While Fedor is trying to communicate through Skype in the background, I have time to write something here. The whole Skype thing is pretty random... I know lots of people who use it a lot, and they enjoy it lots, but I have never been able to get into it. Whenever I try to connect, it doesnt work or there is something annoying going on. Skype is simply not my thing. And apparently, this has rubbed off on Fedor, because his communication isnt going very smoothly either....
Anyways, I have spent the last weeks sending more applications, as well as some tutoring and a bit of teaching etc. All in all, it wasnt half-bad! But last week, we went for a trip to the Netherlands, where my brothers and I had organised a surprise sort of party for my mother, who is turning 60. She was indeed surprised (as she should) to see all of us and we had a really good time. It was particularly enjoyable to have to cycle in the snow and walk around in the snow etc....... :-S
Anyways, afterwards, Fedor flew back to Milan and I went to Maastricht, where I was going to go to a conference. I stayed in one of the nicest hotels that I have ever been in (special price, from 200 for 57 euros a night!) and the conference was fairly interesting. I met a few people, and was able to present my paper on education in the Basque region, which I hadnt done often before. On Tuesday, however, directly after my presentation I had to run to catch a train to Paris! Because I had a REAL job interview!!! For the most awesome job EVER at the OECD Development Centre. The interview happened in the afternoon and it went pretty well!!! However, there are a total of 13 candidates, so I am still not giving myself a great chance of making it... But we'll know next week!
After returning, there were again more things that needed to be done, which is fine. But I also received my first interview request for during the ASSA/AEA meetings in San Francisco in January!!!! For a job at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin!!! Again, we'll wait to see what's happening!
Anyway, let me just go and try to help Fedor get his skype sorted (btw, we saw Madame Butterfly yesterday in a theatre yesterday and it was great! We also went to Caroline's goodbye party and got a bit drunk: that was great too!!!)
Ciao,
OJ
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
photo-post!
Here is finally, the long promised photo-post. Basically just a summary of all the things we've been doing that were worth taking pictures of...
First of all, we went to India:
The first photos are from Chittogarh
The desert town of Jaisalmer:
The Taj Mahal in Agra:
The erotic temples of Kajuraho:
The Golden Temple of Amritsar:
The holy windscroll-thingies of the Tibetan Budhist temple in McLeod Ganj:
McLeod Ganj:
Mode of transportation (and this was a relatively quiet one!):
After returning from India, early October, we went for a wine-tasting weekend in Morbegno:
And on the way back, we went to Lago di Como (the North part though, where neither Fedor nor me had ever been):
Shortly after, Marie and Stephie came to visit and we had a lot of fun, taking funny pictures everywhere:
Oh, and as you can see, we were lucky with the weather as well:
on top of Duomo:
Then after, Fedor and i went to the Netherlands to see our new nephews. Here is just one photo, of me with my new nephew Ruben, as well as Leah and Daanç
One week after returning from the Netherlands, BarD and his friend Selina came over, here at the Cimitero Monumentaleç
Once again, we went to Comoç
And then, Halloween cameç
Finally, recently the new University Building was officially opened (as was the academic year, at the same time), by President Napolitano and Chairman of the European Commission Baroso (woohooo, I saw another president!). For this momentous occassion, there were a few things organised at the university, and we went to a lovely concert where they were playing Astor Piazzolla music (did I mention I LOVE Piazzolla??? Well, i do!). Additionally, it turns out that our new building has won an apparently rather prestigious award, as well: linky. Anyways, here are a few pictures of the amazing new building:
(oh, and indeed, these are the pictures taken by the organisation blabla, not my own, etc)
Well, that was a summary of the past months, in pictures. If more comes to mind, I'll expand this post....
Ciao!
OJ
First of all, we went to India:
The first photos are from Chittogarh
The Taj Mahal in Agra:
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The erotic temples of Kajuraho:
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The Golden Temple of Amritsar:
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The holy windscroll-thingies of the Tibetan Budhist temple in McLeod Ganj:
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McLeod Ganj:
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Mode of transportation (and this was a relatively quiet one!):
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After returning from India, early October, we went for a wine-tasting weekend in Morbegno:
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And on the way back, we went to Lago di Como (the North part though, where neither Fedor nor me had ever been):
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Shortly after, Marie and Stephie came to visit and we had a lot of fun, taking funny pictures everywhere:
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Oh, and as you can see, we were lucky with the weather as well:
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on top of Duomo:
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Then after, Fedor and i went to the Netherlands to see our new nephews. Here is just one photo, of me with my new nephew Ruben, as well as Leah and Daanç
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One week after returning from the Netherlands, BarD and his friend Selina came over, here at the Cimitero Monumentaleç
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Once again, we went to Comoç
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And then, Halloween cameç
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Finally, recently the new University Building was officially opened (as was the academic year, at the same time), by President Napolitano and Chairman of the European Commission Baroso (woohooo, I saw another president!). For this momentous occassion, there were a few things organised at the university, and we went to a lovely concert where they were playing Astor Piazzolla music (did I mention I LOVE Piazzolla??? Well, i do!). Additionally, it turns out that our new building has won an apparently rather prestigious award, as well: linky. Anyways, here are a few pictures of the amazing new building:
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(oh, and indeed, these are the pictures taken by the organisation blabla, not my own, etc)
Well, that was a summary of the past months, in pictures. If more comes to mind, I'll expand this post....
Ciao!
OJ
too much
Many great things, too many to write about! We went to the Netherlands, to see our new nephews, we had several visitos (Marie and Stephie and later on BarD and Selina): it was just all too much fun!
And in the meantime, I have obviously been writing writing writing, applying, applying, applying... Just over 50 letters sent now, and so far, I have had 2 positive replies (that is, replies that allow me to continue into the next stage of the application process), so I am going to be in Paris in 2 weeks for my first real fly-out interview!!! And that is for an absolutely amazing job, so I am already completely nervous!
Of course, during the past weeks, we also had Fedor's birthday, which was lovely, and Halloween, which was even amazing! I will upload the pictures (and this time, I really will, because I have not got much to do today), so you can see how amazing it was...
Oh, and before it's too late: hurray, Obama won the elections! (yeah I know, it's a bit late now, isn't it?). anyways, that was just a realllllly quick summary, I think I'll just summarise in pictures in a separate post now. That is, if I manage to download the picture-upload-software....
Ciao!!!
OJ
And in the meantime, I have obviously been writing writing writing, applying, applying, applying... Just over 50 letters sent now, and so far, I have had 2 positive replies (that is, replies that allow me to continue into the next stage of the application process), so I am going to be in Paris in 2 weeks for my first real fly-out interview!!! And that is for an absolutely amazing job, so I am already completely nervous!
Of course, during the past weeks, we also had Fedor's birthday, which was lovely, and Halloween, which was even amazing! I will upload the pictures (and this time, I really will, because I have not got much to do today), so you can see how amazing it was...
Oh, and before it's too late: hurray, Obama won the elections! (yeah I know, it's a bit late now, isn't it?). anyways, that was just a realllllly quick summary, I think I'll just summarise in pictures in a separate post now. That is, if I manage to download the picture-upload-software....
Ciao!!!
OJ
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