I haven't written in here in a long time, which is partly due to a chain of events this month which have been pretty important to my day to day life, but at the same time I didn't really feel like writing about them. Basically: at work we found out that, due to the financial crisis, my entire department was to be shut down (in effect as of yesterday). That means that almost everyone in my department has been laid off. I was lucky enough to have been trained in something (support for an application) that they will still need me for during the next two months. So I will move to a completely different department/building until the end of March, after which I might or might not have a job somewhere within the Group, depending on what happens (or doesn't happen) in the next two months.
Because of the nice Danish labor laws, I have plenty of time to look for another position, so that isn't the really sad thing - it's mostly that I really enjoyed that particular job and especially the colleagues and the atmosphere of the place. So the change/uncertainty about the whole situation has been difficult. But I am trying to see the opportunities rather than the disadvantages and so far so good. I don't know yet what the future will bring but I'll do my best to make something good out of it.
On a lighter note, two nights ago I saw Phantom of the Opera at Det Ny Teater with Morten! I will probably write more about it later when I upload the pictures (outside the theater), but now I will just say that it was AMAZING! That music/story goes really deep for me for some reason, and seeing it performed was moving beyond words.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Exotic Fruit for New Years
We made a new tradition on New Years.
We had a very lazy, very wonderful day where the only time we even left the apartment was to bike to the store, where we didn't really even know what we wanted. So we bought a Pomelo and avocados.
Out of avocado the I wanted to make a famous brazilian avocado shake, but they weren't ripe enough so we have to wait for that.
Neither of us had ever eaten a Pomelo before, and I don't think I had ever even heard of one. It's like a giant orange with a milder, sweeter taste. You take off the ENORMOUS peel (very furry and fluffly on the inside, lots of fun to peel). Then after peeling it you also peel off the whitish/clearish coating around all of the "slices," revealing all the pretty pinkish fruit on the inside. We peeled the whole thing, piled it on a plate, and devoured it while playing a game of Chess. It was delicious.
So we decided our tradition for New Years Day will be to eat a Pomelo and/or any other adventurous fruit that strikes our fancy.
We had a very lazy, very wonderful day where the only time we even left the apartment was to bike to the store, where we didn't really even know what we wanted. So we bought a Pomelo and avocados.
Out of avocado the I wanted to make a famous brazilian avocado shake, but they weren't ripe enough so we have to wait for that.
Neither of us had ever eaten a Pomelo before, and I don't think I had ever even heard of one. It's like a giant orange with a milder, sweeter taste. You take off the ENORMOUS peel (very furry and fluffly on the inside, lots of fun to peel). Then after peeling it you also peel off the whitish/clearish coating around all of the "slices," revealing all the pretty pinkish fruit on the inside. We peeled the whole thing, piled it on a plate, and devoured it while playing a game of Chess. It was delicious.
So we decided our tradition for New Years Day will be to eat a Pomelo and/or any other adventurous fruit that strikes our fancy.
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