Ok, so we haven't blogged for a while, oh well, these things happen! So, what has happened in the world of Steve & Miki in all that time (I say in all that time, but I won't put everything in of course, but the awesome wedding of Chay and Emma deserves a mention!):
Batchelor and batchelorette party, Saturday 7th March:Our friends Bart and Lycette are getting married on April 17th, we are really looking forward to it and we celebrated with them by joining in "suprise" batchelor and batchelorette parties. Well, it wasn't quite a suprise, but we all had a great day with some drama (read on!).
The girls went to a special place to make their own jewellery and had a high tea afterwards. Miki ended up with a nice necklace and stayed strong resisting the High Tea as she is losing weight.
The boys went skiing in a large indoor ski slope called
Snow World in Zoetermeer. We had a one hour lesson, followed by an hour of free skiing and it is far harder than it looks! I had real trouble getting up to the elevator and my legs were dead after the first hour! One of the highlights was seeing the groom come down the slope, ski past the group in a semi-circle and end up landing back on the elevator!
Unfortunately one of the group had an accident in which he broke his collarbone, so it was off to the hospital in Zoetermeer for the afternoon. We had planned to meet up with the girls in the evening for a meal with everyone together at
Ctaste, a restaurant in which all the staff members have a visual disability and the dining room is in complete darkness (the bride is herself blind and would no doubt have had great amusement hearing our shouts as we stumbled into our food)!
After the hospital we met up with the girls at a restaurant bar not far from Alphen and it all ended well, with everyone laughing (although I hope Michiel will be able to laugh about it at some point!).
Go-Karting, Sunday 22nd March:I went go-karting with a group of my colleagues at a place called
De Uithof in The Hague. I came second to last, but had a great afternoon with good friends. I would definately go karting again!
Model Building Fair, Saturday 28th March:Last weekend a group of my colleagues and I went to a small model building event in Rijnsaterwoude. We usually dance at a club in Rijnsaterwoude on a Tuesday evening, so I knew where it would be and believed the newspapers that it would be a huge event. It turned out to be quite a bit smaller than we were all expecting, but it was a fun trip none the less.
CertificationsI earned two new certifications, I am now a
Sun Certified Specialist, NetBeans IDE and yesterday I attained the ego busting level of
Certified ScrumMaster, so do forgive me if I make a noise scraping my swollen head through the door! I feel the course name is very close to the DnD level of Dungeon Master, a rank we can all be proud of! I am quite proactive in my training, there is always something new to learn in the world of software development. I am hoping to convince Collis that UML training would be a good idea next!
So whats ahead for the next 9 months? Well to start with we will be going to UK for Easter and will be meeting up with family and friends and then we will be seeing Chay & Emma at the end of the month when they come to visit us :-D
- Steve.
