So many things have happened since the last update, i’ve had several unsuccessful ‘attempts’ at trying to update this blog but i never got as far as the ‘Create a new post’ link due to my lack of motivation or inspiration. Also, i don’t have a computer at home, well not really i do have one its just that i just haven’t unpacked it from the box since moving in. Okay so i should probably begin there.
I have moved into my new place! I will be here for the next 6 months or so, and so far i’m really loving it. I can say with absolute certainty that this is the best place, on so many levels, that i have lived in all my life. Its’ close to everything, the neighborhood is nice, and the house is just absolutely humungous for little ol me. I have a drum kit in the house to mess around with, which Anna very kindly lent me, and a fantastically fantastic kitchen, i just keep stuffing myself with food which my girlfriend keeps cooking up. Also, i’m really digging the garage and its’ remote roller shutters, very convenient. So yeah, i’ve been here for almost 2 weeks now and i’ll slowly settling in. I still keep putting off a few things to do around the house mainly because i’m still enjoying it, but i promise myself that i’ll get around to it this week or next. I keep thinking to myself though, "don’t settle in too comfortably, you’re only here for the next 6 months" so i haven’t really thought of it as my home in the usual sense, and a lot of my stuff hasn’t been unpacked yet, i plan to keep them in boxes and keep the place as spartan as possible.
Oh what else has happened, oh yes. We have settled the matter with our former landlords, we were able to negotiate something within reason which i was happy to pay for just to get all the stress out of my system. We didn’t get much of our bond back, only about 20% but it’s all good. So it’s all over now, and I would like to keep those memories buried and never to be unearthed again.
Check out this band i came across on SomaFM, they are called ‘The Pale Pacific’. They come rocking from Bellingham, Washington (of the U.S. of course) and you can check out their latest album release on their website. I recommend you have a listen to "Your Parents’ House" and "If Only She’d Leave Town". Nothing special or great about the messages in the lyrics, just cool songs to listen to.
Man i was going through a tough time during that last post, I just wanted to get that out. I am so glad to be out of it now. I guess it all depends on your inner perspective though, someone like myself who worries a lot and stresses out over little things can find it really hard to get through tough times. But also, what i have realised is that the normal times can be considered good times when you’ve just come out of the bad.
Okay, i also have news about the job i have been applying for over the last two months. A few days after submitting my programming test i got a returned email saying that i didn’t quite make it this time. Initially i was disappointed cos i had put a lot of time into this application particularly the time i spent on the programming test when my life was in disarray. But afterwards, i felt a great sense of relief that i did not have to make any major life decisions and that i could lead a normal life again and look forward to buying a place of my own.
Never the less, I felt inclined to find out why i didn’t get through cos i felt that although my 2nd interview didn’t go as well as i wanted, i still performed pretty well in the 1st interview and in the programming test. So i replied the email asking for some detailed reasons but got nothing in return. Until a few days later, which was mid last week, a Development Manager of another team in the company got a hold of my CV and emailed me asking for an interview. I thought to myself, what the heck why not, so the interview was arranged for the tuesday that had just passed. Now, this interview was very unusual as it was on a level which i am not used to and was very different from any other one i’ve had. There were no technical questions asked of me, just personal questions about me as a person and about my life. I guess he wanted to gauge what kind of person i was and whether i would fit in the company’s culture and environment as well as living in the country itself. They seemed very concerned about people moving to Norway to work only to have a change of heart not long after and moving back to their respective home countries, which i can totally understand from both the company and the employee’s point of view. I also found out that the team i had originally applied for have been recruiting very aggressively recently and actually had no more positions left, and that there was some sort of misunderstanding. So yeah, i think i’m in the next phase of the recruitment process, as this morning i received email from their HR people with more questions asking if i’m really sure i want to move there and about bringing my girlfriend with me and about salary expectations and blah blah.
Phew that was long and winding, I think that’s enough updating for now. I will try to do more frequent albeit smaller entries in the future. Tu-du-lu.
