Good morning to everybody,
I'll introduce myself. My name is Luis, I was born in Switzerland (Baden) in 1986 but I moved with my parents and sister to Spain (Mallorca) in '91. My father is from Indonesia and my mother is Spanish. I have 2 different nationalities (spanish and Swiss). I speak/write perfect Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, German, Swiss-German dialect and my English is mid-good but not perfect. Sinds We had no more family here in Spain, my parents were working the whole day and I took care of my little sister after school, I started to cook when I was 6 and helping at home, every day doing some household chores. My father was a very disciplinary person (something that I'm very greatful).
I went to highschool but I left on the 3rd year and started studying at the Auto Mechanical school. I ended the 3 years but here in Spain you can't even survive with a mechanic's salary so I did not my fourth year. During my years at the mechanical school, I worked on summer seasons as a waiter so I could financially help at home (Mallorca is a seasonal Island and in winter is everything closed and you get better paid as a waiter rather then a mechanic). After finishing my study, I kept working as a waiter in summer and in winter I made some construction work, repairing some cars/bikes or anything I was able to do to get some cash. I turned 17, left my parents house and rented a flat with a friend, kept working in summer as a waiter and in winter doing some different jobs (I shall explain later why I left my parents house).
The winter of 2004 I struggled to get a job, so I thougt that the next winter I had to try abroad (switzerland) I lived there for about 5 months but never found a job so I went back to spain. I kept working just on summers and winter doing nothing becuse of the lack of money. Just realize to have a salary of 1100E and having to pay 500€ for an appartament or 400€ for a room and keep in mind that in summer you pay twice to be able to keep the appartament/room in winter. You get payd 426€/month if you are unemployed with that money you have to pay electricity and monthly bills so you barely have any money left to do anything. It gets even worse after the 2008 economically crisis.
In october 2009, I decided to go to Holland (Amsterdam) and I was lucky enough to find a full time job so I kept working until April 2012 when the company went through the 'suspension of payments' procedure. After trying and not geting another job I decided to go back to Spain.
I will write the remaining part later on. I will explain you my joining reasons, why I'm trying to join now and why I never joined the Spanish military.
Please apologize for my English.
I'll introduce myself. My name is Luis, I was born in Switzerland (Baden) in 1986 but I moved with my parents and sister to Spain (Mallorca) in '91. My father is from Indonesia and my mother is Spanish. I have 2 different nationalities (spanish and Swiss). I speak/write perfect Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, German, Swiss-German dialect and my English is mid-good but not perfect. Sinds We had no more family here in Spain, my parents were working the whole day and I took care of my little sister after school, I started to cook when I was 6 and helping at home, every day doing some household chores. My father was a very disciplinary person (something that I'm very greatful).
I went to highschool but I left on the 3rd year and started studying at the Auto Mechanical school. I ended the 3 years but here in Spain you can't even survive with a mechanic's salary so I did not my fourth year. During my years at the mechanical school, I worked on summer seasons as a waiter so I could financially help at home (Mallorca is a seasonal Island and in winter is everything closed and you get better paid as a waiter rather then a mechanic). After finishing my study, I kept working as a waiter in summer and in winter I made some construction work, repairing some cars/bikes or anything I was able to do to get some cash. I turned 17, left my parents house and rented a flat with a friend, kept working in summer as a waiter and in winter doing some different jobs (I shall explain later why I left my parents house).
The winter of 2004 I struggled to get a job, so I thougt that the next winter I had to try abroad (switzerland) I lived there for about 5 months but never found a job so I went back to spain. I kept working just on summers and winter doing nothing becuse of the lack of money. Just realize to have a salary of 1100E and having to pay 500€ for an appartament or 400€ for a room and keep in mind that in summer you pay twice to be able to keep the appartament/room in winter. You get payd 426€/month if you are unemployed with that money you have to pay electricity and monthly bills so you barely have any money left to do anything. It gets even worse after the 2008 economically crisis.
In october 2009, I decided to go to Holland (Amsterdam) and I was lucky enough to find a full time job so I kept working until April 2012 when the company went through the 'suspension of payments' procedure. After trying and not geting another job I decided to go back to Spain.
I will write the remaining part later on. I will explain you my joining reasons, why I'm trying to join now and why I never joined the Spanish military.
Please apologize for my English.
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