Journal entries - July 2008
Life goes on
End of July. End of internship. End of peace & quiet (was all alone at home for almost a month, though I was rarely at home, what with the internship). End of so many other things that are between me, myself and the shoe box. It’s almost depressing.
But life goes on. August comes, full of prospects of… more work, and some holidays. First, starting the real research for my “Master Thesis” (a kind of mini-thesis of 60 pages we have to do for the end of our Law studies), which will concern European Law. Second, driving perfectly to be ready to (finally) take the practical driving test. Third, forgetting about all the aforementioned things. And getting ready for September.
Life is tough. But it’s fun. And now I have money to spend!
Law firm internship: dealing with a paycheck
Though my one-month internship isn’t yet over (still have four days), I’ve discovered, to my great shock, that I was paid yesterday for the internship.
Most people (in Belgium, at least) have already received job payment by the time they are my age, i.e. 21 years old. Small one-month student jobs during the summer holidays, small or larger jobs for this or that person or organisation, babysitting, petsitting, …, you name it, students and schoolboys/girls do it. Payment is normal. You accept it, and move on.
Belgian crisis: when will it be over?
Yet another small political rant about Belgium. I know, I know, but it’s something that I read about every morning in my two newspapers (one Flemish, one French-speaking).
For those not in the know, Belgium (that little country of just 10 million inhabitants, housing most of the EU Institutions and NATO in Brussels) has been undergoing the most “serious” political crisis it has know since its birth in 1830-1831. And as a foreigner, a European, a “Brusseleer”, a silent observer, I’m really annoyed at how things have been going on for the past year.
Law firm internship: dealing with a PC
If you’ve ever come to this website before, you may have noticed I’m a Mac fan. I think mostly good things about Apple products, and feel unnecessarily proud about having a Mac (some say smugness is caused by Apple products; others say smug people buy Apple products).
Therefore imagine my despair at finding out on the 1st of July that I was going to have to work on a PC for one month. And to top it all, I can’t transfer my modified Dvorak keyboard layout to it!