Refueling

My back is aching a little eventhough the flight is pretty comfortable. It's really nice to be able to roam around the plane freely and talk to the captain for a few minutes if you feel like. Is a refreshing feeling in this post 9-11 world.

My thoughts about my traveling companions seem to be pretty accurate. Paul is all numbers and statistics and Nicole just can't stop talking about new advances in medicine.
Tatsui has actually opened up a little and breifly mentioned that she is a specialist in the area of flow chaos which to me sounds pretty hardcore.
Sunglassguy is indeed uninteresting. He just sits there and seems to look into thin air behind those dark glasses. Maybe he is asleep long times but every now and then he moves a little and seems to focus on one of us other in the cabin.
Eric I have been talking to quite alot and he is freakishly well educated and I don't think that he can have learnt all that at such a young age. He has indicated in veiled words that he has had some military work and education somewhere in the US but he just don't want to go into it any deeper.

We are just about to load up on the plane and complete the final hours until we arrive at what have been named 'homefield' by Jonathan. Oh yeah, about Jonathan. I think he knows more than he wants to tell and it doesn't seem like it is all good things. I will keep my distance from him and watch his steps closely. Him and sunglass guy.

Amazing technology!

I just have to say it right away. I just love this new satellite phone I got at the airport!
We have been in the air a little while now and I am actually blogging at 30000 feet!


Here are me and some of the other people on this flight. It is actually a pretty small airplane but it is comfortable and we each have two or three seats each. Most of them are people I will be working with when we arrive. Jonathan got a bit grumpy for me playing so much with the computer, camera and phone so he turned away when I took this picture. It is him in the back in the blue jacket.
The guy in the Nike sweater is Paul. He is some guy into economics.
The redheaded girl is Nicole and I think she is some kind of doctor. But I havn't had much time to talk to her.
The little asian woman is Tatsui and seems to be all too shy. I think that the only time I have seen her smile was for this picture so far.
The guy in sunglasses I really don't care who he is. He is some representative from the airline.
And finally the guy with the long hair, Eric. He is way smarter than his apperance shows. He has already several PhDs eventhough he is pretty young.

But I have to say it again. It is so cool to be able to blog like this, especially when at altitude!!

the Airport

I knew there was something I forgot eventhough I wrote it down on my list. Sometimes I can be pretty stupid and that I cannot have at this job. I better shape up and shape up fast.

Anyway, I am here at the airport just waiting for them to fuel up the airplane. When I arrived here I was met by a man named Jonathan Fracke who is what they call a local ambassador for CirCorp. He heard about what I had forgotten and made a few calls. Before I could say Sarsaparill there came a man and delivered a new phone to me, one with satelliteconnectivity. It's sweet as hell and has lots of cool functions.

I asked if I could take a picture of Jonathan and he said that it probably wouldn't hurt anyone.
He is pretty nice but I do think that he can get to be a bit annoying if things don't go his way all the time. But he will go with me on the flight and I hope that he turns out to be a nice fellow.

Pack list

• Laptop (a must!)
• Mobile Phone (hope that it works over there, mental note: check with CirCorp)
• 4 sets of loose fitting Clothes (if I don't find a nice shope over there fast enough)
• 2 Armani suits (a businessman is always a businessman)
• 3 pairs of shoes, different styles
• Soap, shampoo and all that stuff
• Passport, creditcard and money
• Watch (just a simple Swatch but it works like a charm)
• 2 packets of cigarettes

I will probably remember more when the cab comes to pick me up. Just a few hours left now. I thought I was excited when I won the county championship in soccer but this beats it by a cartful.

Time for the packing

When I first heard that I was one of only two persons that CirCorp considered for their new office overseas I was thrilled. Imagine me, a humble europee making it big for an american corporation on a new frontier.

Of course there was heartbreak to handle before anything could be concluded. The application had specifically noted that the person that was hired would have to be able to travel with absolutely no strings attached so both pet and girlfriend would have to be handled. And I must say I am pretty happy with how things turned out. Through tears and sobbing she came to the same conclusion as I had just a few days before, that we needed time apart and that maybe sometime in the future we would meet again.

CirCorp sent for me two days later and after a very long interview and what seemed like a hundred tests they said they would inform me whether I got the job or not by May 2.

And as they had said, I was hired by CirCorp yesterday and will be leaving for my destination tonight. I am all giddy and overwhelmed with expectation about the future to come!

One thought that jumped back and forth in my mind lots today was that I should try to document my travels and adventures somehow and let people see what I see.
So here I am, writing the first of what I hope to be many, many entries into this blog.....the Adventurer. Catchy name huh?

I gotta get back to packing. Promise to write soon.