Trying to live in hell ... err ... Amsterdam

I tell you, it is that bad. For a dirthole they charge you 400 Euro here, and believe it or not, they get that!
I have seen a really bad place for a really "good" (= a lot!) price and the girl told me that she has had over seventy people interested in it.
The hottest thing was so far that I got an offer to stay in one room (for 350 Euro per month) with another girl (very cute actually). This would have meant we would have slepped in the same room ... just imagine ... a complete stranger sleeping next to you. It is that crazy over here. The living situation is really very bad. One coworker told me that she was moving for 3 and a half years until she found her place ... so still some years to go for me ...

el T

Eine Entschuldigung

Hiermit moechte ich mich bei allen entschuldigen, deren Filme und Bilder ich ohne Erlaubnis benutzt und veroeffentlicht habe.
Alle Bilder oder Videos werden auf Wunsch entfernt.
Zudem moechte ich anmerken, dass mir nicht daran gelegen war irgendjemanden (ausser mir) blosszustellen, laecherlich zu machen oder zu verunglimpfen.
Mein Ansinnen war lediglich meine Freunde in aller Welt an meinem Leben teilhaben zu lassen.
Mein Leben, ist neben Arbeit und schlafen, massgeblich von und mit meinen Freunden gepraegt, wo immer diese sich auch befinden.
Daher kommen diese auch in Bildmaterial und Videos vor.
Jedoch werde ich in Zukunft darauf achten keine Menschen ohne deren Einverstaendnis zu filmen / fotografieren, oder, sollte dies geschehen, dieses Material nicht zu veroeffentlichen.

Noch einmal moechte ich mich fuer meine Taten entschuldigen, welche aber, wie bereits gesagt, in keinster Weise eine boese Absicht beinhalteten.

Euer Tobias, alt wie ne Kuh und lernt immer noch dazu ...

I GOT A FLAT !!!

Dear friends and family,

I GOT A FLAT, well, I can move in at the earliest mid November but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Besides that, I'm sitting in 'my' Church there same Indians celebrate something.
Isn't that great? I do not have to go out into the world, the world comes to me.
I just make the best out of it, but I would rather go to bed ... just one more month to go and then I'm all by myself.
Actually, I have to take in a roommate as I cannot afford the place on my own, but I hope that will went well also. After all I know that rooms are scarce here in Amsterdam, so I should be able to find someone I can get along with (and I can get along with a lot of people) soon.

So, thats it for now.

I will update you later about the details and also check out the videos, in order to keep yourself informed about me and my whereabouts.

Euer

el T

Picture 1: The CPG Team, me (with beard shaved off, but for some reason, I think I even look more grown up that way), Bettina (our ex-boss), Yanard (he is from the Netherlands), Henrike (German) and Sebastian (Austrian).

Picture 2: Me, with an evil grin, but I actually like my appearance, I look so mature, Sebastian and Yanard.

Picture 3: Me, Bettina, Yanard, Henrike and Sebastian again.

Picture 4: This is Andreas with LaTOYa, he is working her hard, poor girl.

The other side

Dear friends,

I want first and foremost apologise that I have not been able to visit all of you last weekend (this goes especially for my Canadian friends ... ; )
As you will see on youtube, I tried to make the most out of this very wet weekend, even when my father tried to occupy most of my time.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=elTMorales

Today, my old throwing knife, which I carry with me for cutting oranges and such, got seized by the police as they made mass searchings in the Metro today. I was not aware of the fact that this (carrying a knife, even in your backpack) is illegal over here.
So beware about this. It is not so much the fine (about 50 Euro, the knife was worth about 30) I have to pay, it is more loosing an old companion of mine.
Sometimes I feel everything is just taken from me.
But yes, I'm still blessed and doing better than most of the people in this world.
Just sometimes it takes so long for things ...
For example, I have a bank account now (if you wanna send me some money, I'm happy to provide the details ... ; ) but I did not got my card yet, so I cannot access my money.
Instead I got (sent to me by mail) a key chain and some toys ...
I do not need that crap, I just want access to my money.
Things like that annoy me. The same goes with my health insurance. Something went wrong and the guy who helped me to get it is now on vacation for two weeks ... everything is really slow here.
I do not even wanna start about finding a place ...
Something else makes me think too. Actually Dawn did point this out.
I'm grateful that I can stay at this church (as I do not have real access to my funds it is even good in a way as I do not have to pay rent), but for "some" reason I'm not able to find a place within the church congregation.
This is strange. Maybe, only maybe, and I have to be careful to address this, but it might be because I'm white.
Kind of strange to see what it is like to look different and just not fit in because of the color of the skin. I have left this thing so far behind me that Dawn (who is black or as she prefers "brown") has to state this to me.
Strange, but as I have said, I'm still blessed.
Nevertheless, I miss my privacy and living out of the suitcase for over 2 weeks now is tiring me out as well.

So please pray for me, that I will find something soon.

Your friend in need (who's still a friend indeed).

el T Morales