Preserved Topic: Moving jobs and countries (Page 1 of 1)

Well as of this week i relocated to the south of holland from the Czech Republic, and am settling into a new job in a video production company, working on the post production side of the business...

Its a blast but busy as hell, and being separated by some 1200 kilometers from my fiancee really sucks..

I wont make it back there for my birthday next week which sucks aswell, so a big milestone birthday will be a bit lonely for me... but thats life i guess..

yeah sounds pretty rough being away from your fiance- how long will you bew away? Can your fiance move with you? I guess you have to go where the job/money is- your top priority, and everything else takes 2nd place- stinks but like you said- its life. Here in the States your situation is common. Jobs are resurfacing but still scare- people picking up their lives to moving to the area where $ is.

Good luck.

tomeaglescz: Good to hear things have settled down a bit

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That sucks moving away from your fiance, but good luck in your new job.

thanks everyone well in a few days i turn 40 and i had to make a decision about what i wanted in life, this offer was too good to refuse.. unfortunately,, here in this part of holland (axle) in zeeland, accomodation is scarce and very expensive but it wil be subsidised a bit by my employer for while.. the bad news is my fiancee is the branch manager of a large clothing retailer in brno in the czech republic, and they require a minimum of two months notice... so it will be a while before she can join me, and it will be impossible for me to go back there in between times..

so after 4 years it will be the first time me and my fiancee are apart at our birthdays, in fact this is the longest time we have ever been apart and its only been just over a week.

but yup you go where the money is, and the money here is great... but i would not have been in this position if it hadn't been for the help and guidance on things i picked up here.. OK i have upset a few people here i think, but it doesnt mean i do not respect their work (Peter: dark garden for example) your work rocks sorry we bumped heads a while ago....

Ini: your chats offline in icq really helped a lot... trhanks a million..

emps:well what can i say besides thanks for everything..



[This message has been edited by tomeaglescz (edited 02-29-2004).]

Tom i just looked on the map too see where axel lies. It turned out to be close to the border with belgium. I guess this is your axle... If you look at the zoomed out image you see that both Gent and Antwerpen are less then 40 km from axel. And i know in belgium the housing problem is not that big as in in holland. So you might get a better home across the border. Anyway good luck with the new job.


[This message has been edited by Rinswind 2th (edited 02-29-2004).]

Good luck with the new venture Tom. I sympathise with you over the separation. My gradaughter was born while I was in Nigeria on a 3 year stretch, I didn't get to see her until my next leave, when she was already 5 months old. On the upside though, there's nothing like travel to broaden the mind, and living in a new place is s much better than just visiting.

You aren't far from major rail connections with Paris (< 4 hours) Brussels, Amsterdam, Den Haag, so you should havbe the chance of really getting around once you're settled. If you're ever up near Den Haag - Give me a yell. I'd certainly try to meet up with you, and I'm sure Rinswind would too. (BTW Rinswind - when ARE we going to have another Greve session ???).

I'd go along with Riswind's suggestion too. housing is quite a bit more economical on the Belgian side of the border. As long as you have transport there wouldn't be much difference in the commute, and the border is open - no delays for papers etc.

Anyway ... Good luck ...


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hey thanks you two, well i do go up to almere and amsterdam quite a bit, and den haag is close by there so next time and am up that way i will drop you an email

Trib just drop me a mail when you have time, weekends or evenings are preferred, sometimes i am free at friday from 13.00. Tom let us know when you are in the neighbourhood.

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I just don't understand people who leaves countries. Looks so 'unstable'....




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lol wakky, guess i got the idea from you hows things going with you havent spoken to you in ages in icq?

I feel you are lucky!

Maybe you just buy some kind of nokia phone with photo for that birthday?

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well that is certainly the "good and bad" of it isn't it? Tough descision I'm sure and I hope you both worked it out with you moving so far away from each other. Just have her come with ya

Anyway ..... ?t&#283;stí Hope I spelled that right. The czech language is really confusing

Later,

C:\


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thx c:\ and yup its not ann easy one to learn lol, i'm still struggling after 3 years..

and zigot i already have the 3650

You are speaking about birthday, however could you tell me what about your work language and if you take language class. When I was in berlin i take some language class however situation in Berlin is "deteriorated" since the reunification Berlin is invade by some East citizen grow in the GDR dictatorship as a result of a general degradation of the "life quality" in general. And language class quality was suffering too.

I hope for you that you get a good employer and will be able to integrate the society, made some friend...

People are friendly where you are working?

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Heh. Actually, I'm not all that far from you, Tom...I am in Ostfriesland, on the border to Holland...

And yes, I know about the "move around" thing...been doing it since I was knee high to a grasshopper!

We lived in Amsterdam for 7 months when I was 2 (uh... 1975-76). I don't remember much about it except for the orange shag rug... it's probably just about all I saw! I would love to go back for a visit sometime, my parents remember the country very fondly. It was when my dad worked for IBM (stands for "I've Been Moved) and because he is fluent in German (which is similar to Dutch), they sent him there for a time.

Traveling is wonderful - and how nice to live in an area so close to other countries... you can see so much! I envy you! I haven't figured out yet how to make something like that work for me...

Sorry about the separation from your lady... that can be so hard. But it sounds like it's going to be worth it in the long run. 2 months seems so long day to day, but in the grand scheme, it's an eye blink. All a matter of perspective... You'll just have a couple of months of HUGE phone bills, then you'll be back together. I hope she can find herself as good a job as it sounds like you've managed to swing!

Good luck with your new life!

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WS where ya been, gimme a shout in icq when you have the time. Damn its ages since i spoke to you..

thans for all the kind words everyone, i will let you know how things pan out

tom