Category: Personal

Despite being at work all the time, and being constantly busy, I am still a human. I am social. I have a life, family, and friends. I have thoughts and experiences. Once in a while I share them, and when I do, I do so in this category. If you don’t know me personally, chances are you’ll find posts in this category particularly boring.

Not good enough

I have finally received the reply from Google. They say that they have considered my application carefully, but I am no fit for their team. Maybe not yet. Somehow this was pretty much the answer I was expecting. I can’t say that I am disappointed though. Obviously, I have to work on myself and try again at a later stage.

I have asked them if they have any guidelines for people who apply for the second time, or if they even have any minimum period between the applications, but I haven’t got the reply yet.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

It’s that time of the year again. Happy Birthday, Mom! I wish all the best (you probably know that), I love you (you probably know that too), and I miss you (you probably suspect that anyway). Have a good celebration and lots of fun at your party. I wish I could be there with you today, but I can’t. But I’ll make it up to you. ;)

Surprise can win you a lot of battles

The other time I was issued a fine that I didn’t consider fair. So I wasn’t going to pay it. The thing is, if you don’t pay your fine within the two weeks or so, it goes to court, and than you can either pay more in court or debate the fine. I wasn’t going to turn it into any serious case or anything like that, but I was hoping to debate it and get out of it.

Surprise, they say, can win you a lot of battles. When people are confronted with circumstances there weren’t prepared for, they are easy to manipulate. Especially, if they had a plan that couldn’t be applied anymore to the different circumstances.

That’s what happened to me. Since I was fined way too long ago, I was waiting for a notice from court. Instead I got a phone call. It was from Germasoia police station. The guy in the most polite and kind way reminded that I have a fine due. He said that it was only 15 CYP and that I should pass by and pay it.

I don’t know what got into me, but he was so nice that I didn’t even think twice before picking up my wallet and driving all the way to Germasoia. I paid it and actually felt good about. About two hours later I realized that it was the surprise that caught me offguard…