The documents package arrived in The Hague but it turns out they also need Asnida's original birth certificate and legalisation. So I quickly went home and to the post office during my lunch break.
The person in The Hague who's processing our request is going on a 2-week holiday so after October 10 we should get the final okay. And then I can book the date and a time with the Stein town hall :-)
Friday, September 23, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Game of thrones
Forgot to talk about "Game of thrones" which I first saw in the TV series format during the last week of Asnida's visit. Both of us liked it a lot so when I had to kill some time at Gatwick airport recently I came across the first book. I finished it in about 2 weeks and the TV series stayed very close to the original source material.
Since I liked the first book I ordered books 2, 3.1 + 3.2, and 4 from amazon. Can't wait to plunge into the Seven Kingdoms again, especially since now I won't know what is going to happen to any of the characters and how the story will unfold!
"Winter is coming..."
Since I liked the first book I ordered books 2, 3.1 + 3.2, and 4 from amazon. Can't wait to plunge into the Seven Kingdoms again, especially since now I won't know what is going to happen to any of the characters and how the story will unfold!
"Winter is coming..."
marriage docs are travelling
to the Netherlands! :-)
Finally received the statement from the NL embassy in Lisbon on Friday and posted all the documents for The Hague yesterday. Now we'll have to wait and see if everything is ok and whether we can contact the Stein town hall to book the civil wedding date and time.
Fingers crossed...
Started teaching the Research Methods course last week and I think both the students and me are still finding the most comfortable interaction :-)
Today will be the first hands-on SPSS session so at least I won't have to talk for 2 whole hours. Let's see how they will do with it.
Still diving on Saturdays now, we're scheduled to dive at the cave on the divepoint's house reef. Should be lots of fun. Sergi and Monica will be going for their 3rd certification lesson too so at some point they'll join us diving for fun :-)
The weather in September is the hottest of the year it seems (around 26 -28 Celsius). Still sunny with some occasional clouds and we had 5 minutes of slight rain on Saturday night. That's not enough to be even called rain though. My car can use a big ass raining day to wash all the dirt off haha. From what I remember when I got here in October last year there were some decent rain showers in that month so let's hope this will be the case again next month.
Finally received the statement from the NL embassy in Lisbon on Friday and posted all the documents for The Hague yesterday. Now we'll have to wait and see if everything is ok and whether we can contact the Stein town hall to book the civil wedding date and time.
Fingers crossed...
Started teaching the Research Methods course last week and I think both the students and me are still finding the most comfortable interaction :-)
Today will be the first hands-on SPSS session so at least I won't have to talk for 2 whole hours. Let's see how they will do with it.
Still diving on Saturdays now, we're scheduled to dive at the cave on the divepoint's house reef. Should be lots of fun. Sergi and Monica will be going for their 3rd certification lesson too so at some point they'll join us diving for fun :-)
The weather in September is the hottest of the year it seems (around 26 -28 Celsius). Still sunny with some occasional clouds and we had 5 minutes of slight rain on Saturday night. That's not enough to be even called rain though. My car can use a big ass raining day to wash all the dirt off haha. From what I remember when I got here in October last year there were some decent rain showers in that month so let's hope this will be the case again next month.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
ouch Steelers....
Last night I had a few friends/colleagues over to watch the first Steelers game of the new NFL season. It was supposed to be a tough, exciting and close game with their arch rivals the Baltimore Ravens.
But it turned into a massacre. The Ravens butchered the clueless Steelers with 35-7....
No sign yet of the embassy's package with my documents but I'm hopeful it will arrive this week.
Teaching a Research Methods course starting tomorrow but we haven't been assigned our classrooms yet. Oops.
We'll see how it goes :-)
But it turned into a massacre. The Ravens butchered the clueless Steelers with 35-7....
No sign yet of the embassy's package with my documents but I'm hopeful it will arrive this week.
Teaching a Research Methods course starting tomorrow but we haven't been assigned our classrooms yet. Oops.
We'll see how it goes :-)
Friday, September 09, 2011
just another day in paradise
Again clear blue skies today. By now it's become pretty much normal though the other folks at the Earli conference reminded me of how appreciative I ought to be of Madeira's weather :-)
Seems that there's still going to be more painting work in the courtyard of my apartment building for 7 days starting today. I never see much difference between pre-painting and post-painting from the previous 3 times that they closed the courtyard. I guess they just need to keep the money flowing to the painting company ha!
The embassy in Lisbon replied to my email informing me that they had received my package and that they would add the statement about my current address, nationality and civil status and send everything back. That was yesterday so let's see how fast my documents will be back in Funchal.
Once I get that package I can send all my documents plus Asnida's documents to The Hague and wait for their inspection to see if our civil marriage proposal will be accepted. Or whether more documents have to be provided. Or whatever.
Either way, it will be nice to get to the stage where we only have to worry about The Hague and not about local/non-Dutch authorities.
Definitely to be continued....
Seems that there's still going to be more painting work in the courtyard of my apartment building for 7 days starting today. I never see much difference between pre-painting and post-painting from the previous 3 times that they closed the courtyard. I guess they just need to keep the money flowing to the painting company ha!
The embassy in Lisbon replied to my email informing me that they had received my package and that they would add the statement about my current address, nationality and civil status and send everything back. That was yesterday so let's see how fast my documents will be back in Funchal.
Once I get that package I can send all my documents plus Asnida's documents to The Hague and wait for their inspection to see if our civil marriage proposal will be accepted. Or whether more documents have to be provided. Or whatever.
Either way, it will be nice to get to the stage where we only have to worry about The Hague and not about local/non-Dutch authorities.
Definitely to be continued....
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Trying to get used to the new blogger interface system. Looks less cluttered but will take some time to get used to it.
The weather here is 30-plus Celsius and clear blue skies which is pretty impressive for September. We're hitting the highest temperatures in the year these past few days. Apparently it was 39 Celsius in downtown Funchal yesterday. Good thing I was working at home and had my airco thingie on the entire day :-)
Diving again on Saturday morning, going to the Bowbelle wreck for the 2nd time. This time a colleague (Monchu) will join me. We'll see how good (or bad) the visibility is once we get to the wreck.
Should be a good dive!
PS: one of the new features is being able to tag your location for each post :-)
The weather here is 30-plus Celsius and clear blue skies which is pretty impressive for September. We're hitting the highest temperatures in the year these past few days. Apparently it was 39 Celsius in downtown Funchal yesterday. Good thing I was working at home and had my airco thingie on the entire day :-)
Diving again on Saturday morning, going to the Bowbelle wreck for the 2nd time. This time a colleague (Monchu) will join me. We'll see how good (or bad) the visibility is once we get to the wreck.
Should be a good dive!
PS: one of the new features is being able to tag your location for each post :-)
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
back from Exeter, UK
Was hoping to get some rain in Exeter but alas. Apparently the weather in Madeira was crappy last week. Well now that I'm back on the island it's sunny and around 27-28 Celsius...
The conference was good, plenty interesting talks and reconnecting with a whole bunch of people, meeting some new people too. Lots of walking too. From the hotel to the campus was 30 minutes and the campus was quite big and hilly so going up and down in between sessions to make it to the next session.
Typically, the final Dutch document arrived last week so I couldn't send all the required documents to the Dutch Embassy in Lisbon until yesterday morning. I sent it with express mail and it looks like it has arrived in Lisbon by now. Hopefully the Embassy will process it quickly since I also had to send my passport and Funchal registration document.
Undoubtedly to be continued....
The conference was good, plenty interesting talks and reconnecting with a whole bunch of people, meeting some new people too. Lots of walking too. From the hotel to the campus was 30 minutes and the campus was quite big and hilly so going up and down in between sessions to make it to the next session.
Typically, the final Dutch document arrived last week so I couldn't send all the required documents to the Dutch Embassy in Lisbon until yesterday morning. I sent it with express mail and it looks like it has arrived in Lisbon by now. Hopefully the Embassy will process it quickly since I also had to send my passport and Funchal registration document.
Undoubtedly to be continued....
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