The culture shock of that first weekend has mostly worn off, I think. I haven't reentered the local biomass yet, but I'd like to think that after the first experience I'd be able to handle it much better next time. Next time being the coming weekend. But its also very possible that I'll end up drunk as a skunk saturday night and hungover all day sunday not leaving my room. There will be no knowledge without experimentation.

Training is progressing and I'm amazingly bored. Even with all the sites I go to, there is still not enough to entertain me. And even though the questions are easy or just outlandish, they beat sitting in the back of the room trying to look busy while my project manager(bossMan) sits behind me.

Last night was a tuesday and I, per the tuesday norm, went to a bar by myself. It was like Rhino in that I knew the bartender, had a couple of people walk in to chat to for a bit and sat at the bar. The difference, of course, is that there was casio drumming stlyed live music and the main language isn't english. But, oh well. Its close enough for beer.

Kingfisher - good Lager. It comes in big bottles. Always a plus.

I finally saw the end of FLCL on sunday while I let the culture shock and hangover fade. The ending was interesting, but I had hyped it too much in my own mind. So I was let down, but I am confident the second viewing will leave me satisfied. And that second viewing will happen before I come back because all of the stuff that Dan burned for me doesn't work in my DVD drive. Stupid old drive that won't read writable DVDs. AArrrgghhhh.....

And I leave you with a quote from a song that has been in my head for at least a month now. I think its from Kid Spatula's(Mu-ziq's) Jungle Remix disc but I'm not sure. And if it isn't, well, that's good stuff anyway and deserves some props.

Come on take a trip,
in my rocket ship
- posted by Pat @ 2:41 AM