Thursday, August 31, 2006
Jetlag
Why is it that one only gets affected, or much worse affected, when flying east? – That’s what I’ve been told, and that’s how I experienced it this time around. I know it’s something to do with the fact that our bio clock somehow gets bit more screwed when going opposite to Earth’s rotation. None the less I find it still rather funny for this trip of mine as on my way here I slept pretty well on the plane, the flight was mostly during the night, and then I was awake during the majority of the day time here in Singapore – I thought this is great, I’ll just continue where I left of, unaffected by the jetlag – err, think again. First night upon arriving to Singapore I had two two hour sessions separated by 6h of rolling on the bed. The next day I slept for 13h, and then last night only few hours again. Whereas, on the way to Europe my sleep was shocking… but I didn’t experience any jetlag effects whatsoever.
First impressions
...last, or so they say. In this case, if that ends up to be true I'll have excellente time here in Singapore.
I was picked up from the airport in the luxury car and driven to the luxury 3 bedroom apartment which is located in the luxury apartment block which includes many playgrounds and it's surrounded by the park in the area called Bukit Timah. (Mind you luxury, as all other adjectives is a relative word.)
There I was greeted by the American dude who's been working here for a while with the same title that I have. He showed me around; how things work, where to buy milk, where to get dinner etc. Thanks Ryan!
Work is located five WALKING minutes from the apartment block (to put it into perspective, previously it took 1h on public transport to get there) . At work everybody is very friendly and happy to help... Since I arrived at the end of the semester I can have first couple of weeks easy as everybody else is busy with the exam marking. This will give me the time to slowly settle in. Also, I should mention the organisation at this place. They already had everything ready for me: office, name on the door, laptop, email, bank account, ... , and the first paycheck. Last but not the least, meeting coworkers who enjoy jerking around: priceless.
Guess the only thing that wasn't waiting for me here was a wife and two kids :)
View from the apartment:
I was picked up from the airport in the luxury car and driven to the luxury 3 bedroom apartment which is located in the luxury apartment block which includes many playgrounds and it's surrounded by the park in the area called Bukit Timah. (Mind you luxury, as all other adjectives is a relative word.)
There I was greeted by the American dude who's been working here for a while with the same title that I have. He showed me around; how things work, where to buy milk, where to get dinner etc. Thanks Ryan!
Work is located five WALKING minutes from the apartment block (to put it into perspective, previously it took 1h on public transport to get there) . At work everybody is very friendly and happy to help... Since I arrived at the end of the semester I can have first couple of weeks easy as everybody else is busy with the exam marking. This will give me the time to slowly settle in. Also, I should mention the organisation at this place. They already had everything ready for me: office, name on the door, laptop, email, bank account, ... , and the first paycheck. Last but not the least, meeting coworkers who enjoy jerking around: priceless.
Guess the only thing that wasn't waiting for me here was a wife and two kids :)
View from the apartment:
...3 tennis courts are behind the other goal. Running track, Olympic size pool and the other smaller one are part of the campus. (There might be more... and there is: gym, indoor courts, rugby field...)
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Why this blog
Before I left Australia I talked a bit about this idea with a few friends and one of them, Ray, summed it up like this:
About me: I don't have to write the same thing many times over, or be spamming most of the people in my contact list with impersonal emails.
About you: if you what to know what I am up to, you simply look it up. Or in the IS terms, it's information pull instead of a push. I.e. you retrieve the information that you want, instead of me pushing it out to you in this day and age of information overload.
I envision blabbing on about my experiences, thoughts, etc, without too much thought being put into the writing style and presentation. Luckily this thing has a spelling check so words should be readable. Though as many of you already know, I'm not much of a witter (to say the least) and English grammar, especially the articles, are not best of my friends. Happy to have my grammer corrected in the comments section :)
Btw, looking forward to ALL your comments -> don't think, just write...!
About me: I don't have to write the same thing many times over, or be spamming most of the people in my contact list with impersonal emails.
About you: if you what to know what I am up to, you simply look it up. Or in the IS terms, it's information pull instead of a push. I.e. you retrieve the information that you want, instead of me pushing it out to you in this day and age of information overload.
I envision blabbing on about my experiences, thoughts, etc, without too much thought being put into the writing style and presentation. Luckily this thing has a spelling check so words should be readable. Though as many of you already know, I'm not much of a witter (to say the least) and English grammar, especially the articles, are not best of my friends. Happy to have my grammer corrected in the comments section :)
Btw, looking forward to ALL your comments -> don't think, just write...!
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