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I’m Addicted

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I think I’m addicted… to games and coffee… You see, I have this new game and I have to play it each and every day for an hour or more. It’s relaxing in a way although I still need to use my brain and think hard *hehe*. It’s Sudoku, well actually it’s Sudoku Master and it’s for my Nintendo DS. I just had my New Super Mario Bros. phase but I gave up on it because I can’t get to the next level. I’m stuck each time at the first four worlds and keep jumping into an abyss, so for the moment I can’t be bothered to eat mushrooms, kick Koopa shells or climb into clouds and jump through hoops. I’d rather use some brain power and logical thinking, it’s challenging and relaxing. I’ve finished 80 easy ones and 10 of the normal ones… I must say, the normal ones are hectic and at times it takes me 25 minutes to solve one. So if you ever need a mental challenge and you own a Nintendo DS I would say: go for it! 😎

So I ended up playing games because I really needed to relax a bit over the last week: I have been busy contacting recruitment agencies, writing emails and adjusting my CV. I also designed and built a separate online portfolio in Flash that I could show when needed. And in between jobs, I’m trying to help out Farfallina from ‘A Roam to Rome’ with some problems she ran into. Today I was called by one of the agencies and I have an appointment with them next Wednesday. They sound like a nice bunch of people so I’m happy that I can go there for a chat and register with them. I hope things will be picking up soon now and I have to admit it’s not as easy as I thought it was but I’m getting there. I guess my patience is tested once again but it feels good so I trust the process to work out just fine.

I also received a really cool gift from Christiaan and it’s sitting on my desk right next to me within reach. It’s another amazing gadget: an awesome USB cup warmer slash USB hub. I don’t know what made him think of this but I remember when I was still working at the Rietveld academy we had rules and one of them was that the students weren’t allowed to bring any kind of food or drink in. This was to avoid having to clean up the mess after them and to protect the IT facilities that we were managing. It also meant that we had to set an example so often I would have to leave my coffee at my desk, help out a student and by the time I was finished my coffee would be cold.

I have the same problem here because I just tend to forget that it’s there when I’m busy. I guess Christiaan knows me too well… 😛


Finally I can have hot coffee all day! *yay*

The Opportunity

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Last Thursday I had an important interview with J. from the recruitment agency that I found online the previous Friday. I had sent my CV along with an introduction in an email and basically asked for their help. An hour later I had a reply in and was invited to come over for an interview. We agreed on meeting up on Thursday last week. Unfortunately the Tube people decided to go on strike on Tuesday which would cause a real problem to me since I had no clue how to get into town. Buses were full, traffic was chaotic and stuck most of the time so taking a cab was out of the question. I decided not to panic and see what would happen.

I’ve been working on my portfolio from Sunday to Wednesday last week, updated some stuff, printed some of my web designs and made sure both folios [A3 and A4] looked neat and up to date… Lucky me the strike was cancelled on Wednesday afternoon so I would probably be alright on Thursday. Thursday, midday, I was ready to travel all the way to the other end of town to have my interview. I was clever and didn’t wear a coat: it was a sauna on the Tube, way too hot, it would’ve been too warm. I was 15 minutes early which was good: I had some time to cool off, drink some cold water and relax a bit while waiting for J. After 20 minutes he came into the room…

The interview went really well and took over an hour. I have a few things that I will have to look into over the next couple of weeks. I will have to set up my own company in order to get the freelance jobs in through the agency. I will have to look for an accountant in the area, to discuss my possibilities and sort out all the paperwork that needs to be done in order to set up the company. I will have to read into things because I have no clue how it’s organised over here so I will buy some books about the topic. J. gave me useful tips and advice about the business that I would like to read into as well. So if I don’t write a new post on here for a while then you’ll know what is keeping me busy…

I realise things won’t be easy since this whole business thing is something new to me and I guess I will run into problems along the way: things are probably different in this host country than back in the Lowlands, but I’m a fighter and this is a new chance to start with a clean slate! I’m positive this is going to be a success! I see it as a new challenge but this time I will succeed because I’m doing this for me and I deserve to succeed…

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Agency profile:

We understand what you’re looking for, and more importantly we take a real interest in you as a person – your ambitions, your worries, your hopes, your needs, your potential – whether you’re a client or a candidate.

Be prepared, we’ll be honest with you, but you’ll thank us for it. And because we only work with people we want to work with, you’ll always be more than just a number to us.

If you want to contact us, then drop us an email with your CV. If we genuinely think we can help you on your quest for a fab new job, then we’ll meet up with you and find out all about you.

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