Day 16: Zutphen

Being the the first weekday in the Netherlands, and a foreigner with a Working Holiday Visa, I had to register with the Vreemdelingenpolitie (Stranger Police). With my visa sticker in my passport came a letter telling me that I have to register with the Stranger Police in Zutphen, and then within three days of that… Continue reading Day 16: Zutphen

Day 14: Deventer

I was woken rudely at 6:21 by a bird call that sounded exactly like an alarm clock beep. I tried to get back to sleep with no result, my brain hammered by this bird. I listened to its call, a repeating pattern: 5-5-4-5-5-4 (five beeps, followed by a pause, then five, pause, four etc). Being… Continue reading Day 14: Deventer

Paper money

Remember 15 years ago when money was made out of paper? Well now I am reliving the horror. Both Malaysia and Singapore use paper money and I am not pleased with it. It gets all scrunkled up in my pocket and falls on the ground when I put my hand in.

Committed

I am in no-man’s land, 30 minutes from boarding my flight to Malaysia. In the last few hours I have had my first stomach butterflies, and I have to admit that I had a tear in my eye when I said goodbye to my family before going through customs. Thanks to all of my family… Continue reading Committed

Imminent

2 Days 19 Hours 32 Minutes. It is starting to really be real. There is a feeling of excitement, a tension. I am leaving my world to live in another country in less than three days. Last night Chris and Adam took me out for a Last Night Out. Adam had a uni reunion early… Continue reading Imminent

MCSE

This afternoon I passed the exam 70-221 Designing a Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure. Based on my reckoning, this will now make me an MCSE in Windows 2000, the culmination of a process that I started almost six years ago. Of course, six years ago there was no Windows 2000 and so most of my earlier… Continue reading MCSE