Last week I crashed hard off my bike and am now black and blue. The next day I met Rubia, our new distributor from Taiwan. I hosted her for three days and am completely exhausted.
Next Thursday I head into Berlin for a U2 concert at the Brandenburger Tor...free! What a life live :-)
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Proposal
Ha! I finished my very first proposal for data sales to a company in France. It was one of the most stressful job experiences I have ever had, yet I somehow enjoyed it. I love my job. I feel important and appreciated. I feel like an equal to all those around me and people actually take the time to listen to my thoughts and ideas. I am satisfied in my career for the very first time in my life. I am working to build a company from the ground up and am involved with so may different aspects of the business. In addition, I am making connections with people from companies all over the world and I get to live in Europe. My body still tingles from excitement when I walk down the streets of Brandenburg. Life is good!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Tables are Turning
Last weekend I took a train ride over to the boarder of Germany and Poland with two of my soon to be roommates. We took a day hike (on flat ground) and then worked our way back toward the train station. While walking through the town, we stumbled upon a very unique cafe. The place was full of Bohemian furniture and tiling. The food was organic and they offered things like oat milk and soy milk. The walls in the bathroom were painted in a manner that reminded me of Waldorf School. This is very rare in eastern German towns, especially ones this far east. People tend to dislike change here, and often let buildings sit and crumble for 100 years rather than tearing it down. This little city was filled with industry at one point in history and was dotted with smokestacks and grey soviet apartment complexes that house thousands of people.
Last Tuesday I had a woman surf my couch while she was in town for an audition. Osnat is a very talented Opera singer from Israel and is one of the most interesting woman I have ever met. She left Israel and moved to Germany because she felt that people in Germany are the most open minded, non-judging people she has ever met. She feels that her country is filled with hypocrisy and she could not tolerate it any longer. I thought this to be very interesting since she lost a great deal of family in the Holocaust.
A couple weeks ago I met a new employee named Katerina. She is working part time in my department while finishing up a research job at the University of Potsdam. Once she completes her research, she will join RapidEye full time. While chatting with Kat, I mentioned my desire to find a new living situation in Berlin. She told me that she had a room for rent in her house in Potsdam. I had never considered Potsdam before because it is very expensive. It is halfway between Brandenburg and Berlin (maybe a little closer to Berlin) and one might consider Potsdam's relationship to Berlin as the Montecito of Santa Barbara or the Cherry Hills of Denver. Anyhow, I went to look at the place and met the 4 people I would be living with and agreed to take over the room. I will be living with an orange cat, three Germans and one Kiwi in a very unique old house (a triplex mansion) in a very classy neighborhood, close to a famous park and popular nude swimming beach. One of the girls is a Vegan and they all eat strictly organic. they make of point of eating dinner together every night. I think that means I may be turning into a Vegan for a while...
Miss you all,
Abiah
Last Tuesday I had a woman surf my couch while she was in town for an audition. Osnat is a very talented Opera singer from Israel and is one of the most interesting woman I have ever met. She left Israel and moved to Germany because she felt that people in Germany are the most open minded, non-judging people she has ever met. She feels that her country is filled with hypocrisy and she could not tolerate it any longer. I thought this to be very interesting since she lost a great deal of family in the Holocaust.
A couple weeks ago I met a new employee named Katerina. She is working part time in my department while finishing up a research job at the University of Potsdam. Once she completes her research, she will join RapidEye full time. While chatting with Kat, I mentioned my desire to find a new living situation in Berlin. She told me that she had a room for rent in her house in Potsdam. I had never considered Potsdam before because it is very expensive. It is halfway between Brandenburg and Berlin (maybe a little closer to Berlin) and one might consider Potsdam's relationship to Berlin as the Montecito of Santa Barbara or the Cherry Hills of Denver. Anyhow, I went to look at the place and met the 4 people I would be living with and agreed to take over the room. I will be living with an orange cat, three Germans and one Kiwi in a very unique old house (a triplex mansion) in a very classy neighborhood, close to a famous park and popular nude swimming beach. One of the girls is a Vegan and they all eat strictly organic. they make of point of eating dinner together every night. I think that means I may be turning into a Vegan for a while...
Miss you all,
Abiah
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