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Perfume Tag

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I guess it was bound to happen one day… I’m tagged by my friend Wen, a fellow blogger and expat living in beautiful Malta. I must admit I’ve tried to stay away from the tagging thing that seemed to be a hype in the blogosphere at some point. I’ve managed so far but when I read her request on her blog I simply couldn’t refuse *hehe*. I’m just very aware of the fact that this is a book tag and the one book I’m still reading at the moment is the one that I’ve mentioned in my previous posts already. So I’m gonna bend the rules slightly or else it’ll become a bit of a drag to read.

The rules are:

1. Pick up the nearest book.

2. Open to page 123

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the next three sentences.

5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

I also won’t tag five people… Why? Because most of my readers are in hiding mode and probably too shy to take part in this, leave a comment or they simply don’t have a blog of their own. So I’m not gonna bother them unless they want to [then feel free to let me know!]. I have a slight dilemma though because rule number one tells me to pick up the nearest book. My desk is right next to my bookcase so I guess that leaves me with plenty of books to choose from. I will behave and skip my seventeen technical Bibles: PHP, Actionscripting, Flash and all the -vintage by now- Mac OS troubleshooting ones that I used back when I was a sysop.

My choice is one of the most hilarious books that I’ve ever read years ago. I will read it again once I’ve finished my other book because I’m in need of a good laugh. I wonder what’s on page 123 because some might be offended but I’ll warn you, I’m really not gonna take responsibility for the sentences that I’m about to copy below. So stop reading while you can… here goes:

‘For miles around the mountain, there lived not one human being, nor even a respectable mammal -at best a few bats and a few beetles and adders. No one had scaled the peak for decades. Grenouille reached the mountain one August night in the year 1756.’

This an excerpt taken from the book: ‘Perfume‘ -the story of a murderer, by Patrick Süskind. And lucky me it wasn’t that bad at all *hehe*

The cover from my copy of this book, old and worn…

Well, that was today’s tag… The other bit of my life is less exciting at the moment, just much of the same ol’ same ol’. I’m dying to hear from a bunch of cool people about a role very close to where I live which involves education and a CMS called Drupal. They’ve checked my online web folio twice now so please keep your fingers crossed for me, I so want this role! I’m designing an invitation for my friend IvS. in Scotland who is going to throw a party in August: my flight is already booked. I’m really looking forward to seeing her, hubby and kids again because it feels like ages, although it was last year when they came to London for the Chelsea Flower show, it’s gonna be great. 120 people are invited to the party and they will receive the invitation so it might be a good idea to leave my mark somewhere…

I’m asked to redesign a B&B website for people up north in Scotland. I’ve designed their business cards a few years ago and another website recently in February this year. I’m also still busy working on the ‘hush-hush-project’ which is another website design for a real and a virtual shop. And in between I’m working on my own new project which involves fifties design and an online shop which for now is another ‘hush-hush-project’ until the launch of the website. It’s quite a lot of work so don’t expect anything soon, I’m still in the research phase: looking for proper software because I need to be able to adjust the look and feel of the shop, reading about online payment methods because I need to know how much they charge etc. and designing content in the meantime.

Lucky me MvdM. didn’t ask me yet about his business blog project, I will have to design the templates for the blog and start writing posts for him on a weekly basis once the blog is up and running. I won’t have time to do this at the moment. Talking about time, I really need to do something about time management, but that’s another post… If you have any suggestions?

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I’ve met up with my friend KB. yesterday. We’ve known each other for quite some time but while I was still living in the Lowlands she decided to move to London at some point, came back to the Lowlands after a few years and then moved back again to London. I moved a few times myself over the years and because of that I lost contact with her. Lucky me I registered a while ago with a website similar to Friends Reunited and found out that she basically lived ‘around the corner’ from me in London for two years before she decided to move to Surrey. I asked her to come along to the annual Picture Buyers’ Fair organised by the British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies. It’s a good opportunity to do some networking and see MvdM. at work *LOL*. Although I didn’t expect much it turned out to be a really awesome day.

I talked with some very interesting people which reminds me that I still have to visit a website of a photographer who had some amazing pictures on display. I promised to email him because we ended up having a discussion about web design and how most websites look like crap and so unprofessional. When I mentioned this I was trying to be modest and didn’t use those exact words but he bluntly corrected me and we had a good laugh about it. His pictures are the kind that will keep you intrigued for hours, staring at them. Pictures of forgotten ancient places, specialising in the fantastic and the supernatural. Eight books have been published by him and he had numerous exhibitions worldwide. Some of his pictures are part of famous collections in London, Paris and California. I will ask him if I have permission to use one of his pictures here.

I also met a very nice Dutch woman: while KB. and I were discussing something, she overheard the conversation and we ended up having lunch together and talked for at least half an hour. She lives in Scotland, is a photographer and has her own business. She was extremely interested in my photography and offered to represent me. So if all goes well my pictures will be archived and for sale soon. This is the third professional photographer who shows interest in my pictures which is great. I will also be represented by another company who asked me a while ago if I was interested in putting my pictures up for sale. I haven’t done anything about it yet: I have about 4000 on archive and will have to make a selection first which is going to take quite some time, but it will be fun and I’m really looking forward to this!

In the meantime I’m still busy designing the second phase of a website for a new company that needs branding. I’m not allowed to write anything but it’s fun and quite a challenge and I’ll be working on this over the weekend. I’ve been looking at cameras for some time already and always said to myself that the one I currently use is fine but if this is going to be a success it won’t take much to convince myself to upgrade to a better camera… Just the thought of all this is extremely uplifting and the fact that people seem to appreciate my images on a professional level is the best compliment I could ever get! I’m eager to take the next step! *hehe*

M. at work *hehe*

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