I am in Germany drinking wines. This is significantly superior to being at work. Yay!

I have nothing in my diary for the whole of April ( Read more... )

Another week of work begins ( Read more... )

You know what, it's times like these - when I'm working away from home with only work colleagues for company - that I really miss livejournal-as was.

Couldn't all of you - the read-but-never-post liverjournalers too - do a little update? Or a reply? Just for me.... Let us know what you're up to right now or what you're pondering or what song is in ( Read more... )

I'm in Brussels. Which is a surprise to me. Time was this would have been exciting but I think I spent too much time away from home last year. These days I'd much rather have had dinner with Karen then curled up with Phil as planned. Hey ho, I have had a cocktail with my colleagues and I will take this opportunity to buy Belgian chocolate. Shame I ( Read more... )

I've just had a terrifying conversation with a French soon-to-be-colleague ( Read more... )

Looking at jobs is tedious if you're an accountant who doesn't want to work in financial services.

"An experienced Business Analyst within Treasury or Investment Banking..."

No

"Well known Retail Bank..."

No

"This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading insurance brokerage..."

No

"This market leading global Asset Management organisation..."

No ( Read more... )

This whole thing is weird. My entire team is updating CVs, sharing descriptions and giving tips, handing round potential job adverts to each other. My boss has told me I really should start looking and has offered to read over my CV for me. People are saying "I'll be out this afternoon cos I'm going for an interview" and no one bats an eyelid. If I ( Read more... )

Work is making me sad and I don't know where I'm going to go and I just want to find out what's happening now. Must get my CV up to date and must get my house cleared up ready for my Estonian to arrive in January. Apparently he's my age and lectures on Eastern European cyberpunk so hopefully we'll get on.

Moo. Minicow is sad.

Boston friends... you know about snow. Any tips on extracting my car from the driveway and getting to the motorway without spanking it into anything?!


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