I did it!

Long time, no see I'd say! It indeed has been a while since I wrote the last message in English on the blog. Well, you see, there are two reasons!

The first one is that it's winter time! So no trip, no photos and basically rain pretty much everyday! So not a lot to say about Scotland at the moment, although it might change soon!

The second is that life has decided to speed up the pace a bit and I had a hard time catching up with it!

To list but a few changes at the moment, I got a promotion at work, I'll soon have a new flatmate, I've switched to Linux and I got new screen wipers for my car!

Ok, the last one is irrevelent but trust me, it's quite useful!

Regarding the first one, when I first arrived in Scotland, I promised myself not to remain an agent for the duration of my initial contract which was of 18 months... well, 17 months and 3 weeks later, I finally got promoted with a side order of payraise! ;-)

On a personal level, my Swiss German flatmate will soon be flying back home for good and a French guy will be moving in next week!

As for Linux, well, Vista was the final straw... I just couldn't resign myself to getting the new version of Windows... too many expectations, I would have been disappointed! So I switched to Linux, Ubuntu to be precise. The only reason I'm saying this, apart from the reason being I'm quite proud of my achievement, is that it will change the way I deal with my pics as the softwares I used to work on are solely Windows ones, so I need to somehow find new ones as well as a way to upload them since I used to upload them through Windows. But hey, if Windows can do it, Linux can do it better, I just have to dig a little to find what I'm looking for!
So back to the title... I did it, what you'll ask me!

Well, today symoblizes my 18 months in Scotland, which is what I had set my mind on! So I kept the promise I had made to myself, to my employer and to my family and friends! From today on, it's all bonus!

But I'm not done with Scotland yet and don't plan on leaving anytime soon, not with the promotion and the flatmate, a new period of my life is beginning, with more responsabilities and the same eagerness to live my life to the full!

So stay tuned... there should be more tips about Scotland, more pics and more stories to come fairly soon, afterall, it is my duty to show my new flatmate the beauty of this country!

Cheerio as they say around here!