[ISan]

To all Dutchies,

This is a reminder for the Holland Meet on May 23!

We are meeting in the bar of the Holiday Inn hotel in Eindhoven (across the road from the train station) from about 8.00 pm onwards.

Hope to see you there! :nice1

[Marco]

Hi there!!
Will definitely be there!!
See you
Marco/Anita

[Emma]

Hey! I didn't know there was a Holland meet. Nice surprise :nice1 I'm not sure I'm able to come (exams in two weeks :uhoh ) but I'll sure try ..

Hope to see you then :yes

Emma

[Hannah-NL]

Already emailed, but sure want to come, it's just we're a pretty long drive away and no babysitter that wants to "sit" that late till we get back, so really hoping for a little wonder here...

[Kim39]

Good luck to this forthcoming meet on behalf of the North West Crew. :clap

Kim

[Babette & Andy]

Hallo allemaal
Ik wens jullie heel veel plezier :nice1 - in other words, hope your meet is as much fun as the ones we have on a regular basis.
Be warned though - just like the forum itself, regualr meets can become addictive :mrgreen: :clap :mrgreen:
Anyway, just booked our trip over to Holland in August (18-23rd) to say our goodbyes to friends and relatives. So maybe, if there is another meeting around those dates (possibly a bit more central than Eindhoven?) I'll get to meet you guys then. Look forward to seeing some pictures :nice1

Babette

[femke]

Hope you all have a great time,
:yes
Moira

[Hannah-NL]

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[Hannah-NL]

Ok got "baby" sitting arranged, we'll be there! :raebanana

[ISan]

Hannah, that's great news. See you tonight!

[Marco]

Hi Hannah,
Look forward to meeting you tonight
Regards
Anita

[Hannah-NL]

Had fun there, it was great to meet you all :yes
Let me know if you want your pics posted here?
I promise I won't tamper with them (much) ;)

[Marco]

Hello all,
It was really a great idea to set up this meeting!!! :clap :clap :clap
Really enjoyed it. We should definitely stay in touch - also live.
:cheers
With respect to the pics: don't post the pics "dancing on the tables", please :cool

See you,
Anita

[ISan]

Hi all,

It was really great meeting everyone face to face. Hopefully we can have many more of these meetings either here or in NZ.

Hannah, I'll send you my pictures so you can post them. Haven't a clue how to do it myself.

Ingrid

[Hannah-NL]

Send along Ingrid, I'll wait till I have them all, except the one where we were dancing on tables. That waiter sure had a hard time (finding us).

[Hannah-NL]

Well here we all are:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Hannah-NL/Ton-Ivy-Anita-named.jpg
(Ivy = Singel)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Hannah-NL/Ingrid-Marco-named.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Hannah-NL/Emma-Erwin-Mark-named.jpg
We had the New Zealand herald on the table, frontpage news the Floods in the BOP!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Hannah-NL/Anita-Hannahs-named.jpg
Of course I have my eyes closed, seems to happen every time :?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Hannah-NL/HollandMeet001.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Hannah-NL/HollandMeet003.jpg
(This one was taken right before Anita jumped on the table)

[ISan]

Hannah thanks for putting up the pics. Good idea to add the names.

Hope to see everyone at a next Meet. Ivy I will definitely come to visit in Auckland in December.

Ingrid

[Hannah-NL]

Was happy to do it, wish I could say the same to Ivy :nice1

If you need or want lessons, it's not that hard to put up pics actually.
Go to www.photobucket.com, open a free account, and upload your pics
Then copy the url with IMG in front and paste that into your message here.
The picture will then show up :smile

[Emma]

Hey nice pics!! :clap

we really had a good time yesterday!!! :raebanana

[debnjohn]

Good pictures!
Looks like you had a good time.

AHA Ivy, now I can put a face to all those helpful PM's !

Hannah, how did you put the names on the pics? I like the fancy font. Goes well with the posh-looking bar you're in. Please PM the table-dancing shots ;)

John.

[Emma]

From Erwin (I'm still waiting for my account to be activated):

Great pics, and we really had a ball yesterday, didn't we? :cheers
Nice to meet people who are in the same process as you, and yet every one in his own stage, from still having to file an EOI to already living a year in NZ.

Hannah, thank you for putting the photos up, and especially thank you for omitting the police incident... :exit

ErwinT. (Emma's hubbie)

[Moorf]

Can finally put names to Dutch faces :nice1

Looks like you had a great time - c'mon, we need those table dancing pics :clap

[Hannah-NL]

John, I added the names in Paint Shop Pro, my other hobby, well one of a few.
The font is called Chocolate Box, if that's of any help.

Emma and Erwin, we will have to exchange a few things, like translator adress etc, I will PM you.
Erwin did you HAVE to mention the police incident? :oops:

I'll go see if I can tamper a few pics, I mean post the table dancing ones ;)

[Hannah-NL]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/Hannah-NL/Table-Anita.jpg
Ok, Helen here you go, the most decent table pic (sorry Anita..she made me do it) I don't know where those boys came from, the evening had some magic, but I did not realize it had THAT much. I think that it was way past their bedtime anyway!

p.s. Check my signature, down there :laugh Yes, we made it in time!

[Marco]

Hi Hannah (Hanneke),
I should congratulate you on the EOI!! :clap :clap :clap
But that you have been persuaded by one of the forummers to publish the picture is a real disappointment to me!!!!! :(
But we will meet again!!!! and I will bring my camera then :smile :smile

I am convinced you will be selected from the pool tomorrow.
Please let us know.
Regards,
Anita

[Hannah-NL]

Helen has powers beyond belief.. I tell you, it pays to be a mod in here..
Maybe I was just jealous of your boots, I mean shoes ;)
or maybe it was the Baileys, I forgot :cheers

[Babette & Andy]

Wonderful to see all your faces!! Can't wait to meet you all in real life once we're having our meetings in NZ :nice1
Babette

[ISan]

From Erwin (I'm still waiting for my account to be activated):

Great pics, and we really had a ball yesterday, didn't we? :cheers
Nice to meet people who are in the same process as you, and yet every one in his own stage, from still having to file an EOI to already living a year in NZ.

Hannah, thank you for putting the photos up, and especially thank you for omitting the police incident... :exit

ErwinT. (Emma's hubbie)

And I just can't get over the fact that I meet someone there who works for the same company and in the same building. How weird is that! It's a small world :laugh

Ingrid

[ErwinT]

I now have my own account! :hi

The meet has had a bad side effect on me btw... I want to go to NZ *NOW*!!!!! Home sick for a country which isn't my home.... yet...

First get my diplomas translated, then the NZQA, then EOI, ITA... we still have to go the whole route... :? But we'll get there, sure thing :nice1

If BTW anyone is interested to see yet some more ;) pictures of NZ take a look at my home page:
http://www.phys.tue.nl/people/etimmerman/NZ

[Hannah-NL]

Looking forward to meetings IN New Zealand indeed!
:cheers Anita, you were right, again! :nice1

Ingrid, you must have had lunch "together" lots of times! :laugh

Erwin, I already visited your site some time ago, can't remember where I found, it.
Loved all the pics, of course what's not to love, well maybe not the bush fire.. :?

[Marco]

Hi Hannah,
Congratulations! :clap
Great feeling, isn't it??? Enjoy it. :nice1
I still can remember how we felt when we saw our status had been changed to 'selected'.
Now we are going to keep our fingers crossed for a fast 'decision successful'.

Regards,
Anita

[Hannah-NL]

When I check your list, up there, I see it went pretty fast for you.
Did you have all the papers for the ITA ready beforehand?
Got a list handy? ;)

[Emma]

Hey Hannah, in fact Ingrid and I had lunch yesterday... sitting 3 tables apart :laugh

Strange how these things go, first you don't know you work in the same building and we keep on seeing each other. :roll:

Anyways, Hey Ingrid, do you want to meet for lunch on Thursday..? My last day at work this week. Friday I'm off... have to study :wah Exams are 1,5 weeks away... You can reach me by sametime.

I wanna go to NZ... I wanna go to NZ... I wanna go to NZ... I wanna go to NZ... I wanna go to NZ... I wanna go to NZ... I wanna go to NZ... I wanna go to NZ...

I'm not desperate at all :yes

[Emma]

Oops :mrgreen: forgot to mention my last name in case you want to find me. It's Timmerman ;)

[Hannah-NL]

It's a pity we live so far apart or we could all have a dutch lunch some day :smile

"We all want to go to NZ" "We all want to go to NZ" "We all want to go to NZ" Don't we? ;)

[Marco]

Hi all,

Wouldn't it be a nice idea to try to set up something in a weekend and not waiting until after the summer months. We are all very busy with the process in our own way. If we wait too long, we will have to set up a meeting in NZ :exit

Love to hear your reaction.
Anita

[Hannah-NL]

Someone start posting some dates, maybe in a new thread? Kids allowed this time?
Most saturdays are ok here, afternoons, that is, same with sundays.
I think most of you are from the south, but a more central location might be ok too?
But-We could include this in a family visit as we have family in Eindhoven.
As long as it's not the 26th of june, mother in law has her birthday then.
Let me see about our dates:
-4th of june I have a auntie who's 80th birthday it is, have to be there.
Which month were you thinkin about Anita?