Braved the queues at a local Home Affairs office yesterday morning, and completed all the forms. Apparently, I should have my passport in the next 14 days. As long as it arrives in time for my Visa applications I am all good.
mysehnsucht's Life List
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1. learn a new language
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2. learn to yoik
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3. publish my novel
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4. go on holiday at least twice in the next year
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5. make my own sushi
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6. lose weight / get in shape
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7. live in a foreign country
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8. Write a good short story and get it published
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9. learn to drive
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10. Capture all the books I own into one complete database
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11. get my private pilot's license
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12. Move to the coast
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13. Learn to play the cello
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How I did it: Studied, studied and studied some more. Reading the study guides are great, but make sure you also read the white papers and the operations guide. You need to understand the concepts, and why SCOM is different from other monitoring systems.Watched CBT Nuggets and wrote Practise exams.Worked with the application. It helps that it is part of my day job, so I get a lot of exposure to the product. I also have a functioning lab at home, so I c… Read how I did it…
How I did it: This year was a lot easier than the year before, because the universe was already alive in my head. I used NaNoWriMo this year to write what essentially became the ending to my first novel, also known as the second half.Getting into the habit of writing every day is hard, and it is easy to find excuses not to do it. But, the whole point of NaNoWriMo is to get you into the habit of writing every day, so when you do make excuses, you are on… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I had to change my way of thinking about writing considerably. Initially, despite blogging for years, I was convinced that only non-online writing is writing.Forcing myself to blog every day has helped a great deal in honing my writing ability, especially because I forced myself to write 'proper' blog entries. Also, starting a blog dedicated to writing has helped a great deal. Read how I did it…
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And luckily we have already purchased our tickets. Now, need to get those other pesky details sorted out, like plane tickets and so on.

