Wanna know more about this hermit?
 Me - 1998 |
| Page update: March '99 |
 Biography |
Work Info |
Résumé |
| Born on 22 February 1947 in Usakos, Namibia |
| a Pisces - artistic, emphatic and soft. first of 4 - used to carry responsibility |
| Schooled in Karibib and Hermannsburg, Natal |
| in old german tradition - meticulous and precise |
| Studied in Pretoria, Transvaal, R.S.A., |
| Met a smooth & charming prince in my last year, |
| married straight away - 3 kids & a gipsy life with 23 moves |
| The eighties - storms, black clouds & winds of change, |
| breaking ties - lost a parent, divorced from "prince" |
| my kids flew out of the nest |
| The nineties - calm seas again at last |
| stability with age? - new home, nine grandkids, steady work. |
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Work Information
| Job title |
| Bookkeeper. |
| Key responsibilities |
| Credit Control, Debt Collection, Data Processing. |
| Line of Business |
| Heavy truck spare parts. |
| How come bookkeeping? Though paperwork isn't my favorite, and in maths I just made it, jobs in this direction are easier available than any in my line of interest. Having picked up the know-how, I now am quite confident in this profession. So who says you have to like a job to be able to do it? |
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EDUCATION:
| Grade 1-10 Karibib, Namibia (1953-1962) | Grades 11+12 (1963/64) Hermannsburg, Natal. |
Bachelor of Arts University of Pretoria, R.S.A(1965-1967) |
Advertising Art & Design through I.C.S. (1975-78) |
| WORK EXPERIENCE: | as available, where the wind dropped me. | And the wind dropped me in many places, too many to mention seperately. |  And I would have liked to stay here. |
| Assistant in libraries + shops in Namibia + the R.S.A. | As Manageress in the catering industry | Teaching languages in Usakos, Swakopmund + Walvis Bay. | Advertising Artist for the Tygerburger in Bellville, Cape. |
| PC SKILLS ACQUIRED: | As a News-translator (1988-1990) | As a Bookkeeper since 1991 | And as hobby at home in my sparetime: |
| DOS:1986-93 Windows3.1:1993-95, Win95, The web- Jan.1998. |
Microsoft Word at the NBC(Namibia) | Lotus 123, Excel, Brilliant Accounting, Turbo Cash + Pick System | Photo Finish, Paintshop Pro (3.1+ 4.2), Gifcon; now busy with PSP5. |
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