Thursday, November 29, 2007
I'm tempted to start this entry with some apology for why I haven't written in forever. But really, let's be honest, I just didn't feel like it. Large gaps between entries usually mean that I'm 1) really busy, and 2) thoroughly enjoying myself. Yup, that pretty much describes the last month. And since I'm home in the evening for the fourth night in a row after coming down with some horrible insomnia-inducing cold, I figured this would be as good a time as any to sit down and think of something interesting to say.
Really, I just work a lot now. Probably not much different from what it'd be like at home except I take a tram to the office, I have to call places like Dubai, and I frequently get to stand at the window of our 5th floor office building and watch snow flurries : ) Oh and I won an ipod in a GE contest last week..that was pretty awesome.
One thing that has made this year be a lot different from last is that I've hardly gone anywhere, travel-wise anyway. I've made three trips to Bratislava for visa reasons (which I finally got last week!), and made side trips from there to Vienna twice, but nothing new so far. Sort of ironic since Prague is so much more centrally located. Although I guess there is also a lot more to do.
Sometime recently a group of us got a bright idea that we were going to participate in one of Bevan and Matt's "activities" that they organize for work. It basically involved two teams setting up tents all around Prague and taking pictures for points. I'm sure we looked like one of those TV shows that plays tricks on people or just does dumb stuff. We never asked permission, but proceeded to set up our tent and take pictures in some strategic places including but not limited to: a hotel lobby, the tram tracks, an escalator, a carousel, and the middle of the Anti-American-Radar-Base protest.
Had my first real, official Halloween costume party - dressed as some sort of pirate...ghost...something, but we sure got some looks when we went out all dressed up! I was lucky enough to have two amazing Thanksgiving dinners, one at the church, and one that was mostly cooked by Kassidee. Very nice to be able to share the tradition with a mixture of cultures.
After more than a year of threatening, I finally saw an opera by Dvorak. I'd meant to in Ostrava first because I've never seen an opera, and second because the theater was named after him. Here we got to see Rusalka from box seats! Thankfully they had English subtitles on a screen above the stage so we could follow the story line. I will say I did enjoy it. And I liked the fun costumes. Thanks to Bronwyn we got to go back stage at (I almost said at "half-time") intermission, and it was like walking into some mideivel world with everyone dressed up!
This weekend it looks like it will be baking cookies and introducing everyone to the wonderful existence of buckeyes....mmm..buckeyes...hopefully I can shake this cold before then :/
Really, I just work a lot now. Probably not much different from what it'd be like at home except I take a tram to the office, I have to call places like Dubai, and I frequently get to stand at the window of our 5th floor office building and watch snow flurries : ) Oh and I won an ipod in a GE contest last week..that was pretty awesome.
One thing that has made this year be a lot different from last is that I've hardly gone anywhere, travel-wise anyway. I've made three trips to Bratislava for visa reasons (which I finally got last week!), and made side trips from there to Vienna twice, but nothing new so far. Sort of ironic since Prague is so much more centrally located. Although I guess there is also a lot more to do.
Sometime recently a group of us got a bright idea that we were going to participate in one of Bevan and Matt's "activities" that they organize for work. It basically involved two teams setting up tents all around Prague and taking pictures for points. I'm sure we looked like one of those TV shows that plays tricks on people or just does dumb stuff. We never asked permission, but proceeded to set up our tent and take pictures in some strategic places including but not limited to: a hotel lobby, the tram tracks, an escalator, a carousel, and the middle of the Anti-American-Radar-Base protest.
Had my first real, official Halloween costume party - dressed as some sort of pirate...ghost...something, but we sure got some looks when we went out all dressed up! I was lucky enough to have two amazing Thanksgiving dinners, one at the church, and one that was mostly cooked by Kassidee. Very nice to be able to share the tradition with a mixture of cultures.
After more than a year of threatening, I finally saw an opera by Dvorak. I'd meant to in Ostrava first because I've never seen an opera, and second because the theater was named after him. Here we got to see Rusalka from box seats! Thankfully they had English subtitles on a screen above the stage so we could follow the story line. I will say I did enjoy it. And I liked the fun costumes. Thanks to Bronwyn we got to go back stage at (I almost said at "half-time") intermission, and it was like walking into some mideivel world with everyone dressed up!
This weekend it looks like it will be baking cookies and introducing everyone to the wonderful existence of buckeyes....mmm..buckeyes...hopefully I can shake this cold before then :/
# posted by Jessica @ 10:02 AM 
