Altador Cup

Finally after waiting so many months the Altador Cup on Neopets has started again.
It started last year as a parody on the WC soccer, but now it seems to be a tradition in Neopia.
Unfortunately i couldn’t play much last year, because i’m a rather big soccer fan (Italy world champion!!!! One year later and i’m still having fun because of that )

This year they’ve really changed the Altador Cup, we have a new team (Shenkuu, well they needed to at it because we discovered it with last years plot) and there are also new balls (well yooyu’s actually )
But now you can really “feel” the difference between the yooyu’s, if you could win a match with 12-0 last year, you’re going to be smashed this year, they really made it more difficult, and the difference between the yooyu’s is also working.
The fun thing is that almost everyone on Neopets is playing the AC (short for Altador Cup )and all the players are developing a carpal tunnel syndrome.
I think i got mine last year of playing to much Yooyuball
Yooyuball is really great because it’s almost like a soccer game, well except for the offside (this is very easy for the children and women who don’t know anything about soccer ) and they don’t have corners or throw ins, no the yooyu is in the game all time.
The purpose of the game? Well score more then you opponent, makes sense………………….
Although the game is rather simple it’s still addictive and because a lot of teams playing who Neopia is divided.
Just like last year, i’m playing for Altador, why…. well maybe it’s because of the similarity of the natives with the old greek – roman civilization, so a nickname for Altador is TOGA

So if you happen to have an account on Neopets and you’re not playing support Altador you’re also invited to join the TOGA guild

Oh yeah more troubles at work today, it was really a mess. A colleague has heard that she needs to start her new job this Monday
So that’s really bad for me and someone else because now we have to practically run the department and she only works 2 days so that means that i’m alone 3 days, and then i’ve got to run the show, but i’ve only been working there since January
Oh well it will all turn out just fine when everyone is at home with a burnout

Always look on the bright side of……. work?

Finally after many weeks we would get an answer about who will be fired from their job, well at least that’s what they told us.

Here’s a little background info. I work in a Hospital in the Netherlands, and like most companies these days (yes the hospital is sort of a company believe me) the hospital has financial problems. Nobody knows why this has happened (well unnecessary moving of departments and unnecessary rebuilds of departments, or a operation centre that was really expensive and where they have only 1 operation a week….. must i continue?).
Well let’s just say the Ceo finally found out that the hospital has a lot of debts, and how do they solve it?
They want to save money on materials and personnel.
In December 2006 a reorganisation was held, they looked at the departments if they could do the same work with less people.
And so a number of people was considered unneeded, me included.
But like most unneeded employees i still work at the hospital.
Somewhere in April they told the personnel that the hospital was in serious trouble and that at least 255 jobs would disappear. The problem is that most jobs are done by more people so the number of people that actually have to leave will be higher then 255.

So now the latest developments, the unions don’t agree with forced dismissals, and the works council doesn’t trust the situation anymore, so nobody knows what’s going on. But today would make a difference.
So the whole department had to go to the chapel (they must have chosen that location so we would curse, or that’s what they believe )
It’s quite a walk to the chapel from out department, so we left early and went into the elevator…………

WRONG

That moment my worst fear became reality, we were stuck in the elevator, 13 people
We should have gone up but we went down instead, and then the lift didn’t go up anymore and the doors would open either.
Then someone saw a very little sign that only 6 people were allowed in the elevator
It was such a small sign, make it bigger! But we were still trapped.
A colleague thought to be funny and started jumping :0
It’s always been my fear to get stuck in an elevator and being claustrophobic doesnt help either.
Luckily for us someone from technical service was nearby, so we were stuck for about 5 minutes or so, but it felt much much longer.

Finally we got out, but we still needed to go up, so most people took the stairs
In the chapel we got an envelope with a paper inside with the amount of jobs that would have to disappear.
I was already out, but from my old department people still have to leave.
Also my old chef has to leave, almost every chef has to leave.

Conclusion: we still don’t know anything, but for now the forced dismissals are canceled due to the unions.
But everyone is encouraged to seek another job.
Well i hope i’ll have another job soon, preferably one where i don’t need to use elevators

Anything goes

I haven’t really posted everything about mogway and gizmo on my english blog but the pain was just to hard to do that. Well what do i have to tell you guys? Well mostly not any good news LOL, isn’t it always like that

Well let’s start with a nice message, i’m proud to introduce a new member to our family
Chamook
I got this email from my mother some time ago:

Hello,

Can i introduce myself?
My name is Chamook.
I’m a male of 9 weeks old, i was born on February 23rd 2007 in Dronten.
They say that may breed is Australian Cattle dog.
My new home is really exciting and i’m really enjoying it!
I hope to meet you soon!

Love,
Chamook.
;D

Isn’t he adorable? He does everything he isn’t supposed to do I really love puppies

Oh yeah another fun thing: Today is the birthday of DMS2C, we’re 1 year old LOL pretty weird though that the website is open for 1 year now.

Now the bad news : 2 Weeks ago the director of the hospital told us that 255 jobs must be deleted to ensure the financial health of the hospital. 255 Jobs usually means more then 255 people because a lot of people work parttime, but we still don’t know who’s going to lose his/her job and who doesn’t. I’m at another division right now but i already now i can’t stay there either, sjies ghehe, all they keep doing with me is put me wherever i’m needed and then kick me out again.
Well i got a job interview this Wednesday so i’m hoping that if i get the job i’ll stay there for more then 1 year LOL.

Also i’ve got a really nasty pain in my back, last Friday i wanted to get my coffee mug and then my back just started to hurt.
To make a long story short, i’ve got new pills (yeah i just love pills ) and i’m not allowed to do anything. LOL me and just sitting and do nothing? That’s going to be hard, well at least i’ve got a week of YEAH.

Well that about it, until next time.

Christmas and other stuff

WOW it’s been a while since my last post, not that i find that weird cause i’ve been at work until 21:30 today, yeah for me, i must be insane or something. Especially after the last couple of weeks i must be insane to work late again, i’ll explain it.
Many company’s here in the Netherlands have financial problems and the hospital is no exception to it. Because of that i was forced to leave the hospital about 1,5 years ago, but then due to some weird rules and stuff i got hired back and i got a contract again. But now they have something new, we needed to fill in an interest form of what functions we would like. Director sign me up LOL no seriously, i didn’t have any idea what to fill in cause i haven’t worked on that division for 1,5 years, and the functions have changed it that time, that’s all i know
So last Wednesday i had a meeting about my 1st function interest, and to make it worse with someone i don’t know. This man recently became my boss apparently. So i went there and to my big surprise he told me he didn’t need me cause he already had to much personnel. DUH i already know that for about 1,5 years now ugh. So i told him i would rather stay in the division i’m currently at, he understood that, but he didn’t want to pay for me anymore, i understand that, why should a division pay my salary when i don’t work for them. But he told me that he was going to try and sort it all out. Ok hej that’s fine by me, if i can stay in the division i’m currently at i’ll be happy cause i have been working there for about hmmm oh yeah 1,5 years now
This Saturday i got a new letter that invites me for a new interview for my 2nd function interest (the 2nd function is way higher then my original function). I really didn’t know what to think of that letter, i really thought why should i go? They’re trying to place me at my current division for good…. So i went this morning for that other interview and boy did that turn out completely wrong, so it resulted by this man saying (again he doesn’t know me at all): i wasn’t motivated and that i wasn’t a reliable candidate for this job (the 2nd function NO DUH) and that i should probably forget the fact that i can stay at my current division. WTF i’m not motivated?????? I’ve stayed 5 hours longer then i’m supposed to today and i’m not motivated????? Really motivating such conversations ugh. They’re all a bunch of retards, someone who works longer in the hospital get a lower function then someone who just started working there when they both have the same papers, that doesn’t seem right to me now. So actually i’m right back where i started 1,5 years ago, i don’t have a clue where i stand. In fact every day someone can come up to me and tell me to pack my stuff cause i don’t longer work at this division anymore, hmmmmmmmm really motivating…….if you ask me and of course the don’t ugh. Well the biggest problem is who’s going to pay my salary, the division i’m at now can’t really do without me but they can’t pay me either cause they don’t belong to the hospital, really complicated again, so because all of that i’m unsure of everything again Long live the health care huh. This stuff is also very good for your health

If you don’t like soccer click here

So now let’s talk about something i do like to talk about, yes it’s soccer *evil laughter* sry but on this great day i just had to talk about this wonderful game . It’s surprising to me that we are still allowed to play soccer here in the Netherlands, cause we got weird supporters (you probably have heard about the Feyenoord supporters in Nancy, can we actually call those people supporters???) or the weird thing the dutch soccer players say nowadays. Oh yeah and we’ve got a Coach of the national team vs everybody else, and this war ain’t over yet, so this loser of a coach had some luck with getting to a tournament and now………Where is Ruud van Nistelrooy???? He’s been playing really well at Real Madrid at the moment, yesterday he scored an important goal that led Real to the victory. NO don’t get me started about that UNDESERVED red card for Cannavaro, cause if you believe that his 2nd yellow card was right then you might as well get your lessons from our dutch coach, who has absolutely no idea what he’s doing.
Speaking about Cannavaro *evil laughter* he’s FIFA WORLD PLAYER 2006 *again evil laughter* , i’m not going to say anything about it but i’ll quote something from a dutch soccer magazine called VI
A lot of commentary was released when Fabio Cannavaro received the Golden Shoe at the end of November. A lot of coaches and players didn’t agree with the soccer journalists who elected the Italian defender as best soccer player of Europe. But who did the coaches and the captions from all national teams choose to be the best player in the world? Indeed: Fabio Cannavaro.

LOL it’s something i’ve could have written myself *again evil laughter*, really this is so great, not only because Cannavaro won the prize, but the fact that defenders are finally getting recognition for what they’re doing. And the fact that a defender wins all the important soccer prizes this year. I really can’t wait to hear / read the reactions of french coach Domenech and Cruijff

Well enough about soccer…..really???? Yep for now i even build in a nice jump section for you soccer haters lol So anyway Christmas is knocking at our doors again, ugh now comes the time when your whole family wants you to spend Christmas with them, yeah sure i’ll divide myself in 20 pieces or something And of course the big question, what do you get your family for Christmas??? I don’t even know what to ask… so why should others know it then Well if you have to believe the Dutch trends then Christmas is going to be really expensive. We have a sorta dutch version of Santa Claus and he gives gifts on December 5, but most kids got a brand new Xbox 360 for December 5. Is it just me again that i find this totally ridiculous that you give your kids such an expensive present on a day like that??? Yeah it’s just probably me………. SJIES look at this blog it turned out to be quite long, i don’t usually make blogs this long, only when they’re about a new expansion pack of the Sims 2 hmmmmmmmmmm gheheh, well last but not least:

Merry Christmas and a Happy new year, talk to you all in the new year