pátek 15. července 2011

It's over

I can't believe it. I made it! 10 months and 15 days of aupairing. I never would have thought I'll come so far. So I'm done here. New things are waiting for me. I hope my future turns well for me...it has to! My life is entitled to being awesome! :)

čtvrtek 14. července 2011

Did you know

that if you apply for Estonian citizenship and get it, you will get compensated for your language studies? Maybe I should consider changing my citizenship :))

Yes, I've started to do a little research on fun activities in Tallinn...hope I'll manage to get a job before I spend all my money.

středa 13. července 2011

Zmáčkni čudlík (part 2) aneb malé chlupaté štěňátko

I was emailing with a shih-tzu kennel behind Viktor's back and had a perfect evil plan for Sunday :)

Lenka and Slávek didn't have time to spend the afternoon by exploring the beauties around my village, so they planned to leave early taking Petra with. Unexpectedly, this helped to put my plan into action.
What was the plan, anyway? I really wish(ed) to have a puppy but Viktor seemed to be a little bit skeptical/resistant, so I figured when he sees those cute little dogies, he'll change his mind and we'll be suddenly 3 in our little Tallinn apartment. Why shih-tzu? They're small (easy to transport on board and don't eat as much as e.g. husky), friendly, active, just perfect for our living situation. When I showed a shih-tzu dog to Viktor, he said that they are freaks of nature :/ That made me feel challenged to change his mind :) (I think he's really happy to read this)
Against the protests of my parents, we took a train to a small town where the kennel was located. There was definitely nothing to see, only the puppies, which were irresistibly cute. In contrast to their owners. I definitely wouldn't like to meet the owner's boyfriend at night. Anyway, my plan worked and we have decided to buy a puppy.
But! when I calculated the costs (dog+accessories+chip+ticket), I realized I can't afford it, especially if I don't have any job in EE. Poor me!
This could have been our dog
 This is how sadly my evil plan ended...but a new plan had been born on the way back, in a tent shop - we have decided to buy a tent + camping stuff and go camping. If we're able to hike together, we'll ready for a married life :))

What EU should do

I would highly appreciate if EU invested their money into some useful database systems, like a central register - one would have only one personal number (I am in possession of 3 right now) valid for the whole EU and all his job experience would be put in there. So, if one moves to another country, one wouldn't have to bring lots of documents with...the clerk would just have a look at the system and knew. Or a "wedding register" in order to prevent a long annoying paper work. I would love if English would be sufficient for all of the documents. Translating to Estonian's gonna cost me arm and leg. Moreover, if we move, we'll have to have it translated into another language...Argh, this moving between countries, marrying an Estonian citizen, the unemployed future,...it's so annoying. But can't wait to leave my au-pair job on Saturday :)

pondělí 11. července 2011

My first wedding collage

How great would it be if the kids had their friends around all summer long? I would have all day to myself (as I do today) and could spend the days by learning new stuff, like today :) Here we go, my second collage in GIMP:

Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn

středa 6. července 2011

"Zmáčkni čudlík"

accompanied by "tygr, hr[ř]ej, králík, hrozně ošklivý pejsek" are the newest phrases Victor had learnt during our stay back in CZ. I kind of hope his vocabulary is about to broaden with a brand new textbook he has bought and he'll learn finally something more useful than "udělej čaj/placičku; na, realizuj se; o(b)líznu; chlupatý jezevčík/pejsek/štěňátko; etc."
I'm back to cold and rainy Bergen and want to recap the stay in CZ.
On Friday, before my departure, Anne took me to a nutrition specialist who found out that I eat too much of sugar, my bones lack something and my metabolism is slower than it should be. A bit depressing but didn't make much change in my diet. But I will have to start to do something to loose some of my newly loaded weight if I want to fit in into my über-cool wedding dress. The dress would be perfect for a summer/autumn wedding, though, I can't picture myself much in a short dress in Estonian winter.
This picture proves that it's possible to tie the knot even in a short dress.
The wedding dress talk was a bit off the topic, I saw it for the first time when I came home, which I thought it wouldn't happen when I came to the airport 15 mins before the check-in closes and Flesland was packed with Norwegians flying off to get some sun. Even getting to the Flesland airport was quite a stress, the plan was to walk for 30 minutes to a stop where an airport bus stops. The problem was that the timetable was not up-to-date and since I was a bit in a rush I had to call a taxi instead of waiting for the bus. 150 NOK for 3-5 km :-/ It would cost the same if I took the taxi from home and could save the walk with my suitcase X-/
Bergen airport uses only self-check-in boxes but because it was so crowded there, only two out of six worked. Jumping the queue didn't help much because it wasn't only me whose plane was about to start boarding. Miraculously I managed to check-in as the last person flying to Praha. My luggage was sent as a special baggage because there was no other way how they could check it in. At the security control I again jumped the queue explaining to everyone that my plane leaves in 10 minutes and I don't want it to leave with my luggage but without me, that's why they shouldn't be angry with me. I felt a bit like a movie star, you know, like someone running through the airport to catch the plane of their beloved ones. I was so happy when I sat in my seat on the plane and had no "neighbours" (to watch me catching my breath).
We met at the train station with Viktor and went to my parents' house where the engagement party took place. Honestly, it turned out to be more my birthday party and the main language was unfortunately for Viktor Czech. The party was fun, we got lots of lovely presents, had a great amount of food, Lenka brought Activity game, it was not raining...just an awesome afternoon-evening...

To be continued 

St. Hans natt (30/06)

The summer holidays has begun today but the weather remains more or less the same from March (except for several sunny days in April). Not only the weather was not as expected but also my vision of how the kids would spend their summer was proved to be quite wrong. I dreamt of them being with their friends all days long and me giving them something to eat from time to time.  Unfortunately, all Victor’s friends are on holidays with their parents and he has no intentions to do anything creative, he just wants to spend the whole day by watching kids TV.  So, as an awesome aupair,  I managed to find William’s vintage bike and persuaded Victor to go for a short trip today. That was quite fun – the bike was unpredictable and Victor took me to a cool playground. When we came home, we played pexeso and I totally won! That was a time when I realized I shouldn’t win if I don’t want the junior to rotten on the sofa watching TV. All my other attempts to entertain him failed.
It’s St. Hans natt today which is something like 30th April in Czech, only it’s much smaller here. I was invited by my German friend to her dinner party. It was pretty awesome because:
  • Her friends (all are quite old people) have a beautiful pronunciation, so I can understand them.
  • We watched highlights from the Hurtgigruten anniversary trip which was broadcasted on NRK2 – odkaz –  I so wished to take the Hurtigruten trip one day!
  • I socialized – being aupair can get lonely sometimes.
  • Good food. Older people know how to cook :)
  • Beer was served as drinks. I’ve never liked beer but I must have grown up because I enjoyed it, which doesn’t mean I’ll start drinking beer, obviously.
  • It was like tasting Norwegian culture and it made me a bit sad because I’m leaving in 3 weeks. I’m quite disappointed that I didn’t manage to pass Bergenstesten but have a desire to keep studying wherever I go after Norway
  • Met a nice Norwegian girl on the bus stop who spoke Norwegian to me. People usually speak English to me, which makes it more difficult to improve my Norwegian speaking skills. She also helped me to find my bus stop because the tunnel was closed, so the busses were leaving from somewhere else.

I wrote this post after coming from the dinner party but didn’t have time to post it.