19] Nadia Ivanova: that makes it a bit better :D
[00:33:27] xxxxx: hehe

Happy New Year, everyone :)

My new look!

2009-12-27T09:42:00.000+01:00

Ta daaa! I am now not only a proud farmer on Facebook (which would not have happened if I wasn't spending so much time at home) but also a farmer with short hair! Yes, I finally did it. After months of thinking to cut my hair short, yesterday was the big day. And here is the result (ok, it is a bit blurred but you get the picture):

Today I am looking forward to spending the day with some friends, visiting my most favourite places from our high school times. Great times they were! So see you guys later! :)

Merry Christmas, everyone! :)

2009-12-25T20:52:00.000+01:00

In the last few days I was too busy sipping mulled wine, eating gingerbread cookies, opening presents and relaxing, which I am also planning to do again now, so just a short Merry Christmas to all and a great year ahead!

I met the community!

2009-12-23T15:15:00.000+01:00

Yay, I finally met the community! Last night I had a couple of beers with a few of our members, part of the Bulgarian Community of PokerStrategy.com! It was great to meet them all and I hope they had fun too!

We talked about poker, poker rooms, poker pros and PokerStrategy.com and all in all it was a very nice evening, despite the cold in Sofia!

Here is a photo of all of us:

Hope to see you again soon, guys!

Ha! I shall be famous in Sweden!

2009-12-22T17:57:00.001+01:00

Ok, we finally made it to the top. To the top of a list of links to blogs on another blog, that is!

Since this last sentence sounds rather confusing, let me explain. My friend and co-worker Joakim (who btw looks better with shorter hair, no offence mate!) decided that we (my blog and me) deserve to be linked on his blog. And so we are on top, listed first under PS.com Friends blogs!!!

It is so very exciting to be famous in Sweden and not only (and a lot of people read Joakim's blog) that I am not speechless. So here is one photo of Joakim at the PokerStrategy.com Xmas Party '09 for an end of this post:

My bunny has no talent!

2009-12-18T01:42:00.000+01:00

I decided to turn my bunny into a circus bunny. After all, he is big enough to earn his living and a career in circus is not a bad thing.

However, after desperately trying to make him jump through rings, I discovered that his only real talent is to play dead. Not only didn't he want to jump through the metal rings (which I did NOT even set on fire despite the fact that it would have been way more spectacular) but he also ran away from me, hid under the sofa and to thank me for my effort, bit me! And I was only trying to make him usefel...

Here, have a look at the ungrateful bastard (playing dead, of course):

Gib pounds is not money!

2009-12-17T14:17:00.000+01:00

...at least not according to my Bulgarian bank. I tried to exchange some Gibraltar pounds yesterday (because stupidly enough, I did not check what bills I got from Natwest and to be honest, it never crossed my mind that the Gib ones would not be accepted) and ended up still having pounds when I left the bank.

As you can imagine, I was not happy. Please, Miss World 2009 -
Kaiane Aldorino, make the Gib government stop printing these funny money with monkeys on them and start making normal UK money.

I am asking you, Kaiane, since you seem to be the most important person in Gib these days. Have fun celebrating with the whole of Gib tonight and please do not forget the money issue!

No more promises this time!

2009-12-16T00:37:00.001+01:00

Ok, I will not promise anything this time. I am probably the worst blogger ever because I never blog regularly but I always promise this is the last big break between the posts.

But now I finally have some time so here a few short notices:

I am on holiday. A proper, 3-week holiday, the first real one in a year. Feels weird and wrong. I know Dessi will do a great job without me but not being involved in anything is making me feel nervous. I hope it will be better in a few days.

People still clasp when a plane lands safely at Sofia airport. Wonder whether they shout loud and swear when the landing isn't smooth.

My pet bunny is fat and hairy. But I still love him. Here he is:

It is cold in Sofia. As in freakishly cold. I almost froze the moment I landed today.

We decorated the house. It looks really pretty now. My sister also tried to decorate me. Didnt work out so well. See yourself:

Now it is time to finally catch up with some sleep. A lot of friend-meeting tomorrow and maybe some shopping. I am on holiday after all... See you soon!

Booo!

2009-06-16T23:49:00.000+02:00

Ok, I am a bit ashamed. But also proud. Not many people can desert their blogs as often as I do. And not many people will make a new promise every time that this will never happen again. But I do.

So, let me summarize the past few months.

A. I finally quit my job at PartyGaming. After the few days of initial guilt and second thoughts, I have not regretted my decision for a moment since. There is life outside PartyPoker, not enough bonuses and lost transactions! And its a cool life too...

B. I started a new job - as a Community Manager for the most successful and biggest professional poker school - PokerStrategy.com. The people who have never had a bad day at work as a CSA in a gaming company don't know this site. The others do - and believe, probably still shiver if their name is mentioned.

C. I finally went to Barcelona and fell in love with the city. All the teeny tiny streets in the centre, with all the old big houses, all of Gaudi's bizarre but brilliant ideas, the Strawberry Mojitos in an Irish pub. Some day I will be back. To stay.

D. I rediscovered my love for South Park. These boys touch my heart deeply. And my sense of humour. I'm loving it! And the people in the DVD shops love me for buying their crap.

E. I discovered I don't wanna get old. I am again the baby in the company, but I will be 22 in only 2 months. Seems scary to me. Life is so much easier when you are 21. Or 20. Or 3.

Ok, now I need to focus on the important things in life. Such as Terry Pratchett, some Mini Stroopwaffels (I discovered them in the local Spanish supermarket, as advised by Mirjam - the most Dutch person of the dutch guys around here. Thanks, Mirjam! You da man!), and finally some sleep.

And before I forget - I promise I will blog more often ;)

Gibolution

2009-01-16T19:28:00.000+01:00

... or my evolution in Gib:

8 months ago we pretended to be planes taking off while crossing the runway. Now we laugh at the people who do it.

8 months ago I thought it is very weird that a road is crossing a live plane runway. Now it seems quite natural to me.

8 months ago I thought it is very exciting to cross a border every day. Now I get annoyed of showing my passport and purse contents 2-3 times a day.

8 months ago all I knew in Spanish was 'Me gustas tu', thanks to Manu Chao. Now I even understand a little bit when people speak to me and can speak a little bit too.

8 months ago I found the one big happy family (of everyone who works/lives in Gib) a nice idea. Now I very often wish there was more privacy.

And many more. Funny things cross your mind when you walk ALL the way home and cross a runway and a border halfway through ;)

Miracles happen at Christmas...

2008-12-28T19:57:00.000+01:00

I have always been quite skeptic about miracles and whether they happen or not. I suppose I have always believed in them but never said it out loud.

Anyways, this year I wished for snow for Christmas - after living in a warmer climate for some months, snow seemed like a good idea. I kept making jokes about ordering the weather I like and was sure that there would be no snow as it had not snowed much (rather at all) this winter.

So everyone can imagine how amazed I was when it started snowing only 2 hours after I landed in Sofia. Stopped the next day and I said to myself - it will melt by Christmas and it will not be white anymore.

And again - started snowing on Christmas day again! The most peacefully falling, white and beautiful snow!

Miracles do happen... We simply need to believe in them...

Dear Santa...

2008-12-24T19:53:00.000+01:00

Dear Santa,

I swear I was not naughty at all this year. I was actually quite nice!

Oh come on, lets face it - I know you see everyone and have a list (which you check twice) so you probably know how naughty I was... Sorry for lying...

Anyways, remember how last year I asked you for a car? And said I will take care of the drivers license? Well, this year all I ask for is a drivers license (a Spanish one, please). I'll get the car myself...

Also, please tell us where to find the whitest beach ever - our decent men will be waiting there for us...

That is all. And next year I promise I will be nice :)

Thanks, Santa :)

P.S. Please tell the dwarfs they rock ;)

Proud to be Bulgarian!

2008-11-27T00:30:00.000+01:00

I'll get that printed out on a Tshirt. And on a coffee mug. And on stickers that I will be sticking at random spots in office. And on a jumper. And everywhere I can.

We might not be a really great nation, we might not have invented thousands of useful things, we might have a small, not very populated country, we might have lost a few wars (and won none), we might be generally poor and miserable. We might be internationally unknown.

But I am still proud to be Bulgarian. No matter what people say.

And anyways, you cannot really choose where to be born, can you?

¡Soy una idiota!

2008-11-14T00:13:00.000+01:00

Ever since moving to Southern Spain, I am struggling to learn the language. Of course, no success so far, otherwise I would not have been moaning so much lately.

My Spanish teacher, Sheila, is still optimistic and deeply convinced I will be fluent sooner or later. I look at her, wonder why certain people are so naive and quietly keep nodding to her when she speaks Spanish to me.

Anyways, seems like I learn stuff once in a while. Now I can finally say out loud: ¡Soy una idiota! . Fair enough after spending 6 months here, aint it?

I told you so!

2008-11-05T00:30:00.000+01:00

It takes at least 4 midnight phone calls with the English Customer Service team of Vodafone Espana to get your phone working properly. At least for now.

They are pretty impressed with the fact I start reciting my name, phone number and passport number before even being asked for, I myself am impressed with the fact no one can help me for more than 24 hours. 

I am already used to the rules of Spain: manana, tranquillo, espere. But sometimes you really want to send this text now - saying I love you to someone you know needs it desperately, saying Good night to someone who does not expect it and will like the surprise or just saying Hi. And the text fails and fails and fails, your touch screen suddenly stops working and Victor does not understand the sarcasm in your voice.

This is when that tiny bit of you which doubted your decision of moving to the end of the world grins at you and says I told you so.

Page killer? WTF?

2008-10-28T22:42:00.000+01:00

I started using Google Chrome a few weeks back and till yesterday had almost nothing to complain about (apart from the fact that I cannot blog properly using it - the HTML does not really do what I want it to do).

But today it made me laugh so much I will stop complaining at all. My internet was really bad and therefore Facebook was causing trouble as well. Then I got this pop-up:

Cute, ain't it?

Lucky number three

2008-10-26T06:43:00.000+01:00

Just when you think things in your life are finally starting to go the right way, the impossible will definetely happen.

First I missed my flight from London to Gibraltar. I knew that everything will be all right and I will reach home safe and hopefully soon but a part of me was screaming: 'Panick, for God's sake! Thats what people have to do in such a situation.' So after being calm for about 5 minutes, I gave up and panicked. The agents from Easyjet did add to my panick, telling me with their widest smiles that the next flight will be on the next day. Staying in London even without a proper plug for my laptop & without my Spanish phone (whch thanks to Vodafone and the 'manana policy' was deactivated on the same day I flew to Sofia) did not seem too tempting.

After finally arriving home a whole day later I was laughing at me already. Only 2 days later, on a glorious Saturday morning I woke up at 5.30 am to find out both my internet connection and phone have been cut off. I had recieved a text the previous night that there is something wrong with my bill but I was convinced I have enough money on my bank account (my bank statement had arrived a day earlier confirming the same) so everything seemed to be fine.

Later the same day, at the Vodafone office I was told that for some reason my bill is not paid and I have to wait till Monday to pay. That was a prospect for a bright weekend without any connection to the outer world.

I was starting to think there is not much more that can possibly go wrong. Turned out I have been wrong Texting Rene at what I was thought was 10 to 7 am I realised today is the last Sunday of October - Daylight saving time change. I had only one chance to sleep an hour more this year and I blew it up.

Arriving in office an hour earlier Rene told me bad things usually happen in threes. I will keep that in mind and will quietly wait for the good thing that will make it up.

Finally in English

2008-10-24T20:05:00.000+02:00

A few friends have been asking me to start blogging in English as well but so far it did not feel natural, in a way. But since I am already settling in Gib and kind of adopting the English speaking lifestyle I felt I no longer have an excuse.

So there we are. Whoever expects me to blog regularly and in an extremely interesting way will probably be deeply disappointed. I am a generally boring person living a boring little life in a boring little country.

But for those who survive, I will do my best. Enjoy :)