Because I don’t have any free time I’ve decided to sale this blog. If somebody is interested in it please let me know.

G-Alarm v0.9.4 – 2008/10/31

I personally use this alarm software because you can easily configure it, can add onetime alarms, add multiple songs for each alarm, has a maze to realy wake you up etc.

Link

http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=galarm/about

I don’t know how to start a description of Paris without using any clichés, but Paris is Paris. Everybody has a general idea about it.

Before leaving I surfed the net for traveling guides and general information. I even saw people creating their itinerary before reaching the destination. Personally I think that the best way to visit Paris is to walk as much as you can and don’t rush to see all the tourist attractions because you will miss the whole feel of the city.

As this was my first trip abroad I don’t have any comparison point except Bucharest (Little Paris as it was once known). But lets start with the beginning.

I’ve booked the hotel (Hotel Paris Villette) online via booking.com with about 2 months in advance. Everything was nice and easy. With about one week before leaving for Paris I’ve sent an email to the hotel to double check my reservation. They responded very promptly and even gave me step by step instruction to reach the hotel. The price was 55Euro/night/double room – total 275 Euros for 5 nights (breakfast not included).

The plane trip was generally OK (there were some delays because of the weather). As I’ve said in an older post the plane tickets were around 500 Euros.

After we landed (the Beauvais airport was closed so we landed on Orly) we took the metro to the hotel. With the help of my GPS (Eten Glofiish X600) I found the hotel right away.

The hotel is very good for anybody who wants to visit the city and just wants a decent place to rest and sleep. The receptionist was very kind and polite and even provided us with a plan, route and timetable to get to the airport.

Without getting into many details here’s what I recommend and what not.
Visit Paris by foot, its the best way to feel the city, don’t rush. If you are tiered or want to go to a place that is far away use the metro (it runs flawlessly). Another thing I liked was to sit at one of the many coffeshops and watch the world go by. I don’t recommend the many museums (unless you are an art fanatic). You will waste much time. Personally I only visited a part of the Louvre.

Go there and have fun.

If you want more information feel free to ask.

Links

Booking http://www.booking.com/

Hotel Paris Villette http://hotel.paris.villette.free.fr/

Blue Air http://www.blueair-web.com/

Airport Beauvais http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/index.php?lang=eng

Beauvais Airport shuttle http://www.paris-beauvais.fr/

Aaaaa, the wedding.

It was one of the best things that happened to me. Seriously. I was a bit nervous at first but then I got over it. As we were together for almost 8 years the wedding didn’t change anything. To be truthful I had a wedding that I wouldn’t have dreamt about.

The religious ceremony took place at a nice church in the center of Bucharest. Two priests and a chorus performed the ceremony and everybody had Goosebumps.

After the ceremony we went for a photo session in the Cismigiu Park (the former botanical garden of Bucharest). It was worth every second/penny as we have some beautiful photos and memories.

The wedding party took place at the Tulip Inn hotel (also in Bucharest). As the bride’s brother was the lead chef there he took care of everything and we had the most beautiful wedding I have ever seen (not that many though ).

Ok, I know, I haven’t posted anything for a long time …. but I was busy with the wedding, honeymoon and some other stuff.

I’ll soon write some posts about the wedding, the trip to Paris, my new DSLR camera and my new car .

As you all know I now have a Eten glofiish x600. And like everybody else I’ve started looking for applications to increase my mobile experience.

S2U2

S2U2 is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. I use this because it can be set up to lock the screen automatically when making/receiving a call.

link: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-s2u2.html

iContact v0.76

iContact is designed to be an all-inclusive finger-friendly contact manager for Windows Mobile PocketPC phones

link: http://www.supware.net/iContact/

HTC Diamond theme

link: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-htc-diamond-theme.html

New Black Dialer Skin

link: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-new-black-dialer-skin.html

My Mobiler v1.23

View your mobile screen and control with your keyboard and mouse on your desktop.

link: http://mymobiler.com/

Palm Heroes v 1.03

Pocket Heroes is a Heroes of Might and Magic (turn-based strategy) game clone for Pocket PC. This game has made me loose many hours playing it.

link: http://www.palmheroes.com/

Today I had another bitter surprise. One of the girls in the HR department accidentally shared everyone’s salary and surprise, I am the second worst paid employ.

So … today, an ordinary day, I was at the office doing normal stuff (I was bore to death and was looking far a new job). Then the phone rings, it was a nice secretary from an outsourcing company (i had a job interview a couple of months ago). She asked me if I would be interested for a job (QA engineer) in Germany. After a couple of minutes talk we agreed that I’ll give her an exact answer when she’ll tell me more details.

Every thing was perfect … I have the necessary work experience, I am pretty fluent in English, the departure date was a bit tight but ok … I’ve talked to my (future) wife she was a bit sad that I my leave her for a while but she agreed that was for better to work there … all was great.

I started searching the net for an average salary for this job in Germany … FOUND IT … great shock … between 40k and 60k per year (compared to my current 5k/year).

I started daydreaming … that I would go there and earn enough money to live a more decent life … I would no longer live in a one room house … I could buy a more decent car … I could travel the world … to see it all …

After 2 hours of daydreaming the phone rings … the same nice secretary … she was more accurate information … it’s a position in telecommunications … GREAT (my inner voice screams) … and then the shock … departure date 15 September ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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