2007.04.17 | some things i have forgetten to write about last time (and some new things)

omg, it's actually a lot of work maintaining an interesting blog. well, i hope it's interesting in any case. to come up with things to write about on a regular basis is actually quite taxing. but it's quite gratifying when a post is finished.

well i think i'll start with a quick update on the job situation. with that said, i think i messed up my last job interview with the company i wanted to work for. during the phone conversation i was far too relaxed and when came the question of what i see myself doing in the future, i started blabbing on about how i want to start a company and so on. i also let slip that i would remain in the company for 'at least one year'. this was not the answer they were looking for as they want someone for a more permanent position. the next day i called the boss to try and regain his confidence in my commitment to the company, but i think i fucked that up as well. but... i haven't heard anything from them in quite a few days, so that means that i have not been outright rejected yet. anyway, time will tell. if not, i'm sure there are tons of other jobs (i just have to look for them).

something i forgot to mention in my last post was that i went to visit my great grandfather's grave. for those of you that don't remember my earlier post, this is my mother's father's father. this was just before easter. we were not the only family to go visit the grave of a loved one during this time. seems that the holidays spark memories of the people that have left this world and the remaining family members visit their graves with fresh flowers and candle lanterns. the cemetery is quite crowded in terms of grave plot spaces, but it makes up for this with some rather beautiful tombstones and crypts (subject to the family's wealth of course). not only are there many plots per square meter, but the plots themselves can get quite crowded as well. many plots have from two to four family members buried together. my great grandfather's plot, for instance, has three; my great grandfather, his wife and his wife's sister. i don't know any details about the women in the grave, but my great grandfather lived to a very respectable age of 96. if he had lived but 12 hours longer, he would have made it to his 97th birthday. also in this particular cemetery, lies my mother's mother's mother. anyway, there are some photos which you can find at the bottom of this post.

on a lighter note, gareth and i are planning a trip to the netherlands. the main reason for the trip is for us to go and see armin van buuren live during his "a state of trance episode 300" live open air party. it'll be an eight hour party with many other well known djs. gareth and i will be starting in amsterdam where we will stay the night. the next day in the morning we will take a train to den bosch (where the party is located). after the party, we will probably head back to amsterdam (or the hague (which is somewhere close to amsterdam)) for two days and one night. gareth has already got his flight sorted so i must do the same in the very near future. so anyone else in the netherlands area around the 17th of may, you should try and get down to armin's party.

now of a small polish lesson:
the bulk of this lesson is actually covered in a picture about the word "pierdolić". do yourselves a favour and download the picture from picasa because i don't think the magnifying option works correctly (or at least it looks too blocky to read on my computer). the lesson highlights that many uses for one word through the application of various prefixes. for those of faint heart, it might be best to sick this lesson as some of the meanings might not be savoury for your palette.

and another thing i noticed about the polish language. it's not all that strange, it just sounds weird to me if you apply a direct translation. basically, if you're at a store or some other location where you are given a service and you want to thank the person, you would say "dziękują" (thank you). the clerk would then normally respond "proszę bardzo" (please very much). i suppose it makes more sense if you think about it as being "i've very pleased" rather than "please very much". but seeing as i've had no formal training in polish, i don't know if that's actually the case.

kuba out.

my various dead family members

From arb pics