Once In A White Moon - by Gina Therese Hvidsten
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Once In A White Moon

Noisy weekend

I think I just have to face it. Updating every day/week is not my cup of tea. So now I’ll try every month instead, so consider anything more often than that a bonus.So last weekend I went to Oslo. I was going to a sports bar (now there’s a first) to see the Formula 1 race live from Shanghai. On a sunday morning at 8:00a nonetheless! It was a good race and the atmosphere, though inhibited by the early hours, was quite good, so I’ll probably come back at some point later… though at more humane hours.Since I had to get up so very early that particular sunday I chose to go to Oslo on saturday and spend the night in a hotel instead of […] Read more

Magnetic summer

I need to pull myself together. one month between each update isn’t nearly often enough. This has been a really quiet month. People at work are having their summer vacations and I can’t because I’m on a very busy project. So at the moment there are only me in the immediate surroundings… Which isn’t necessarily bad becuase it’s really quit and comfortable. And I’ve got a couple of new friends in the office. They don’t say much but they speak when asked to. I’ve also received a magnetic playset with really powerful magnets that I can build with at idle moments at work. I’ve set aside a whole corner of my office to this so that I don’t destroy the computers and my credit cards.And […] Read more

Stressing work situation II

Lots has happened since I announced the company trip. Which, by the way, was excellent, and the full story including photos and video can be found in the photoalbum.OK, I might have promised to much when I said that lots has happened, so I’ll rephrase and say ‘some’ instead.First of all I’ve been offered, and have accepted, a job at another department at work. In this new job I will perform the exact same duties I’m doing now and will get exactly the same paycheck. So why accept? Because of a low workload with my other department (and a high load in the new) I’d rather have a stable job instead of running the risk of being temporarily laid off work.Last week was also kind […] Read more