Its hard to believe that the last time I wrote here was back in January. I did mean to write more often, say every month, but of course that has gone by the wayside as per usual.
Anyway tonight seemed a good time to write again. Earlier this week I went on my first date in forever. I met him at work, someone who has come into work regularly for the past few years. In the last few weeks we have exchanged emails and chatted at work. Then we organised to go out. I had forgotten just how nerve-wracking but exciting it can be. We had drinks, dinner and more drinks along the river. We talked for approximately 6 hours, which I found totally amazing seeing I've never seen myself as much of a talker. And he asked me out again next week.
Well, I just needed to share this somewhere.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Achievements of 2007
I have decided that this year I am going to be more prolific when adding to this blog, therefore to start the new year off I thought I would sum up my year of 2007 (in no particular order).
- I went on a major trip to Europe (Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Ireland and England - London). It lasted 4 weeks, was amazing and was my first major overseas trip since 2001 (I don't count New Zealand in 2005).
- I finally got a full-time job after over 3 years of contract work, at the same place I have been working all along.
- I finally purchased a new car, after talking about it for the last year or so. Its the new Hyundai i30 in a lovely red colour.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Life
Needless to say I haven't expanded on my holidays and now I don't think I will. So much has happened since I came back that my holiday seems a blur, and would be confusing for all concerned. If viewing this the following link, http://picasaweb.google.com/klperris/BalkansIrelandLondon2007, will take you to my album of photos from the holiday.
My big news of the past few months is I am now a permanent staff member. I have spent the past 3 1/2 years at the same business, moving from contract to contract. Then recently a permanent position opened up and myself and another woman had to apply for the position. I was the successful person. Apparently my interview went very well (although I didn't think so) and the panel was impressed with my commitment so I think I will be in the position for a few years now. I hate interviews and selection criteria so am happy to stay here for the near future.
My big news of the past few months is I am now a permanent staff member. I have spent the past 3 1/2 years at the same business, moving from contract to contract. Then recently a permanent position opened up and myself and another woman had to apply for the position. I was the successful person. Apparently my interview went very well (although I didn't think so) and the panel was impressed with my commitment so I think I will be in the position for a few years now. I hate interviews and selection criteria so am happy to stay here for the near future.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Life after holidays
Its hard to believe that in just a day I will be back at work and then it will seem like a dream. The tour of the Balkans (Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania) was hectic, tiring but enjoyable. I was amazed that a lot of the historic buildings were only from 18th or 19th century, and of these buildings a lot had been rebuilt in the 'style of' using original plans. Mind you, considering the amount of times these countries have been in conflict it is not so surprising. The weather was hot for the first week and we had one day of rain early on. The scenery was great and the towns were pretty.
Ireland was great, in that we had great weather (one damp day) and we got to see all the things we didn't get to see last time (2001 - due to foot & mouth disease). The flowering hanging pots were absolutely beautiful and hung throughout the towns. It gave the towns a festive feel. Mind you I was astounded with all the building that has gone on in the past 6 years. Some of the towns we had visited before were almost unrecognisable.
London was great. Visited the British Library, caught a boat up the river to Greenwich and revisited the Victoria & Albert Museum. It was great to spend some time with my older brother. I'll put some photos up later and expound on the holiday in a bit more detail but I just wanted to put this up as a teaser.
Ireland was great, in that we had great weather (one damp day) and we got to see all the things we didn't get to see last time (2001 - due to foot & mouth disease). The flowering hanging pots were absolutely beautiful and hung throughout the towns. It gave the towns a festive feel. Mind you I was astounded with all the building that has gone on in the past 6 years. Some of the towns we had visited before were almost unrecognisable.
London was great. Visited the British Library, caught a boat up the river to Greenwich and revisited the Victoria & Albert Museum. It was great to spend some time with my older brother. I'll put some photos up later and expound on the holiday in a bit more detail but I just wanted to put this up as a teaser.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Travelling
Its finally come. Tomorrow I leave the country, with my mother, on a month long voyage. First to eastern Europe (Treasures Of The Balkans & Transylvania: Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania), then Ireland and finally London before heading home. Its exciting but also scary. No matter how many time I go overseas I always get nervous when first starting off. There is the packing you have to do before you go, where you ask yourself: Have I packed enough clothes? Have I forgotten anything? etc. Then there is the first flight. I'm not a big fan of flying. I don't get scared but I never feel comfortable flying. Plus I can never sleep on the plane, which is annoying especially when you see all the others sleeping around you. Anyway I will update all when I get back because I do not see myself getting on the internet during the trip.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Organisation
I love this website. Library Thing. Being a bit of an organsiation freak such as CDs and books organised alphabetically I found I liked the idea of this site. Imagine having your books catalogued. I know its sad and it shows I work in a library but I get excited about this and playing around with the website. Just thought I would plug the website for all those people like me.
Being slack
I always intended to use this as a 'letting of steam' place but I also intended it to be used more than it is. I have spent the week interacting with my great aunt. This has had its good points and its bad points. Won't go into this but I have realised there are definitely some family traits or it could just be human nature e.g. such as telling the same stories over and over again even when they have told a hundred times already. You never know who has heard them and who has not.
I have also been working on my MP3 player. I never knew that getting a new hard drive would effect so many things. I have had to totally wipe my MP3 player because I couldn't access the music on it to delete music I know longer wanted and I couldn't listen to the songs I thought I had newly added. Frustration!!!
I have also been working on my MP3 player. I never knew that getting a new hard drive would effect so many things. I have had to totally wipe my MP3 player because I couldn't access the music on it to delete music I know longer wanted and I couldn't listen to the songs I thought I had newly added. Frustration!!!
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