I'm really looking forward to 2007. Good things are happening in my life, and going into a new year is the perfect time to consolidate. What does this year hold for you?
Pauline
Happy NewYear !!!!!!!
Uriel
In 2007, I hope to get laid a whole lot more often. 2006 sucked in that department.
(I believe in setting attainable goals. )
greg in noord-frankrijk
Bon bout d'an à tous ! Good year-end to you all !
Je vous adresserai mes vœux en 2007. I'll wish you a happy new year in 2007.
Un événement gravissime survenu il y a trois jours a changé la vie d'une personne qui m'est très proche et très chère. Donc 2006 se finit mal. Mais je nourris les plus grands espoirs pour 2007.
A most serious event that took place three days ago changed the life of someone who is very close and very dear to me. So 2006 is ending badly. Still, I have tremendous hopes for 2007.
Deborah
So sorry to hear about your friend's misfortune, greg. I wish you and your friend a much better 2007.
As for me, I hope that 2007 will be the year in which I finally start doing something else for living! Since one of the things I've been thinking of doing is getting back into massage, one of my roommate's Christmas presents for me was a bottle of a very nice scented massage oil
My New Year's resolutions are:
(1) Exercise more.
(2) Spend much more time studying Spanish.
(3) When I rent videos, make it a priority to find ones that have a Spanish dubbing option. I should just be watching telenovelas, but my TV does'nt work, and even before it stopped working, I couldn't stand watching those things.
It's still the old year, but I started working on resolution #3 already. I was in the video store close to closing time and grabbed the first video I could find that was dubbed in Spanish. My idea was to watch it in English first, so I'd have some idea of the dialogue, then watch it in Spanish. Unfortunately, the movie was the remake of The Poseidon Adventure, and it was crappy, and I really don't feel like watching it again, even in Spanish. But I suppose I really should.
Pauline
Greg,
I'm very sad to hear that something so horrible has happened to the person who is very close and dear to you. I hope that 2007 will be kinder to the person.
I've some resolutions :
1. learn to play piano
2. be calmer
3. that Pascal will be my boyfriend (I hope that my mother don't read this LOL !!! )
4. make very well my homework
5. read many books
6. lose weight
probably some more but I can't remember them.
Shouga
I like your resolutions Pauline. And I hope that Pascal becomes your boyfriend, that would be cute! (Does your mother ever read this forum??)
I have 20 resolutions for the New Year...and those are just the ones that I *have* to achieve!! I also have a bundle of resolutions that are *maybes*...
One of my resolutions is to build my own computer ;) Of course I'll have to achieve Resolution #20, 'Get a Job', first...
I wish you all a good new year. Hopefully next year will be a far better year than this year. What with relatives dying, people divorcing/breaking up...this year hasn't been a bundle of laughs.
Pauline
Shouga wrote:
I like your resolutions Pauline. And I hope that Pascal becomes your boyfriend, that would be cute! (Does your mother ever read this forum??)
Thanks
My mother and my sister always are spying on me : it's more that the CIA, KGB and MI5 spy on people during one year. But they can't read the PMs and they can't understand german, spanish and they don't speak well dutch. English they can understand. If we don't want they understand us, Pascal and I speak german LOL !!! He know ancient greek but unfortuantly I don't - it would be very fun having converstaions in this language LOL !!
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One of my resolutions is to build my own computer ;) Of course I'll have to achieve Resolution #20, 'Get a Job', first...
build a computer ??? !!!! you must be *very* clever !!! How can you get a job when you go to school - will you leave school ?
Shouga
Pauline wrote:
Shouga wrote:
I like your resolutions Pauline. And I hope that Pascal becomes your boyfriend, that would be cute! (Does your mother ever read this forum??)
Thanks
My mother and my sister always are spying on me : it's more that the CIA, KGB and MI5 spy on people during one year. But they can't read the PMs and they can't understand german, spanish and they don't speak well dutch. English they can understand. If we don't want they understand us, Pascal and I speak german LOL !!! He know ancient greek but unfortuantly I don't - it would be very fun having converstaions in this language LOL !!
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One of my resolutions is to build my own computer ;) Of course I'll have to achieve Resolution #20, 'Get a Job', first...
build a computer ??? !!!! you must be *very* clever !!! How can you get a job when you go to school - will you leave school ?
Oh, I see... oh, so Pascal is interested in languages too? What languages does he know? And wow, ancient Greek - how come he knows that?!
I'm not that clever, but we learn that kind of thing in my ICT class, how computers fit together inside. So it shouldn't be too bad.
Nope, I'll get a part-time job, not a full-time job. Lots of people under 16 have part-time jobs over here, I don't know if it's any different in Belgium!
Loic
2006 has been a fantastic year for me. 2007'd be better - I'll mature and develop a more placid outlook of life. This can only be a good thing.
I do not believe in keeping resolutions as my self-discipline is rather lax. Rather, I have a series of guidelines that I adhere to in order to gain maximum self-satisfaction. Then again, I have a tendency to procrastinate and I only seriously get down to effect my self-imposed code of behaviour after the Chinese New Year. Since the Chinese New Year falls in late February this year, I still have a month and a half to go.
Shouga, once you've learnt how to assemble a PC, you should consider working for Dell.
PS: I am 22 and I have never held a proper job before unless you count a fortnight long attachment with a law firm as well as military service as proper work. Sometimes, I feel that there is no need to be so eager to plunge yourself into the workforce. After all, you'd probably spend the rest of your life working to pay the rent.
Shouga
loic wrote:
Shouga, once you've learnt how to assemble a PC, you should consider working for Dell.
PS: I am 22 and I have never held a proper job before unless you count a fortnight long attachment with a law firm as well as military service as proper work. Sometimes, I feel that there is no need to be so eager to plunge yourself into the workforce. After all, you'd probably spend the rest of your life working to pay the rent.
Haha, or not!
Hm...I know...it's just that there's no other way for me to earn money... otherwise I wouldn't even consider taking up a job! I'm not from the richest of families, so I don't receive pocket money, and my mum is always telling me that I need to get a job; if I don't get one, I'm going to be without money until I leave university!!
Loic
Why do you need money for? It is the moral duty of your boyfriend to pay for everything, including gym membership subscriptions!
Alright, I was pulling your leg! Yes, relevant work before graduation is certainly a boon when you go for job interviews in future. If you've already attained Grade 8, you could actually consider being a piano teacher.
Shouga
loic wrote:
Why do you need money for? It is the moral duty of your boyfriend to pay for everything, including gym membership subscriptions!
Alright, I was pulling your leg! Yes, relevant work before graduation is certainly a boon when you go for job interviews in future. If you've already attained Grade 8, you could actually consider being a piano teacher.
Haha! It would be useful to have a boyfriend first!
Hmm, a piano teacher...that would be cool, but I wouldn't even know how to begin to teach someone the piano!
Uriel
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I am 22 and I have never held a proper job before unless you count a fortnight long attachment with a law firm as well as military service as proper work. Sometimes, I feel that there is no need to be so eager to plunge yourself into the workforce. After all, you'd probably spend the rest of your life working to pay the rent.
Attitudes toward employment from other countries always surprise me. Here, work is not usually a choice; it's mandatory. If you want to sleep indoors, anyway. My German stepbrother is ten years older than you and just got his first real job (extremely low on the totem pole, I might add). He refused to work during college and couldn't find a job after he graduated for over a year (probably because he had no work experience!).
Benjamin [inactive]
I have to say that I'm not really planning on getting a job until after I've finished university, by which time I'll be about 23. And even then, I'll probably do something like teacher training (or maybe even ministerial training, LOL). I just don't see how I'd have time for it, or how I'd even be able to get a job anyway.
Deborah
Benjamin wrote:
I have to say that I'm not really planning on getting a job until after I've finished university, by which time I'll be about 23. And even then, I'll probably do something like teacher training (or maybe even ministerial training, LOL). I just don't see how I'd have time for it, or how I'd even be able to get a job anyway.
Lots of people here simply don't sleep much when they're in college and working. If you're able to attend university without having to work, more power to you!
Benjamin [inactive]
Some universities here, such as Cambridge, actually forbid their students from getting jobs whilst they're there. I haven't applied to Cambridge, but if I go to St Andrews (currently my favourite), I almost certainly won't have a job as there are essentially no jobs there.
Uriel
By the time I finished school, I was working 3 or 4 part-time jobs and carrying the max classload (6 classes). I had rent and utilities to pay, and I wanted to eat. My parents helped me out here and there, but they were not going to do that unless I demonstrated that I was willing to help myself first. My first few years I coasted without working, but after that they were both like, Look, you're expensive....
Most schools offer student employment on campus helping out various departments, but no more than 20 hours a week. Those jobs were nearly impossible for me to get, so I had to get real ones. There are whole industries that I think cater to the part-time college employee -- mostly retail outlets and restaurants. They have flexibility in their schedules, don't require much experience, are low-paying, and the employers love the fact that they can sidestep giving part-timers benefits.
Joanne
Re: 2007
A happy, healthy New Year to all of you! May your 2007 be full of prosperity and good fortune of all kinds...and remember: even the bad crap that may happen can be advantageous ultimately, so just go with the flow and keep your eyes open for great opportunities
greg in noord-frankrijk
Je vous souhaite à tous une très belle et heureuse année 2007 ! Et avant tout je vous souhaite une très bonne santé. C'est, de loin, la chose la plus importante.
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you must be *very* clever !!! How can you get a job when you go to school - will you leave school ?