Hello,
Is there anyone out there?
I received a few emails from people asking me if I'm still alive. I am, and if you use twitter will see me out there ( twitter.com / pamoga ).
How am I? Well, I've had better times, but I can not complain either. Say
from the first day I arrived in Cologne were bad things to me personally. Sinned innocent and have behaved really badly with me, so in that aspect, things have gone wrong.
professional level, given the crisis situation, I can not complain at all, I have a comfortable job, secure and well paid enough to enrich my curriculum at least in the world of microelectronics. I have more than twice that my fellow American holiday, which comes in handy now that ADI is making shutdowns and forced to take unpaid leave if you run out of normal. However, do not I like it all work from home. It's boring, you feel like a prison, it is more difficult to solve the problems by not having to talk to, you have the feeling of not progressing in your career, often work longer hours than they should, and sometimes you get distracted more of what it touches, but never takes away the feeling that you should be working. I do not recommend to anyone, and I ask that ye should say it to anyone who is thinking about it. In fact, I've stopped posting simply because to spend all day working from my room and I have no desire to stay at home writing. It is a shame, because at least for the travel would have much to write ...
My abundant Central European vacation and my location is allowing me to do more tourists than ever. Since I came to Europe have been well in Cologne, Dusseldorf, Bonn, Aachen, Koblenz, Frankfurt, Monschau Maastricht Elz Castle, Le Mans, I spent 5 days in Berlin, I made two visits to Spain and soon I'm going to San Francisco and Boston and New York labor and London's pleasure. You are baking visits to Paris, Edinburgh, ESTEC, Switzerland and maybe even a trip to Japan. Indulge in the pleasures of traveling is what I'm liking my European stage.
on Cologne, the truth is that in general do not really like. The weather this winter has been simply disgusting, always gray, very depressing. Everyone says that spring now improved and is very beautiful, but also said that the winter was very cold. Sometimes people think that just about convince yourself of certain facts as a way to escape their own reality.
The city has more to do in the valley (which certainly is not difficult). There are many bars and pubs, and is very active at night thanks to the number of students there. Public transport is fine, and also with the bike lanes can go in minutes anywhere. Cinemas are numerous but very few original version, so that's something I miss. Also I miss the international atmosphere and the discussions of policy and technology that could keep up with my teammates at Stanford. The Germans, at least in Cologne, have proved much more nationalistic than I imagined, more even than the French. I already have half a dozen times that this "We in Germany" (as if she did, would not have to look at the gray sky and the absence of Jews,-P), in response to almost anything, especially if I that "Sorry I do not speak German." English myth of the Germans has been be that, a myth. Above 40 no one speaks a word of English, and below, only those with higher education. Personally, I had to become a medical insurance, negotiate a lease, register at city hall and buy a car based on gestures because none of those places no one spoke a word of English. Also I've dropped the myth of German efficiency, the Germans are equally CANTAMAÑANAS and inefficient than any other country, and the customer is much worse than in most places I have been.
My German improved slowly. I am taking courses, but when you do not need work, or to go to class, it is very difficult progress. Let's say you now understand much of the grammar (which is not easy) but I need to internalize the rules that I go naturally in the talks. The main problem is that I have no vocabulary, and without practice is very difficult to achieve, but also have a tandem when you can not do more than two or three sentences is a pain for him and for you.
So, somehow I want to improve my current situation. I need to change things and find a place and a plan that really excites me, but right now I'm not sure what I want or where I want to. For now, if marketing permits, I would like have a second product to market in less than a year, and thereafter, we'll see.
I would say that I will write soon, but do not know. Now I will travel 3 weeks, and do not know when I'll win, but at some point want to write about the situation in Spain. I am very negative, if in March and April continue to grow the unemployed to 100,000 a month, I recommend you to buy guns when you start the revolution ...
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