Update semestral
Aunque tengo el blog más olvidado de lo que me gustaría, el poco tiempo libre, la poca disponibilidad de acceso a Internet, y la cada vez mayor invasión de múltiples sitios sociales dejan cada vez menos oportunidades para escribir un par de líneas por aquí. No obstante intentaré romper la rutina un poco para dar una breve actualización de los últimos meses.
He estado por proyecto desde finales de octubre desplazado en Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. En general ha sido una experiencia muy positiva: el proyecto (un plan estratégico de telecomunicaciones) ha sido interesante, el equipo de trabajo ha hecho más que soportables las largas horas de trabajo, y la vida en Santiago me ha permitido conocer la cultura de la región.
En el lado negativo, tengo que destacar el largo invierno que ha sido, con poca luz, algo de frío, pero sobretodo mucha lluvia. Además, he estado un poco aislado del mundo exterior ya que en el piso (en casco histórico) no contaba con cobertura de móvil y por tanto tampoco de Internet.
Pero mi participación en el proyecto termina, y la próxima será la última semana que vaya a Santiago (por ahora). Ahora toca volver a la oficina y aunque ya tengo otro proyecto en puerta, será importante pararme un momento a pensar y replantearme algunas cosas. Ya veremos dentro de seis meses a donde hemos llegado y en que dirección vamos.
Looking for the Christmas spirit
Another month another post…
Someway somehow it seems rather difficult to be regular at writing posts, but in line with Murphy’s law I always think of something to write when I have the least time available. Anyhow, let’s get on with another news update…
This past month has been good… without any major news, but as they say, no news good news. Winter has finally arrived, and its getting cold, dark and rainy in Madrid. Although I generally like winter, being home alone can make it a bit depressing, hence I am now only thinking about going to Mexico… which will be next saturday 20th. Related to that, even though we are close to Christmas I haven’t felt any christmas spirit at all… definitely don’t feel like going shopping (nothing to do with the , and all I’ve had (and will have all this week) are Christmas dinners… which is dangerous hehe. But hopefully all of that will change when I reach home 
And well, lately work has been…. weird. Lots of work but no projects, which means a lot of commercial activity doing proposals and commercial presentations, but somehow there is a big lack of planning. Besides work, it has been good… we suffered from Imad’s visit almost a month ago, and we had a great time. Lots of party and lots of jayness… Afterwards a couple of parties have taken place, with the last one including a big bunch of brazilians, some gift exchanges and even a visit by the police to shut us up.
Ahh and in a less important note, the tv show “The IT Crowd” has started the third season… hilarious, I highly recommend it for a good laugh.
And now the countdown has begun… only 5 days left before leaving, and lots of things to do (of which some I want to and others not so much hehe). This trip back to Mexico marks another year that has gone by, and I am now in the first quarter of my third year in Madrid… which although very fun, starts to seem a bit scary. Let’s see how things evolve…
Rise or fall of Russia?
Just as a quick note… there is a highly recommendable article on the Washington Post about the supposed rise Russia has been experiencing lately. With news about all these rich russians and the military displays it has been giving in Georgia, it would seem as if the situation in Russia is improving. However as the article explains, there are many troubling problems within Russia’s society.
Definitely worth a read…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100301976.html
Summer’s over
Well, September has arrived and with it summer holidays are over. It has been quite a while since I reallly wrote a real post, my apologies for that, but as usual time flies by and its hard to find time to write about things that hide inside the every-day routine.
A lot of things have passed, so I guess I will try and start from where I left off… I have moved to my flat. Actually I have now been for more than a couple of months in the new flat and overall I am very happy about it. As always it has a million things I don’t like… such as hitting my head on the low ceiling, getting horribly hot, cracking floor, etc… but still the feeling of being my home and only mine is great! Yes I get to do all the cleaning, but at least I can keep it as clean as I want to, which results in the cleaning not being so bad after all.
And well, concerning my home, I recently bought a nice flat tv in order to watch movies and play videogames (I don’t really watch much tv). However, I had the great idea to update the software in my modded xbox (first gen) which resulted in a half-crippled box! :S I can still play original games but no longer “backup copies” of games nor watch dvd’s or other media. This is quite unfortunate, and is making me consider on buying a new generation console So still trying to decide between the PS3 and Xbox, and waiting to save some money
For the summer holidays, I went to Tenerife for a couple weeks with Alejandro, Virginia and Miguel. It was great to enjoy a lot of sun, sand and sea although surprisingly not everybody enjoys the beach! hehe It was a nice relaxing trip, and although it was a lot of fun, I have to admit it felt a bit weird going to Tenerife without my family… making me feel homesick more than usual.
After coming back from Tenerife, with a considerable delay due to Spanairs’ accident, I left the next day to Valencia with Alvaro, Jesús and Mauricio to the F1 GP of Europe! It was my first time at a F1 race and was very excited about it, plus it had the added bonus that it was the first time the race was held in Valencia, with a new street-circuit. And overall, I enjoyed the experience quite a lot. I have to say there were some things I liked a lot and some I didn’t like that much… The event is during three days (although we only went to two), which makes it bit intense… you have practices, qualifying rounds, GP2 races, porsche cup races, bmw cup races, etc. etc. and of course the F1 race. And for all of this you are sitting on a under-sized seat under the sun/rain next to a fat stinky guy Still, the sound of the engines is amazing… nothing I had ever imagined, and the atmosphere and excitement made it all worthwhile. Still, I have to admit you need to be quite a fan, but definitely something that needs to be experienced at least once in a lifetime
You can see some pictures from the summer holidays on the following public facebook album:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29510&l=1d47f&id=500254325
And well, now back to work and daily routine I started working last week, with the office half empty and not too much work to do. Now people are coming back from holidays and activity is gearing up again. So lets see what future project comes. We are already in September and the year is going by quicly… lets try and make something out of what’s next!
Cheers!