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I couldn’t believe it. Right after the day McDonald’s rejected me, I got a call at 9 in the morning: “Hi, I’m ****** from Fit For Free – You left your CV at us 2 weeks ago. Are you still looking?“ For a moment, my brain stopped working. – Good morning, I’m Erik – Yes, I’m still looking.“Great, are you available today?“– Of course“Could you come between 2 or 3?“– Certainly“Perfect, ask… Read More
When you think there isn’t anywhere lower to fall, that’s when you realize that the pit is bottomless. Reality was hard to bear.Regardless of the countless applications I submitted, none of them came back without the word “rejected“.I mean, I would totally get it if these jobs were Girls who are 10 out of 10 –But look, is there anything more ridiculous than that: Precies1 – Not even McDonald’s would allow me… Read More
Making a living wasn’t as easy as it seemed to be. I’ve been trying for 2 months, but not a single employer would consider giving me a shot, just so I could pay the bills and avoid ending up on the streets.In fact, I’m over as many rejections as there are brick houses in the Netherlands, yet the growing debt and the gradual weight loss due to a small degree of starvation… Read More
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed Not long after my monthiversary, my freshly acquired brother needed a little help with carrying furniture.If it was something usual, I wouldn’t write about it, but the lives of expats in the NL are everything, but dull. Don Huán was about to install a chair and a table to his new home, but there was one small obstacle:He had nothing to carry it with,… Read More
Taking the leap of faith will either make you or brake you. In this case, however, it happened to be both. #2 – Nothing Stays the Same Good times take place over bad ones. Friends walk away, making space for new ones. You find love, then you lose it.Everything changes.When I moved here, I knew no one, couldn’t speak a single word in the language, had no idea how to cook for… Read More
Yeah… “Bar”The place where the night was supposed to start turned into the place we happened to end. A sudden buzz shook my phone in the middle of a calm Thursday afternoon; as a clear sign for possible, yet unexpected pleasures.Luckily that was exactly the case, it turned out to be invitation from a kind female fellow whom I have known for no more than 24 hours.“Hey, we are going out tonight,… Read More
The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows, not even in the Netherlands Just like everywhere, there are legal obstacles in the beginning when one wants to settle down in a new place. Permissions, insurances, identification papers; all the necessary documents which are crucial to start a New Life.There is an assumption about where one wants to get work, one will find work. Today the Dutch reality crushed that belief into a thousand… Read More
Road to a New Life 