Searching for a job...found handmade stools

This morning I went with my friend Rita in the city center with the plan of systematically find a job...we met at the public library Sala Borsa, right in Piazza del Nettuno, we had a cappuccino and planned to go to some Recruitment Agencies to bring our résumées and see what it happens... and you know what?... it is really depressing... I felt like a piece of meat in the supermarket, and that is all! There's no interest in the person... but only in the quantity of "labels" you earned during your past job experiences... and I may be naive in this but no wonder if the majority of people is not satisfied with their jobs!
There is not really a match between demand and offer... but simply a commitment between which job is less horrible than the other. I may sound depress... but trust me... better not be unemployed after you had the job you like....
I also felt guilty to refuse a part-time telemarketing job (sounds like it's the only job available on the market) where I had to sell commercial spaces on the yellow pages! I CAN'T SELL COMMERCIAL SPACES... I'm not going to make this job SIMPLY BECAUSE I'M NOT A GOOD SELLER!!! and the fact that I'm good in being with people and outspoken doesn't mean I'm a good seller... I can fake but it won't last... it's biological!
Does anybody know that there are persons that love to sell and persons that don't?
I refused the job telling the girl that I'll be happy to leave this employment to somebody who'll be more motivated to do it..."more motivated = better job" isn't it so?
and I know there may be the perfect job for me and that it will soon display right in front of me but... in the meantime you get plenty of shit!

Passing on... other than that I stopped at the airport because a guy who works there had to give me a gift... I used to work with this man a lot when I was at the airport. He is one of those guy who help people with wheelchairs to get from the terminal to the aircraft or the one who brings the AVIH (alive animals in hold) dogs and cats under the aircraft so to be loaded in the holds and other helpful jobs.
He came to know that Andrea and I bought an house and wanted to give us a 'welcome gift'... even if it's already a year we're in.
Enzo (his name) is very gentle and is one of those people that takes a long time to express a simple thought and speaks allusively so to gain a sort of philosopher fame in his environment... He says that buying an house is a very important thing and that is the basis for bigger projects and that even if you own only the roof over your head you are half way to happiness and such....( I did not underlined the fact that I won't own my house before 29 years and that the fact that I bought an house is now a pain in the ass when the loan bill
arrives :-))..well he handmade from recycled wood those 2 stools... and I find it so nice that somebody who I'm only in a ex-sort-of-collegue-relationship made with his hands something that will be in my house!!! (and they're made out of recycled wood!!!)... so I finally got home with a smile on my face... still believing in PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP as the base for an healthy spirit.
Monocolo is recovering from his cold and the house is warm... want to go back in my slippers, read a little, listen to Allie McBeal Original Soundtrack and drink my favourite Oregon Chai Tea in my NYC mug!

I Want to be a computer geek!

Since I'm jobless at the moment.... I have plenty of time to surf the internet. Of course I keep me busy with other things, but in days like this when outside is sooooo cold and the fog covers everything, I prefer stay at home surfing this weird world that is internet....
So my next 'mission' is to share with you my friends some thoughts, moments, ideas and pictures that remain otherwise un-shared making them nonsense... so now we'll have more nonsense shared:-) I think that can be an aim!

Thanksgiving and the Snowman

Yesterday we attended a Thanksgiving dinner here in Italy. An ex collegue of mine whose wife is American invited us and a bunch of friend to share the meaning of Thanksgiving... we ate a lot... (see the table...)all the traditional recipes as turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin and apple pie.... the dinner turned out to be a beautiful time for sharing....
We really appreciated the invitation and we came out of their 'warm' home with some more things to be thankful for...

This morning we woke up and there was a beautiful sun... shining over the snow that falled yesterday... so we decided to 'create' our Snowman... that we called Mike... and we stayed outside sunbathing for a couple of hours... Beautiful Sun....

Slowly recovering

OK... so now I think it's time to recover.... I'll be writing in english sometimes so that my foreigner friends can have a look and stick their noses in my daily routine...
So yesterday I went to the airport and had to take my stuff out of my locker and it was nothing fun.... I saw my collegues and everything else... and when I got out of it I was feeling really very sad.
But life goes on and I have to really start reacting. I came backhome and decided to cook a cake called 'castagnaccio': it's easy, not too sweet and really great for the season....Castagnaccio not exactly this recipe but similar....
Then Fabiola came to visit, she came out of a union meeting where they discussed about the employees excess and she was pretty much worried.
She's really upset since she has the loan to pay and is on her own... so to cover the sadness we just ate the castagnaccio and drink herbal infusion.

This morning the washing-machine-guy came to visit my washing machine.... and guess what?... it's ok. So I only had to pay the 30 € for the guy. But I'm happy I thought I had to pay over 100€.
So now we'll see for tomorrow since the heater-boiler-guy will come for the annual tests...
How is it possible that everyday we have to take hand on the pocket?

By the way... the money are not all... this is why I have to change perspective in looking at things... So now I'm waiting for an answer from Ikea and hopefully it will be before Christmas.... meanwhile I'll keep working in the swimming-pool.

Need to keep active... but today is snowing (I don't like the snow) and can't go out walking... need to home execise.

OK Gotta go now.... not said much but I'll try to bring out more interesting topics next.

Giro in Centro

Per oggi un bel giro in centro.... CioccoShow, Piazza Santo Stefano e un buonissimo Cappuccino alla vaniglia.... poi Mel Bookstore.... divertente!
Comincia a fare freddo.

Tempo grigio

Tempo grigio..... umore nero.... nero come negazione di tutti i colori non come vero e proprio colore.... immobilità .
Sì effettivamente non c'è nulla da raccontare per oggi. ... speriamo di tornare presto:-)

L'essenziale è invisibile agli occhi

Questo che io vedo non è che la scorza. Il più importante è invisibile...Ecco ciò che mi commuove di più in questo piccolo principe addormentato: è la sua fedeltà a un fiore, è l'immagine di una rosa che risplende in lui come la fiamma di una lampada, anche quando dorme...