me.... shaving with my friend the alligator. the pantanal, brazil - 1997
quote of the [insert arbitrary period of time here]:
Akira Kurosawa:
"In a mad world only the mad are sane."
ticket to london
Got my ticket to this, the city of cities, the metropolis that is the capital of europe....
going friday next week for 10 days or so, and looking forward to the blast. nothing like a quick visit with the maluco's, and all the other friends i have over there. it is going to be great.....
of course, nothing will match arsenal - dinamo kiev at the ultimate stadium of football, wembley... and maybe even chelsea - fc copenhagen the very next day.
great, i love it, i love it, i love it...... travelling is life, even if only a short trip to a city that isn't exactly new to me...
more than that, i'm one step closer to defining myself, and the dream-job i often ramble about.
been looking into job-opportunities in the business (that's internet development, for you who don't know me). and just realizing the fact that there is a plethora of fascinating jobs ou there, and almost as many people who are interested in hiring me, gives me, if nothing else, the leverage to change my role in the existing job. the freedom to dream about all the perfect job's.....
i'm getting closer to what is a definite gut-knowledge (yes more than a gut-feeling, but still originating in that fascinating part of the anatomy), that once i get my seriously injured knee into a usable, walkable joint again, i will be looking to go abroad in some context or the other, and preferably use my experience to get involved in some sort of 3rd world internet project. to get a foot into the ngo world, get a foot into a world where cultures clash, and the real challenges lie.
of course there are a million ways to get into that sort of thing. ranging from a master's degree in some relevant interdisciplinary combination, over going to work in anything in some relevant part of the world, or starting my own internet consulting business, and specializing, to volonteering into a relevant organization.
luckily that's not a decision i have to make now, it can and will wait, but the gut-knowledge gives me peace, and freedom, and the knowledge that i have the option of doing something worth-while.....
in short, at the moment i'm feeling great. the short-term prospects are great, with 4great job-offers, including one right here from my current company. the long-term prospects, are all, except for that damnable knee, as good, because now that i feel inside myself that i will never really sell out my beliefs and feelings, i am free to relax, and take whatever offer brings me ckloser to my goals.....
what more could i want?!?
1998/09/21 19:20
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