WW31: Intro

It is high time I pulled myself together and continued this blog. To get you closer to the "placement scene" I will start writing not in English but in International Corp. language (or ICL for short).

Every multinational company has its ICL and ICC (international corporate culture). In my IC the unique characteristic is acronyms. This week I even found out that some employees use acronyms for their names as well. But I need to give you an update on the scene before I drop you down in the deep. Longs story short here is everything that transpired in the past several weeks in five sentences. Training. Team Building. Training. Work. Now, here is the beginning of my placement posts ... ww(work week) 31.

What amazed me and still amazes me is that everyone who works around me seems to be suspiciously happy. I was extremely wary of this particular gaiety that was noticeable in the air all around the office. I mean seriously is it that ICs are a magical place where poop tastes like tapioca? Three weeks later, I think I am getting used to it. Of course it is not all fun and games but, to go back to the point, why, why, why is everyone so happy with/on their job? I will attempt to find an answer of this question in the upcoming year.

What is a major difference between university term and placement is the regime. I look back and remember the sunny days in Birmingham when I would wake up at noon, have brunch with my flatmate and go shopping until the afternoon because my lectures start at two. Now, there is a perfect routine in my day; I wake up between 7:20 and 7:45, have a shower, shave (something I never used to do), iron my clothes (another thing that would never happen at uni), take out the trash and catch the 08:08 or the 08:25 bus; then at work, get my morning apple and massive tea. Writing it makes it even more routiny. Most, most important, my week passes as quick as a roller coaster ride speeding down the highest peak of the track.

One other thing I need to mention is actually the most important: PERKS! Working for an IC has a lot of perks glued to it: free gym in a luxurious hotel, free drinks and snacks at work, and well, other free stuff (NB! the list continues). But not to bore you, ww 32 will bring the rest of the update :)

Untitled (yet again)

Being the dus***g that I have spent a month not writing a single post for my very few readers (Sorry A.!). Some call it writer's blog, other call it summer break, third call it busy time... I call it intolerable negligence!

Anyway, I assume no one is interested in my rambling about the existential problems of the human being; you all want to hear if I have survived the e.n.d.. (Back Eyed Peas said it: "The E.nergy N.ever D.ies" - So do the overworked, hangover students! We are tough as f***!)

In the last few days of the exam session the whole Aston university went into overload. There were students that were so stressed out that they started planning road trips before their last exam. Others started sleeping in the library - as much as the library users became less and less. There were those that just gave up, lost motivation and started planning retakes. Nevertheless, there were the students that were ready and certain that they would make one more push a final struggle before the e.n.d..

(btw The E.N.D. is now in stores)

Following the exam session was the moving adventures of my fellow students. A lot of students left on the same day as the last exam, having had enough of campus after a long "revising" month; but there still was a considerable crowd attending the Astonbury (the biggest party of the year, celebrating the end of university and the beginning of summer). I have posted some photos from astonbury in the end of this very boring post.

(btw Astro Physics available on iTunes!)

My friends had the same trip I had from campus to the notorious Aston Brook Green. They followed my instructions and sneakily stole a trolley and negligently pushed it to the "new" house. They were kind enough to store the stuff of many of us placement students. Then they left; I left as well. What followed for me was Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Rome and Sofia or an awesome two weeks and a half. Now it is my placement adventures to come!

Crazy Ride, Astonbury, Birmingham, 2009

Ministry of Sound, Astonbury Afterparty, Birmingham 2009

Buba and Emilia's grown-up moving to Aston Brook Green, Birmingham 2009

Rome 2009La Mansion Club, Rome 2009