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Entries from October 2008

SVH – Social Hygiene Certificate

October 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This information will probably be more useful to others rather than myself, but you never know – working in the catering trade or even working in a bar requires a social hygiene certificate, also called the SVH – this could be useful especially because bar work is always an easy job to get to supplement [...]

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Learning Dutch Update

October 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just thought I’d update you on my Dutch learning.
I’ve been delaying my learning for a while with really no excuse. So a few days ago I decided to start Michel Thomas Dutch Foundation.
I’ve been waiting for this course for a while. Michel Thomas was famous for teaching celebrities and others how to learn a language [...]

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Dutch Taxes

October 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Unfortunately, taxes are a part of life, even in The Netherlands!
This is something that I will have to get to grips with before I move. Probably I will speak to a tax lawyer or accountant because it seems quite complicated, from what I can tell, and I have enough problems filing a tax return here [...]

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