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January 02, 2007
Good Bye 2006 - Hello 2007
What can I say about 2006? A lot I’d say and one blog post can hardly do 2006 justice. It has been quite a spectacular year. It feels like reliving 1996 – 1997, the year I arrived in Australia, again but in a different point of view and a lot more fun :)
The first half of 2006 I was busy getting my MCSD and preparing to leave the sunny shore of Sydney to London. In this first half of 2006 I had my eyes lasered which my colleagues immediately gave me the “Laser Eye” nickname.
MCSD turned out to be harder than I thought; packing and leaving ended up more complicated than I expected; and the laser eye surgery not as smooth as I wanted. However in the end, they all turned out just all right.
The prelude to the travel was the trip to Melbourne with the crew to watch Australia – Greece friendly. It was good, but also a bit sad in the same time because I think that it will never happen again as everyone is starting to get married and have children on their own (one already did!). The next four months I went travelling to Cambodia, Vietnam, France, Spain, Morocco and Portugal
It was fun, it was crazy, it was hectic, it chaotic, it was educating, it was fulfilling, it was a crash course on art, history, architecture, culture, and it was unexpected. It was an absolute blast.
Arriving in London in early October, I went job hunting mode. It was a little bit of a hard period as I witnessed my Aussie dollar being depleted in a staggeringly terrifying rate. Thankfully I secured a job in exactly 2 weeks time. I was lucky in a way; some of the banks here can take ages from the beginning of contract to start date, but CIBC needed someone fast and here I am.
This is a really good job, I love the work and the people are cool. The working environment is very comfy and the technology architecture is good. Not to mention they are nicely located in London Bridge, from where we sit we have a beautiful sweeping view of the Thames overlooking the City of London.
To close the year, I went to see Chemical Brothers at the Turnmills on NYE. Amazingly with pretty damn similar crew from last year’s NYE.
It has been an amazing year. I hope that 2007 will better 2006. Bring it on!
Posted by vhadiant at January 2, 2007 03:51 PM
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