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I'm getting a bit restless. I have been waiting for a while now for this piece of paper that I need to sort out things like learning Swedish and having a bank account. It also would be nice if any of the jobs I have applied for would give me an interview or something. So far I think two place have sent me a "thanks for your CV...." which is a generic automated email! Yipee!
Google, though has been the best. Pretty much have Google Translate open all day along with Google Maps. Some of the translating skills are funny. Stockholm was translated as Ontario and Sweden has come up as Canada and Malmö was translated into Cape Town.

Cooking is something I am enjoying. I tend to be making Italian stuff like lasagna, bolognese. I'm going to try a Ragu sort of thing some day soon.

Still waiting

I'm kind of half waiting, half doing at this stage. To register with the job finding company I have to wait for a form from the social welfare so i can continue to have my benefit while I job search. Also waiting for my right of residence to come in the post so I can complete my registration for the Swedish course that I need to do cause everyone here speaks Swedish. then if I'm studying, I think I should be able to get a bank account. On the other side I have been job searching, walking around getting to know Malmö, and getting to the stage I'm at be going to pretty much all of the Government offices in this city. 

I have gotten a new phone and a blisteringly fast internet connection (if onl

y). The phone is alright, it's a Nokia 5800.

 It's decent but the touch screen is 

nowhere as good as the iPhone screen which I'm still using for my Irish number. 

The mobile internet fro

m Telenor isn't bad for browsing and checking emails, kinda slow on the download but I have got the base pa

ckage which I'll probably 

upgrade when I get a job and have a steady income. 

Hopefully today I will get my copy of SnowLeopard OS X v10.6 I was going to get Leopard a couple of months ago but because of 

the imminent arrival of SnowLeopard I have just been waiting, Tiger has served me very well but once in a while something comes up and says you need OS X v10.5 to complete this. Also it's easier to use X11 apps with Leopard/SL than with Tiger, well for me. I probably just was doing something wrong when i was trying it out before. I will probably try to upgrade

 from Tiger to SL since I have seen  online that it

 can/cannot be done. I have all backed up so if needs be I can just do the clean install. I'll keep you updated. 

My previous updates were all done on my iPhone with a lite app so I couldn't add any photos so here's a few:

Waiting

Yesterday I registered for a personal number here. A personal number is like a PRSI number. Here, you need a personal number unlike at home where it is only needed for when you have to pay tax. To set up a bank account I need a personal number and just a personal number, no bill as proof of address or ID, just a personal number. To get a phone I need a personal number. To get broadband I need a personal number. To register for a Swedish course, personal number. I have to transfer my dole across, and have to register with a place that's like FAS and I need a personal number for that.
I have to wait one to two weeks for my personal number.

Gatwick

So I have in the last two and I half weeks I have driven to Sweden, unpacked my stuff, did some fishing, walked around the city I'm going to be living in and then drove home. I have had four days at home to a) relax after the driving session and b) see who ever was about. All in all good weekend.

At the moment I'm in gatwick airport getting lunch. I have to wait till 16.45 till the gate opens for my flight. As soon as I get Internet in Sweden I'll post some pics of the travel and previous events that have been documented but not published.

Later Ireland.

Gatwick

So I have in the last two and I half weeks I have driven to Sweden, unpacked my stuff, did some fishing, walked around the city I'm going to be living in and then drove home. I have had four days at home to a) relax after the driving session and b) see who ever was about. All in all good weekend.

At the moment I'm in gatwick airport getting lunch. I have to wait till 16.45 till the gate opens for my flight. As soon as I get Internet in Sweden I'll post some pics of the travel and previous events that have been documented but not published.

Later Ireland.