Monthly Archives: November 2007
Meeting
Our manager was still sick so she was not able to join the meeting today. So, D, J and myself went to our Amsterdam office for the meeting. We met the Head of the SSC and also the system Manager.
The 2 accountants are interim and they have never been to Amsterdam office. Now that they had met the other colleagues AND our colleagues from our Rotterdam office, they were satisfied.
Good night
I am exhausted, I am kapot, I am so weak… I can’t think properly now so I might as well leave this machine and go into the dreamland. I have seen so much today and I would be back to see more of yours. But first I need to get up early again tomorrow, have to go to Amsterdam office…
Have a nice day tomorrow. 7 minutes to midnight here. Ciaooo
Please pray for Renee
To anyone who is reading me,
I need your help to pray for Sonja’s cousin Renee. Sonja is a friend from U.S. Hand in hand, we’ll pray together. Please see the message from Sonja here.
Thanks.
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My Mom called me tonight to tell me my cousin, Renee, was taken to the hospital today for awful pain in her head. They took x-rays and found a tumor between her brain and skull. Please pray for her. Tomorrow she will be having more tests. The doctors say it is actually in a good spot to possibly shrink without surgery, but will know more after test results come in. Renee’s husband is a pastor and Renee’s mom, my mom’s sister, is a VERY strong prayer warrior. God can work miracles so lets get those prayers going! Thanks!
God bless you.
Sonja
Planning for December onwards
It’s almost there. We are almost at the end. My holiday is approved. This year I still have 10 days holiday left. We can only carry over 5 days to next year and the rest to be taken in the current year. Since I will be very very busy with the transition projects (the migration of the inventory, the closing books of our client from our system into the big client’s system, the meetings and reviews with the Vice President, the controllers, the sales director, and my project director), I simply cannot take any holidays this year.
Once our big account (one of my “babies”) is gone in December, hopefully we can close the big account totally before Christmas (crossing my fingers), then, we will be busy for the year-end close for 2007. Additional tasks this month, because of the migration from our system to the new system, we will have to clean up all books in all entities. That would be the first 6 days of January. Then, there will be all sorts of reports to be submitted such as the financial reporting package, tax package etc. The auditors will be in from February onwards as well but hopefully I don’t have to be there because all my tasks to all entities that I am responsible for have already been transferred to countries by then.
My last month will be in February and I’ll be gone for “holidays” for 3 weeks. My team will surely switch off the lights at our floor, the tenth.
But first, December… I have just finished updating my CV. Tomorrow I’m going to send to a couple of recuitment agencies. Hopefully I can start job hunting already in December.
To be in a bright side, 
the market in financial world in this country is booming at the moment, so there is nothing to worry about. It is a new era and the corporate world is quite challenging which is why I like to take the risk.
Just missed Salman Rushdie
Talking about books, authors, band, singers and music, I just missed my chance this year. They are not the HR romance authors but all kind of writers.
Last week, there was the crossing border festival 2007 in The Hague. My colleague informed me about this festival because he and I kind of having the same interests: reading books, music (such as acoustics – I am for all type of music), CDs, antiques etc.. After checking from the site and getting the magazine with timetable and all the artists, sent to my house, I wanted to go on Friday for the Scottish night. Unfortunately and this is really really an unfortunate situation, I forgot to get the online ticket so when I went to the ticket center on Friday, they were all sold out. I missed the Scottish night or the whole festival this year. Shite happens. 
Of course my colleague did go, and he even went to Fuck The Writer show (click here at youtube). He is a Dutch guy who writes music and calls himself as Fuck The Writer. It’s no kidding.
Patti Smith’s was packed that night and the tickets to see Salman Rushdie personally (whom I really wanted to see if I were to go) were sold out. I did regret for not going but there is always a next year.
There are many many more good artists from UK and Europe but try FTW’s songs if you are into acoustics or something else check out Crossing Border site. Am I lucky or what?
Visited Vilma and Ger
Vilma was my former colleague from the previous company from a different department. During my time there, I had always fun time with the female and male colleagues especially those who are party-animal. There were times that I slept at Vilma and Ger´s house (the previous appartment) after our night out because it was easier to stay at her place than to go straight to my home at 3am. Yes, I am lucky for having a very very dear husband.
Vilma from Brazil and Ger became our friends. So, after they bought a house in Capelle, they invited us for dinner. Ger prepared lasagna and we had red wine because both Vilma and Ger do not like white wine.
When one is lost
In this new era, people are getting smarter and smarter. But the way they behave is no less than themselves. I can hardly compare an adult with a small child because an adult can be very very stupid when comparing to a toddler. I also can’t compare between an adult with an animal, for instance a donkey. This animal might be lazy but it’s not stupid.
When you are stuck with something, why keep on doing the same way and impacting a brain damage for the overdose of taking too many of anti-stress pills? Change the way you think – the way you move – do some exercise – BRAIN exercise! If you used to take the same one-easy-but-too-many-road-tax-payers-using-it-till-it-causes-the-traffic-jam route to your work, try another route the next time. It’s the same way with when you are stuck with something… try a new method. It might work. Never say never. And mean it when you want to do something. Don’t try but DO your best. Nothing is impossible. Period!
With that in mind, I am going to start a new theme for my next project. I will take the new route to reach my destination. As I know myself: when there is a will, there is always a way. As God is my witness, I’ll make it happen. Just be optimistic.
Technical Issue Not only At Work
It’s “official”. My notebook is “kapot”. This evening, after 2 hours trying to just get it on, it didn’t give me a good feedback. Hopeless. I need to get a new harddisk to let it works properly so I can do my stuff without stress. So glad that I have transfered my stuff from the D drive to the other harddisk. Or else I would forever cry for all the stuff I have been collecting and gosh they do cost me thousands of Euros.
Just for the sake of surfing the internet or check emails, I can do it anywhere and anytime. At work, at home, in the metro, at a cafe, in a library, in the cold.. Without my notebook, I still can use our other PCs which are mostly used by dear hubby, but I don’t think I can live without my (smart)phone.
As of tonight, I’ll be the mistress of this machine and I’m not in my own room which sucks (poor hubby has to give up this room for me). No idea how long I need to take now to redesign the our website. Perhaps I really need to get a week off at least. I hope to get it up before Christmas. I’m crossing my fingers.
