Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year

Saturday, 20th December 2008

Hello my dearest bloggers,

I hope everything is going fine on the other side of the screen, world, imaginary world,... ^^
It's been a shame that I haven't blogged in such a long time, but I had other duties as a girl, hehe. Things have been going rough lately, and I had to make some tough decisions regarding the future.

I'm just gonna barge in with the thing that's been making me sad for about 2 months already now: My internship. It didn't really work out very well... And since there wasn't going to be any other change, it was time to make a decision. I've quit school and my internship, and I'm about to study something such as an "office employee". Not a new study that will take more than 3 years, but I can get this done in about (my guesses) 6 to 10 months. A big change for me since that I can get called upon to go to work somewhere. Declining isn't an option, so it's going to be tough. No more studentlife! But I have to grow up someday though, lol. It's about time that I'm going to earn some money. I can't go to school forever, and keep getting negative feedback all the way. It brings me down entirely, hearing all of the stupid feedback. Never anything positive, always negative. It really worked upon my health lately. I was suffering from so much stress, that it was all bringing me down... Anyway, time to focus on something new now. :-)

I want to wish everyone a Merry Xmas and a good New Year.

- Eve

What the "Hack?!"

Tuesday, 19th of August 2008

Oh my God. What a day today. It's unimaginary what happened. Let me try to explain what happened.

We have 2 cars: An Opel and a Seat Ibiza.
We normally drive the Seat in our garage, and leave the Opel outside. Well that's not what happened yesterday.

Yesterday we had to go to a hospital nearby for my mom. We took the Seat to go there ofcourse. After coming back, we've parked our car on the square in front of our house. We were going to drive the Seat into the garage later on the evening.
Well... We forgot, so this is what happened today.

We got up at 5 am to go to work, as usual. We started leaving the house at 5.40 am, to get our car out of the garage. Dad opened up the garage, but our car wasn't there. 'Doh!' Ofcourse it wasn't, we forgot that we didn't drive the car in the garage yesterday evening.
So... We went back to the parkinglot in front of our house, and we've looked for our car.
We saw a Seat parked nearby, and we thought that it was ours. Dad was pressing his button on the key to open the doors, but nothing happened. Then we realized that it wasn't our car. This car was full of junk and stuff. The color and all the rest was the same though.

We kept looking and looking, but nothing. We were pretty sure that the car was parked on the righthandside, but he was "gone". So... We imagined that it got stolen... Yup... It got stolen.
(Just to give you an idea: There can park about more than 40 cars on the parkinglot, and it's usually full during the evening/night.)
We immediately thought: "This can't be true.. Why is this happening to our car, when it's full of others!"
Anyway... My mom drove me and my aunt to work... And dad stayed at home. He wanted to look some more, maybe it was still nearby, you never know how thieves work.

He was walking around on the street and took a quick look around the corner here. There is a big turn at the end of the street.. And yes. There it was...
Dad was pushing his keylock-thing, and the car opened up.
The car was parked on the sidewalk, and the steering wheel was blocked (autoblock when you don't have the key for the car, or when you don't have a legit key anyway.).
The glove compartment was left open.. But nothing was stolen from it. Mistery?

We have a few theories though:
1. Dad forgot to lock the car (or he pressed his Key twice to lock/unlock). And who knows there might have been walking kids around late at night, to see if there are open cars?
2. Dad did lock the car, but the thieves have some sort of tracer to crack/hack the code? And they had a fake key?
- a - They drove away with a fake key in the contact, but the car stopped after a few meters? (anti carjacking mechanism - The regular key has a chip built in,... When the car doesn't register that, it stops after a few meters, or you can't even start.. Depends)
- b - They didn't start the car at all, but they've pushed it...
We've tested the car without a key. The wheel locks immediately when you don't have the key.

A few problems do come up then:

* We were parked in front of another car, and there was one a few meters behind us.
How did they manage to turn out of the parkinglot? Maybe they had no car in front of them, or behind them, so that they could drive straight through and didn't have to turn much at all.

* How can they turn in that turn when the steering wheel is blocked? Pushing? How? Doesn't work when the lock is on?

It oculd have been that they had a fake key, and that the car automatically stopped and that they've pushed it aside?

I'd go with the theory of the fake key & tracer. The pushing doesn't seem to work to me.

But why did they leave the car..? Why was the glove compartment open but nothing taken out?
Did someone see them in the car, and didn't they want to take the risk of getting caught, so they left? Maybe someone in the house nearby turned the lights on, and that scared 'em? We will never know I guess.

I think that it were amateurs. If it were pros, the car would have already been in a foreign country, or wires could have been cut? Nothing was broken, no force entry, no broken glass, nothing!

I'm glad that it's back...

What a hectic day. I was all worked up at work, that I couldn't even tape up a simple box with tape... Glad that it's all over. And I hope that it won't ever again.

- Evelien

Hectic times

Sunday, August 17th 2008

Evening to everyone who is reading this at the moment.
I've sinned once again! I've noticed that I haven't been blogging for 3 months.
There goes my promise to blog each day, or at least try to blog each day!

Lots of things have been going down in my life. First of, there is 'School'.
There have been some issues with my last internship. The people that were supposed to help me were talking trash behind my back and stabbed me with a knive in the back. Bah. Awful memories to be honest. I was supposed to have my diploma in half a year if it wasn't for those backstabbers, ffs.
Well... I've sent in an application to the school's principal to get another chance to do another internship but it got declined. For stupid, unimaginary reasons. Jeesh.
The conclusion to all this is that I have to go to another school, and that I have to start studying again for 2 entire years!! I couldn't even believe my eyes. I have passed all the theoretical exams, lessons, whatever you can think of. Only that silly internship that keeps pushing me away from my goal!
I really want to have this diploma. The ones that don't even work hard for it, get it! It is making me so pissed. They don't even bother if they have their diploma or not. They don't even care if they are a social worker or a plumber as a matter of speaking. They just want a diploma.
And me...? I want it so badly, and I work hard enough for it and they don't give it to me.
Makes me think about myself: "Is it me? Am I really a bad social worker?"
People tell me that I know my way around people and that I can talk really well with them, but then again.. There are always some rotten apples in between that keep you from your final goal.
Anyway. I am NOT giving up! I want this too bad to give up.
So... All that is left for me to do now is: Study for 2 more years (I can skip theoretical lessons, because I have passed them in another school. So it's basically just 2 more years of internship.)
Actually, it are going to be 2 major Experience years for me. These internships last 8 to 9 months. Much difference than the other school I was in. It was only 2 months of internship. No wonder that they can't see you the way that you are. 2 Months is TOO short to prove yourself worthy for the job. But hey... I better stop complaining. I get another chance, even if it means studying for 2 more years. I am willing to do whatever it takes to get that diploma. I want it so badly.

Yesterday (Saturday, 16th August 2008), some of my friends and myself went to visit a good friend of ours on his apartment. We had so much fun!
We arrived at 7.45 pm at his place, and we stayed there until 12.30 pm. Then we went into town to a local pub to get some drinks and to talk some more.
Playing on the wii for a while (Mario & Sonic at the olympics & Mario Kart) was hilarious. It's so funny when you see 4 people shaking the wii-motes like crazy to win a game! Haha!.
And... We've seen "Family guy" in some sort of movie version. Parody on Star Wars, haha. So hilarious! :D
We have to do this again sometime... :) We talked and laughed the whole evening. A night to remember.
We got home at 3.30 am... lol.

And as for any other news... I've started working again in the plastic factory in Wellen (10 minute drive from here). Just like any other year... It earns really good, and it's fun. Well it isn't always fun, but working can't always be fun, right? It's hard (physical) sometimes, but I'll manage. I'm a touch chunk of .. uhm... I mean. I'm a tough woman!

I've also started playing WoW now. I've finally activated my 1 month account. I forgot that I still had it, lol. I've bought WoW about... uhm... 1 year ago I think. And I never figured out how to active the account. But thanks to someone who helped me out, I managed to get it up and running ^^. Not going to play it much though... Don't have that much time.

Hm... I think that's the basic news nowadays.. Nothing special or nothing of interest came up in the last few weeks or months...

I will post my news up right away, if I have some. Heh!

*Kiss*

- Evelien

.. Hot!

Monday, 12th of May 2008

Good afternoon everyone.
I don't have much news to tell,.. But since I wanted to keep this up to date a bit, I will have to type something up. :-)

It's been a nice week last week. The weather is so nice because the temperatures go up to 27°C. It's been a while since it's been that great here. So we are all very thrilled! Hehe. It's still 27°C today, but that will change soon I guess. All good things come to an end...

I have found a way to bypass my data limit for my internet provider! It wasn't that hard... But anyway. I won't try it too much, since they are working on fixing the leak in their software, hardware, whatever. So... Right when I have found a way to bypass it, they will fix it, darnit! lol.
Already downloaded the entire CSI New York season 3, and 4 movies! lol. I love unlimited Data... Wish it was always like that :(

That's about it though... Don't have any other news to share the moment.
Ciao

Big changes behind me, and ahead of me...

Tuesday, 6th of May 2008

It's been more than half a year ago since I have updated this blog. It's about time that I do.
I don't have much inspiration today though, but I will try to post some of the things that have been going up and down in my life lately.

- My grandpa (the only one I have ever known) passed away on January 2nd 2008...
The new year didn't start really well for me, since I was very much attached to him.
He had cancer, and that was pretty much the cause of his death... I am still not over it, and I still miss him so much every day... But life goes on.
† In Beloved Memory, Hendrik. †
I know that you are shining down on me, from heaven.

After this, it didn't get better at all....

- I have succeeded on all of my finals, and so I am "Theory"-free at the moment. I don't have to study any more theories, and I don't have to make any other finals... I have a 4 month holiday at this moment.

- Despite the succeeded finals, I have had a bad internship. The people in my institution are rotten apples. They talk behind my back all the time, and they don't quite deserve the label "Educator" in my eyes. Pathetic people. I have failed this internship. Thanks to that, my whole future is about to fall down in the water.
I have to fill in an application form again to ask for another internship. I hope that I can get that done, because it is my final chance. I have already done my internship twice in one educational year, and a third time isn't allowed, unless you fill in that form or send some sort of letter to the principal of our school.
So... I will try that... And if I don't get another chance, I will most likely go to work.
I have thrown away 3 beautiful years of eduction, but that is life I suppose. Nothing more to do about that. I can try to go study in another school, but then again... It's another three years of study. And when I graduate (without any obstacles in between) I have reached the age of 24.
So... Don't quite know what to do at the moment.
I really hope that I get that last chance, and that I can make it and get my diploma that I want so bad.... This is my life. All that I have ever dreamed out. I don't want to see this dream fly away.

The sun is shining at the moment, and that is a good thing. It makes me feel more happy at times, and I enjoy being in the sunlight. I can take a walk with my dog, and I can even go take a ride on my bike. :-) It makes me happier, even though I have no reason to be happy at this time... But hell. I shouldn't feel guilty at all. I have done the best that I could. If people don't see that, they are as blind as a mole is. Damnit!

I have also bought the "Wii Fit". A fun thing to train myself a bit more and to gain more balance. My balance is sooo screwed up. The "30 minutes of hoola hoop" and "10minutes to 30 minutes free jogging" and "30 minutes stepping" is really tiring! But so much fun. It trains my muscles which I didn't even know I had. \o/ I even start to like Yoga! :").

Well.. This is a short summary of things that went on in my life. I think that I have forgotten some, but I don't have much time now to write those all down.
Let's try keeping this blog a little bit more up to date now. And if not... Please remind me! :')

Ciao,
Evelien.

Creepy day!

Wednesday, August 15.

Good afternoon everyone.
It's been 1 or 2 days ago since I have blogged, so I needed to update this.
Due to being too tired *cough* who's responsible for that *cough* I didn't want to post up anything here.

Something creepy happened to me, ten minutes ago!
I was listening to Jason's (Jay's) CD on my room when I was making up the beds, and the last song was 'Snow patrol-Chasing cars (acoustic).
As usual, I sang with the song untill it has finished. Lol.
Then I went to my parent's room, turned on the radio...And guess what song was playing!?
Snow patrol-Chasing cars! Like, WHAT?! It freaked me out a little, so much coincidence. They haven't played that song for over ages, and suddenly... It's right there, right after I have listened to it on the CD! Wow... This must be a lucky day?

No going to work today. It's a holiday. You don't hear me complaining about it!
It seemed like yesterday was never going to end. It was so hot at work yesterday... And the hours seemed to last like forever. Plus I even got a headache from the heat (30°C in the factory btw), and I was feeling unwell.
I am so glad that I have a day off. Just 1 day and a half to go now, and it's back to my regular holiday.
Which by the way won't be all that great anymore, since the anchormen all say that it won't be sunny anymore for a long time.. Or at least not hot. Bah. They call this a summer holiday?...

There's this big event this afternoon, in Sint-Truiden. You can meet like most of the actors from the series that are running in Belgium. But I don't think that I am going there. There will be like too many people, so that won't be fun anyway.

Hm... I want to go to a themepark, so badly. Just like we did last year. I want to go back to Walibi (was also called: Sixflags), but the weather won't allow that I guess. Let's just hope the weather will get better near the end of August, or September.

The pub (poolbar) across the street, is closing down I think. It isn't opened anymore, since it's normally open every day and night.
The owner got caught for illegal girls in his 'stripclub' that he also owns. So he had to go to prison for like 23 days. So I think his business is closing down now.

Ah well ... I am off to some more surfing on the net. And I think that I will start working on something for school. I still have to redo one exam. Nothing big,but it needs preparation anyway. I still have to write it in details though... So maybe that's my work for today.

Cheers!
Evelien

What a day.

Sunday, August 12.

Great afternoon today. I woke up at 7.30 pm today, a little bit too tired though.
I went to bed at 1.30 am. So that wasn't much of a rest there.
Despite going to bed real late, I was really awake.

Something happened in the store today. Damn.. People don't embarrasse themselves for anything lately. A little guy came in, about age 7 or 8 I think. I checked his groceries, and asked him for the money. He didn't have enough on him, so I said that he had to go back to his mum and ask for more money. After 5 minutes, the lil guy entered, together with his mum.
His mum started yelling in the store, right in front of me, and in front of other customers.
She said that he didn't have to buy that, and that he put something back on the rack? Still don't know what she is talking about.
She hit him, like...Full force, with the back of her hand on the poor guy's head!
And she kept yelling at him... ffs, like he can do something about it. The kid's only about 8 years old! Omg!
Damn I needed to control myself there, just not to yell at her, about what she was doing. Holy cr*p. Then they talk about an education? That's not the right way to do so, in my opinion. Also not the way we learn it at school. Holy.. My entire body was shaking and shaking.
Someone at my counter said that it isn't the right method , by hitting him. Damn right she was!
His mum responded back to her: Mind your own business.
My god. Learn how to control yourself in front of people! I should feel so ashamed if I would ever do something like that. I think I even can't.
Oh well.. What can I say about it. The only thing I can say is that I made the right decision to study about this.
At least I have seen worse when I had to do my observation back at school.

Anyway... That is about it for today. I don't feel like typing more in here!
Maybe later on the night. Because I won't be going to bed that early. I have the evening shift tomorrow (2 - 10pm my time). So I can stay up late today, to have some fun on Teamspeak later on the day or night..

There is something I would like to say though. To someone who is getting a very special place deep down in my heart. Jason, you mean a lot to me. Everyone is allowed to read this and to know. If you need me, I'll be right here.

Sincerely yours,
Evelien