lost&found

two pints. fish&chips. crisp air. amazingly clean city as if it is being constantly washed/wiped. money; everything shouts 'money'. double decked red buses. bond st. oxford st. suits. ties. clients. FIX protocol. gate/triton/ghp. focus. connectivity. communication. deadlines. away. alone. in the same table with two others. apparently they are jewish. not serving beer. going out to get a pint from the nearest pub. pRonouned pUb. accents. so many accents. i love it. i want to live here. i want to live in so many places. HK-PH-HZLA-TLV-LDN. "it was tough. why can't things be simpler!@?!?@" ; "because then you do not appreciate them to the fullest...".
lost.
and found.

95% humidity, Typhoon 2do list and a call from hr

here is the starting of a post I wrote during the first week of July:
"the plot takes an interesting twist. interesting enough for a post, that's for sure. details will sure follow but for now I'll say these are quite amazing times. and I'm writing this just so that I remember these very moment down the road. an acquaintance told me this weekend that 'life will not challenge you with challenges you can't handle'. she knows what she is saying.

a month later - and I'm working in HK, completing my carrier move. wow. hard to believe. situated in hong kong soho, at the very center, in a small yet ultra convenient service apartment. learning what 95% humidity is. learning what 95% humidity feels like when wearing a suit. experiencing my first Typhoon. which involves a typhoon check list at work. crazy stuff. i think i now believe that everything is possible. i think it is part of growing up.

work is doable. there is lots to learn and I feel the energy again. i really am happy and can't stop wondering about the amazing way (7 months' long) that led me here. away from N for the longest time ever. i miss her. first incident at work today when colleagues approached me with a question i, surprisingly, not only understood but could also answer. :)

Ms. A, head of hr, called me 2 hours ago telling me that some other colleagues brought to her attention the fact that I don't have working visa yet, might impose a serious legal problem to the company's directors. she told me not to come to work tomorrow. like i wrote earlier, after the various twists and Typhoons - I can resist even the most peculiar phone calls. hhhmmm. T called me after to apologize for the inconvenience. what a man.

life is interesting. from 'same shit, different day' to 'every day, different story'. i like it better this way...

thirtiesap

when this blog was created, it was given the strange name of 'thirtiesap'. which should have been thirties apac. or thirties asia pacific. I absolutely have no clue what made me think/believe that I will spend my 30 something years here in the region: there was a one year contract in Beijing. that's it. only a one year contract with a 'doing not so good' company.

and now, here I am in Hong Kong. 33 and 6 month + change. and I will probably stay here for the next 2-3 years which will make the proffecy from mid Sep 2006, an interesting one. I mean - D told me that I was certain all the way that I will be in China during the Olympics. technically, I'm in China :)

so, despite the hard times and the challenges we will be facing, I should never forget the following:
- I left to a journey without knowing what I'll find, believing in my self that (in the beginning... )
- Tactically, decided to move back to Israel in order to find something cool in APAC.
- I fulfilled my wish to change an industry.
- The joy of accomplishing shadows the dark pits of despair.

bottom line: the strategy and the tactic moves worked. never forget. never. this is the most important lesson. and now I know and will always remember that you need a goal; a target; now I really understand why the first course in my MBA was 'Strategy'.

This month of MILUIM will be a long one. back on Sep 29th to Israel for final packing and back here in our new city first week of September.
I've changed; There's no Black and White anymore. it is more shades of grey. no good without bad. the trick is to keep a positive balance...

thiritesap. 6.5 years to go.