Sunday, August 30, 2009

AUGUST IN OZ (First month back)

Time flies …. been back for a month already, and looking forward to summer/day light savings…. Little bit over the winter/rain .. and really starting to appreciate how wonderful SoCal was (with 30 degrees in middle of its so called winter), I really did missed out on last 2 years worth of winters!!!

My golf game still sux … just don’t get out enough .. but trying.

Life in general is at a lot slower pace, with everything being within easy reach (10-15 minutes drive).

I started working for the Aussie arm of the same USA employer, and so from career point of view, there is continuity, and love the work….Unexpectedly, I was called out to Sydney to take over the training class of (ironically) QBE (from a colleague who had to fly back to US for family matters), so last few weeks have been commuting to/from Sydney, which added an element of travel and stimuli, but overall, things are pretty good, and travelling to/from Adelaide is much easier than in USA…. I can wake up at 5am, and still fit in a coffee and shower to catch the 6am flight out.

Sydney will go on for another few weeks, and then there is talk of sending me back to SoCal for 4-6 weeks shadow training on new product line, that I’ll probably be implementing in Auckland (New Zealand) from mid October onwards.

Good to see and spend time with old friends … I have missed them all .. and this placement gives me the opportunity to settle back in, and spend some quality time with everyone.

Adelaide is one of those places, that everywhere I go, I bump into someone from the past…. So its interesting to unexpectedly bumping into an old acquaintances … seeing how they have changed, and where life has taken them.