Tidings

More time has passed! A principal event since then has been that the problem which was fixed at the end of the previous post wasn't fixed at all, and has returned to haunt me (and the chap in the room next to me). We have both reminded the landlord a few times and every fix thus far hasn't helped; they'll probably have to break open the wall at one point and replace some of the piping altogether - hopefully they'll start on Monday.
An unfortunate business, but I'd rather have work done and have it fixed than live in this stinking mess for much longer (although luckily it only really stinks when the water is coming up, which happens less frequently now as housemates are learning to wash their dishes downstairs rather than in the washing basins in their own rooms).

Another, more important event that has happened since then, has been meeting Ulrike! We get on really well, so well in fact, that I have now fallen from the noble bachelor ranks (a phrasing from Firefly I am so fond of, I have used it too many times already; I did like the thought of applying it in Dutch, also, but didn't. No one would know that "baatselaar" is middle Dutch for bachelor, and if they did they would probably still not get the meaning). I just want to see her more often now.

REMINDER

Also, this is a reminder to
1. Get a job (holidays are coming, should give nice pay)
2. Write a certain letter to a certain university

Big steps must be taken before the next time I'll write a blog entry, and in any case before this day next week.

REMINDER