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Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome aka Shaggy has been a member since February 22, 2008, has scored 14076 submissions, giving an average score of 2.06.
  Aug 08 '09 by Mountain Gnome        43 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
Well as you may or may not have noticed, i have been very sporadically absent in the last, hmm, lets say 6 months or so.

I've been to India for the first 3 months

Pushkar camel Safari

and then came back to Holland, only to find out I'd lost my job (but with a good payout). The golden days of selling Adobe's products had came to an end.

Never the less, I had been a wise gnome and had saved up lots of money earned on the commissions from my sales, and now had the opportunity to follow a dream.

I took myself off back to my home country South Africa for a month to do and collect some paperwork, catch up with friends and family, and have a little fun.

Once back in Holland I applied to do my Masters in Organic Agriculture at Wageningen University which is just down the road from where I live. They accepted me and I begin in September.

In the last month or so I have been somewhat more active here, scoring designs and commenting here and there, was amazed and intrigued by the 3KBCM debacle and have enjoyed seeing some great new designs and some deserved new Alumni! As well as lots and lots of old regulars!

Well Hey Hai Guys!

Jebbie
Jebbie on Aug 08 '09 at 8:15am
o.o
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 8:20am
O.0
Jebbie
Jebbie on Aug 08 '09 at 8:21am
o.O
agrimony
agrimony on Aug 08 '09 at 8:23am
O.O
Jebbie
Jebbie on Aug 08 '09 at 8:24am
._.
jaywalkergraphics
jaywalkergraphics on Aug 08 '09 at 8:31am
-_-
professorE
professorE on Aug 08 '09 at 8:33am
Dude, I am sooo jealous of your ability to embark on adventures. This sounds like a great opportunity!
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 8:36am
Yeah Prof E, I am quite excited at the prospect of deepening my knowledge on Organic Agriculture. It is a very relevant topic these days, and is only going to get more and more interesting as time goes on.
nikolina100
nikolina100 on Aug 08 '09 at 8:37am
Congrats on an awesome life!! ^5! and welcome back :D
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 8:37am
and its not only academic adventures, next week lonki and i are off to france for a camping/kayaking/fishing/relaxing holiday next to a river!
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 8:38am
Thanks nikolina100
opifan64
   opifan64 on Aug 08 '09 at 8:43am
haha... I'm jealous too! nice to hear things are going so well.
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 8:52am
In the summer, life is always better too!
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 9:15am
The Campus at Wageningen Univerity


C Kid
C Kid on Aug 08 '09 at 9:20am
I've noticed! Great you are back! Nice picture and nice shirt! :)
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 9:38am
Hey Hai C Kid, Thanks :-)
garciagirl
garciagirl on Aug 08 '09 at 4:36pm
That's awesome! Congrats on being able to follow dreams :)
blossompossum
blossompossum on Aug 08 '09 at 4:46pm
Whoa. I am envious of your travels! I haven't seen much of India in spite of living there for three years.

It's really great to hear everything is going well for you!
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 08 '09 at 5:05pm
thanks garciagirl

and blossompossum, where did/do you live? India is great, we only saw the northern part, and then again only the touristic parts.
blossompossum
blossompossum on Aug 08 '09 at 5:18pm
Haha, I was actually in the northern part, in Punjab. The city I lived in was partly planned by Le Corbusier and home to some of his architectural projects--I don't think I really saw any of these, though. After that, I came back to Canada.

To be honest, I didn't even see any of the touristic parts of India. Travelfail.
Tikimasters
Tikimasters on Aug 08 '09 at 7:39pm
Neato!
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 09 '09 at 5:51am
Blossompossum: That city was Chandigar (sp?) not so? We just passed through there on our way from Rishikesh to Shimla. There is also an awesome fantasy garden there, I'm somewhat disappointed to have missed it, but there will be a next time.
Jebbie
Jebbie on Aug 09 '09 at 8:35am
o.o
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 09 '09 at 10:11am
.o.
blossompossum
blossompossum on Aug 09 '09 at 2:47pm
Yep, it was Chandigarh (just missed an 'h' there). The Rock Garden's neat--I never got to see it when I visited earlier this year, but I think it's really great how it's made almost entirely of recycled waste products.
Gar0
   Gar0 on Aug 09 '09 at 2:49pm
The world needs more people like you, dude. You're a doer. The world needs more doers. :)
mike bautista
mike bautista on Aug 09 '09 at 2:49pm
You're like the Travelocity gnome!
maariaa
maariaa on Aug 09 '09 at 2:58pm
jajajaa you just stole my dream of going to india :)
nice photo
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 09 '09 at 3:51pm
Blossompossum: we also heard that Chandigarh was quite expensive and that cheap sleeping room was hard to find, and that was another reason just to pass on through. From what i saw, think it is a very modernised city, at least in the way it is laid out in sectors..

Gar0: Thanks for that compliment, I like to see myself that way too.

Mike: yeah for the last 6 months its been quite busy...

maariaa: I didn't steal it, you can still have that dream, India will welcome you with open arms if you let her.
Chipmnk
Chipmnk on Aug 09 '09 at 3:55pm
You have fulfilled one of my lifelong dreams of riding a camel.
blossompossum
blossompossum on Aug 09 '09 at 4:02pm
Ah, I see. I didn't encounter that because I stayed at a relative's home. It is quite modernised in terms of layout and all, though--there are some pretty interesting things about the planning of it.
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Aug 09 '09 at 4:11pm
Hey dude! That might be the finest teerific photo I've seen in some time. You must sub it to break up the roomie pics.

Glad you've been having fun even though you don't have a job at the moment. Good to see you gallivanting round these parts again and hope to see you in the OSC blog like good ol' times as well man!

Ps: Whatchu git me from South Africa, beeeyotch?
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Aug 09 '09 at 4:59pm
Chipmnk: you should do it, camels are MOST interesting!

Blossompossum: It is most certainly gonna be a stop on my next trip to India.

FA: Yeah I should get around to doing that. The picture WAS taken for precisely that purpose. And, if you send me your address, I'll see what i can find! :-)
40 days later
walmazan
   walmazan on Sep 19 '09 at 11:46am
Congrats my friend for your awesome life!, and I really love the pict! ;)
39 days later
Jemae
   Jemae on Oct 29 '09 at 6:10am
hi! ..welcome home man! ..so jealous of your awesome trip! i'm happy for you man! :))
taz-pie
taz-pie on Oct 29 '09 at 7:09am
hey hey gnome buddy!
where did you go here in south africa?
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Oct 29 '09 at 5:23pm
Tazpie: Visited my dad in Durban, friends in PMB and KZN Midlands, KZN South Coast, and then flew to Cape Town to visit my sister and more friends there, then flew to JHB to see more cousins and aunts, then back to Durbs and back to Europe, NL.
Bit of a whirlwind tour in a month....
Steve The Great
Steve The Great on Oct 29 '09 at 5:24pm
hey there!
soloyo
soloyo on Oct 29 '09 at 5:24pm
HI
Mountain Gnome
Mountain Gnome on Oct 29 '09 at 5:26pm
well Hai
This blog is a bit old
But Hai anyways
Tonteau
   Tonteau on Oct 29 '09 at 5:28pm
Sweet!
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Lonkiponk
Lonkiponk on Nov 14 '09 at 9:00am
Hai..
I totally missed this blog.

Hai.

0.O
EricDiaz
EricDiaz on Nov 14 '09 at 9:11am
me too! hey hai!
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