I will tell you about my experience in Sheung Shui (SS). People tell me that it is a village, a small village, a very small village, a very small village outside Hong Kong, a very small village outside Hong Kong where nobody lives. But there is live...... I stayed at my friends for several days there, and I must say, yes it is a bit out of the central district (*if i may say a bit =) However, I loved the mountains, the air, the sun, even those stupid mosquitoes. I felt like I was back in nature, surrounded by green, sand, and blue sky. No traffic jams, no annoying motors, no factory gasses, no car honking hurrying you to cross the road faster. It felt like a spa, where you can de-stress all your troubles and worries. However, I must say I did miss electronics......the tv, music, mobile, internet, computer.......nevertheless, I felt reborn afterwards.
In the mean time, I went with my two friends to family gatherings. It was refreshing to see how family can be so far and also at the same time so close. My friends' family came all the way from Germany, Netherlands, and Hong Kong. All to be reunited in Sheung Shui (surrounding) to have dinner together, to have a family birthday party, swimming, barbeque and much more. (*also ofcourse shopping -_-)
I am residing in the land of the calm. Yes, South Korea is called the land of the CALM. Cause everybody is so non aggressive. Even the Dutchman can be as rude as they are and Koreans don't complain at all. We took the Aeroflot flight of 13:10 to Moscos where our transfer is. At boarding there happened to be an overbooking of seats, so consequentially my seat 13F was TAKEN!!!!! I DID NOT HAD a seat at all, so i just took the nearest available seat. A few minutes later, people came to my seat complaining that I took there seat and called the flight attendant..........some Russian dude.........big frown......no smile.......telling me 'kindly' to leave my seat..........me ofcourse refusing telling that I first want a replacing seat cause NOWAY that I would be left alone in Amsterdam, while the rest would be off to KOREA...... ^_^ So, the Russian flight attendant asked the person seating at 13F who also had the same boarding ticket as me with seat 13 F to leave his place.........nope.....logically he was not willing either......
so......was I left alone at Schiphol??????????
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I got a BUSINESS class seat :D...... hihi.......yeah, there were no seats left anymore, so i got a business class seat WITH business class treatment....id est.......welcome drink.......hot towel........THREE meal course!! .... king shrimps.....salmon mix........'fresh' (nope) bread.....main course fish.......dessert...........just a preview of what's to come in the future!!!
That is it for today. Tomorrow more. At least some pix:
Just a few days and then I am in Korea! There are some big differences between Korea and Holland, but nothing that cannot be overcome. And the biggest pleasant diffference is in FOOD:
For all my friends who are in the progress of finding a job, struggling through the jungle of recruiters, interviewers, assesments, tests, quizzes and many more....
I am in my final year of my study (*doing masters for those who do not know this yet ^_^ So if everything goes well I will be finished this summer. And then I ....... *ehm....then I.......*ehm..............I Get the point?
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO!
For the first time in my life I face the biggest biggest question posed in my life.
WHAT AM I TO DO WITH MY LIFE..?
Ofcourse I can choose to go working, but that would mean that I have to 'sacrifice' the 'youth' of my life for ......'money'...? Am I up to these tremendous long working hours? (*although I can only improve in conditions after my intern :)
Or better:
Do I want to work starting NOW, what would imply that I have to work straight for the coming 44 years???!!!!
Then I could also just take a year off and .........and.........*sigh.....again the same question: and WHAT?
"watch the television 24/7? read books? wander around in the city? eat, sleep, eat, sleep?"
One other option is to study for another year.........*sigh......I can already see you readers shake your head and think: "she is Crazy.........cause who wants to study voluntarily for an EXTRA additional year......."
............
I AM LOST
One thing is for sure: "The number 4 is a Chinese bad unlucky number (*phonetically it sounds like the character for death), so double 4 should be an omen for me NOT to work
:D
See: superstition can help in making a decision.......^_^ Now only to decide between the other options.
