  I have been a bit busy, but here s a short update. I attended my oral exam for the work as a civil servant of the EU on Tuesday the 8th of June. I arrived to Brussels on Saturday and stayed in a sorta yout hotel urlLink http://www.sleepwell.be&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; with my would-be roomie. On Saturday we went for a dinner and then pretended to be revising. On Sunday we revised a bit and then I called my friend in Luxembourg to arrange meeting on Monday evening. I tried phoning my Belgian friend in Antwerp, but upon reaching him and asking if I could speak to him, I got a reply that I have reached a wrong number. Ruined my (non-existant) self confiednce as I had to conclude he does not want to talk with me. My roomie had her exam on Monday afternoon. In the morning we phoned somebody who had the exam at 10:00 and heard what the questions are and they wer awful. I waited for my roomie &amp; she came out of her exam not entirely happy with it. I also managed to finally reach my Belgian friend, as I guess he thought its somebody else calling that time. Anyway, my Luxembourg residing friend had exam on Monday too, but afterwards h drove all the way to Brussels to meet me for a casual dinner.
Sweet, aint it? :) I met him at 17:00 and we walked around a bit, then had a dinner. I had my exam on Tuesday morning. I have no idea whether it went ok. I ll have me results by the end of September. However, there were two people from the European Parliament Legal service and they were not entirely happy that I had only given Commission, Council and Court as the institutions I would like to work for. To quote "Parliament has a great legal service and there are so nice people working ther, why nobody wants to work for us". TBH, I think I was not at my best. I had slept poorly, and was too busy thinking about something else. Well, we ll see. There ll be another competition announced in December. Besides, at this particular moment I dont have an idea as to what I would like to do. Well, I *THINK* I would rather live in Bxl than Lux. After exam I went to the Gare Central and met my Belgian friend there. He had *gasp* had to get up in the morning to come over to Bxl and meet me, for which I am very very thankful.
He showed me around a bit and we discussed something ( I dont really remember what) but I am afraid I was too wrapped up in my post exam trauma to leave a good impression. Oh well, thats life:) This weekend I had my most favourite teacher visiting. Unfortunately I was terribly terribly busy:( Anyway, I am moving to Lux on Tuesday.
I have nearly packed. The only thing bothering me is that the EU has not reimbursed me the previous trips, so I am completely broke. But I am meeting my Luxembourg residing friend, so I hope all will work out well:) I am not taking my PC with me, so I will only rarely be on yahoo msg or icq. However, I will be more than happy to receive emails from all of you. Also, if you are somewhere nearby, give me a call and I will be more than happy to meet you. As to the EU, play this: http://www.europaquiz.org/. 
