So, things have gotten kinda crazy for me since I stopped writing. About a year ago. I got this new fancy title at work. I won’t bore you with it, but I’m now managing all projects and new technology for my group……which pretty much both kicks ass and kicks my ass at the same time. I’m kinda lame, I work long hours, but considering what happened to the economy since I stopped writing..I’m not going to bitch. Ok, I’m still going to bitch….just not to people who don’t have jobs. I’m sensitive like that.
But for all the changes at work, lets not gloss over the really big one: I’m moving to the Philippines for 10 weeks. Yes folks, get in your mail order bride jokes now…becuase come March 13th, I’m leaving on a jet plane to the other side of the world. My company has given me a great opportunity to build out a new division out in our remote office in Manilla, and I just couldn’t resist. “So wait, you’re going to pay me to live in a tropical climate in a luxury hotel for 3 months?” Oh yeah, that was a hard decision.
And no, I’m not outsourcing any jobs. It’s funny, because that’s always what people think about overseas work. What I am doing however is building a desktop support organization from scratch. In our alleged “global economy”, this is a like a resume’s wet dream. Not to mention, I get to build my own Filipino army as part of my quest for world domination.
Everyone claims I’m coming back married. That’s not going to happen. But if I had to wager on what’s going to happen, I would bet the house on something similar to Brando in Apocalypse now. Ya know, if I don’t end up beheaded or blindfolded in a grainy video on CNN screaming ” somebody get me the fuck out of here!”
It’s funny, I was totally cool about this whole trip until the other day, when my disaster and parasite obsessed sister in vet school started talking about Malaria. Now, she’s got me totally freaked out. Thanks Julie. Now I’ll be importing “Deep Woods OFF” by the gallon. I’m not coming back like Mr. Dennis. Not fucking happening.
Oh the bright side, I’ve set aside some travel time at the end to make my way around the landscape. As of right now, it looks like i’ll get to hit up Japan, Australia, and maybe Thailand or Singapore. Though, I’m not all that excited at the idea of me getting a little too drunk and ending up getting a rattan cane across my pasty ass a few dozen times. So maybe we’ll just stick to Japan and Australia. I’ll take it as it comes I guess. I just know that the chances of me being on that side of the world again is about the same as me buying a Miley Cyrus album, so I have to capitalize on the opportunity.
Yeah, so that’s the deal. Needless to say, I plan on using the site to document my time over there, and keep all my crew informed without spending hours on skype telling the same damm stories over and over again. Plus, still being a mouthy, antagonistic asshole…….even from 9,000 miles away. I’m just hoping they have internet access in Filipino prisons.
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