Posts made in April, 2009

I merged two blogs today

Posted by vienna on Apr 28, 2009 in Internet and Blogging | 3 comments

The blog that contains my scrapbook pages (Digitally Designed) is now merged with this blog. I finally realized that I can’t handle that much blogs anymore. I am now busy looking for a real job and I have a good feeling that I will find one soon.

That means I will have less time for my blogs.

I still have nine blogs and I am thinking of merging some of these blogs together.

Small Project

Posted by vienna on Apr 27, 2009 in Work and Career | 2 comments

I like simplicity so you’ll notice that in this project, I didn’t use a lot of paper backgrounds and embelishments.

Glück im Unglück

Posted by vienna on Apr 19, 2009 in Other Tongue | 1 comment

Ich glaube dass nach China zu gehen die beste Entscheidung in meinem Leben ist. Wenn ich diese Entscheidung nicht gemacht hätte, hätte ich meinem Mann nicht getroffen. Leben würde ganz anders gewesen. Ich bin dankbar dass ich die Stelle in China zuerst bekommen hatte. Wenn es anders gewesen sein würde, wäre ich nach Micronesia geflogen und hätte dort gearbeitet. I habe keine Ahnung wie meine Leben weiterentwickelt hat wenn ich in Micronesia gelebt wäre.

Am Anfang hatte ich viele Schwierigkeiten bei der Arbeit deshalb wünschte ich sofort nach Philippinen zurückfliegen. Ich bin aber dankbar dass die Situation mich nicht gelassen hat um das zu tun. Ich bin in China geblieben und dann hatte ich meinen Ehemann vier Monate bevor mein Arbeitsvertrag auslief getroffen. Wir hatten vier Monate lang um einander kennenzulernen. Wenn ich ihn ein Monat oder zwei Monate später getroffen hätte, würde es auch anders gewesen sein. Zwei Monate lang ist für mich nicht genug Zeit zu entscheiden, ob ich mit ihm bleibe oder zurück nach Philippinen fliege.

Irgendwie bin ich einfach froh wie sich die Dinge entwickelt haben. Wenn es anders gewesen sein würde, würde ich nicht so glücklich wie ich jetzt bin sein.

Supersizing in Austria

Posted by vienna on Apr 17, 2009 in People and Places | 7 comments

I am aiming to shed a few pounds and I planned to start as soon as we arrive here. I thought that since the cuisine here will be different from what I am used to, I would need some time to adjust… meaning—I may not be eating a lot.

It’s been two weeks and I would really be happy to say that it is like how I thought it would be but that is simply not the case because “not eating a lot” is totally the opposite of what I am doing.

I love Austrian food although it is kind of scary to look at their huge servings of Schnitzel, beef steak, and other kind of meat food and it is even scarier every time I realize that I singlehandedly emptied my plate—consisting a huge piece of meat good for three people, some salad, and a side dish.

Somebody help me!

My God! I am gaining weight and I am gaining fast!

And like the devil isn’t happy enough with my weight gain, he sent a lifetime supply of chocolates through unsuspecting relatives who cheerfully gave it to us for Easter.

This has got to stop.

Seriously.

A short note about our new life in Austria

Posted by vienna on Apr 14, 2009 in Home and Family | 5 comments

One of the most annoying things in life is when you need to decide something immediately but you don’t have what you need to make the decision yet. We arrived here on the 30th of March and as expected, we started laying out stuff based on how our life’s here going to be but the thing is we don’t know a lot of things. We are not sure if my husband’s company will offer him a good position here in Austria or send him to work somewhere again. Under normal circumstances, he can insist to stay in Austria but in times where there’s an ongoing crisis, who have the guts to go against his/her employers’ will?

Then there’s the question of whether it is good to spend money now or we should wait. Interest rates in banks are getting low so your money is just kind of sleeping there. Maybe it is good to invest it on real state but what if the economy doesn’t pick up soon or what if it gets worse? In such case it is definitely better to have the money at hand.

Those are the big things but it is a chain reaction. You see, because we don’t know if we are going to stay in Austria for a long time, we can’t decide whether to get a 24-lock-in internet or phone contract. It would such a waste if we are to move somewhere else in a few months or so. Prepaid internet is not an option because it is extremely expensive and “no internet” is NOT an option at all.

Risk is not my favorite thing so you can imagine how these things are driving me crazy.