I can't stand my landlords - Ymere. It's a company that rents lots of apartments in various building complexes in Amsterdam (and maybe in other cities as well). Their service sucks. Unfortunately I had quite a few repair requests in the past year, since I've moved there, and I think I've tried everything: calling their clients' line and talking ( Read more... )

Having a 10 months old baby in your office for even 10 minutes means that after he leaves you need to do some cleaning up. :D Like put the calendar back in place and all the things you removed from his reach to protect him, too. He's so damn fast and becomes more and more difficult to hold - with the whole squirming thing and him being more strong ( Read more... )

The weather was perfect. Sunny and warm. Sacha says till this year it always rained on her birthday. Well, hello sun! :) We celebrated in Vondelpark - the biggest park in A'dam. I arrived early to keep them company while we waited for other guests to be there. Originally I was supposed to leave early, too, for capoeira, but I had such a good time ( Read more... )

I'm so happy for two of my best girlfriends back in Poland. One of them passed her last exam and became a tax adviser yesterday. The other one took the last exam before defending her PhD and is all ready for that last step. You go girls! Since the legal world is still mainly under male dominance that's something to be really proud of ( Read more... )

Gaudeamus igitur, 
Juvenes dum sumus
Post jucundam juventutem,
Post molestam senectutem,
Nos habebit humus.

I sang it while in high school choir. I listened to it on my graduation day from the university. Though the melody is quite optimistic, the words are all but. Instead of telling us: "hey, you guys have great future ahead of you, reach for the ( Read more... )

Hot Fuzz - funny at times, beginning and middle dragged a lot, ending was really hilarious, as in SO over the top, and after Black Books whenever I see Bill Bailey on the screen I cannot help but laugh.

Went to the Dynasty party to which I won tickets of course. :) It was AWESOME. Since we arrived at 23 till ca 3am I danced non-stop. The first DJ, ( Read more... )

Had: 
two days for my friends:  aside the whole wedding talk (which dominated most of conversations), got asked whether I'm gonna come back to my law firm and become a partner cause it turned out my boss had just quit... LOL - my friends' faith in me is just a bit overwhelming sometimes;
one for shopping: most important - got myself professional ( Read more... )

Put a bigger bed in there and I'm moving in. That's so close to my dream apartment (attic, light, bedroom and bathroom together, huge shower, bathtub, space) that I'm actually drooling here (found in NYT).


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What a weekend!!!!!!! :-)

Saturday

First things first. Got flowers!!! Ok, so that wasn't maybe the most exciting thing that happened that day, but still, it's the first time I got flowers since I've come to the Netherlands, so let me enjoy this for a bit longer. Got flowers!!! :-) Of course, since I've never been given flowers here before, I didn't ( Read more... )

For most Americans, the biggest health threat is not avian flu, West Nile or mad cow disease. It’s our health-care system.
You might think this is because doctors make mistakes (we do make mistakes). But you can’t be a victim of medical error if you are not in the system. The larger threat posed by American medicine is that more and more of us are ( Read more... )