Every other post.
I’ve arrived at my destination. I’m in the western part of Argentina. Being here makes me realize how wealthy we are in Canada. The city people live well, but you see the lesser income in he shape of the buildings, the cars, the crumbling city infrastructure…
As a rite of passage, I just had my first litre beer (beer here comes in bigger containers than Canada.) Good stuff.
Okay, so maybe I won’t be too precise about what I do where, but nothing says I can’t talk about what I do on my way there.
I’m in Buenos Aires at the moment. Interesting city. Wonderful, wonderful food. I stopped by Santiago, Chile, earlier today. It’s interesting – it’s right by the Andes, yet you can’t see them because of the smog.
I just spent $470 on malaria pills.
…and that just covers this one trip.
So the new job is going well, so far (I’m a field geophysicist.) In a week or so, I’m getting shipped off out of the country. I’ll be gone for a long while. This ambiguity brings me to a realization I made: secrecy is everything in this business.
This is a cut throat industry. These few talented companies are competing for some serious business. And what these corporations do to get the edge over each other is incredible. The R&D alone is unbelievable. They’re single handedly pushing the barriers of human technology. It’s like AMD vs. Intel: IP means a lot. It’s really cool stuff. Unfortunately again, I can’t talk about it here (I imagine Intel employees are in the same boat.)
To that same extent, I won’t be posting pictures of what I do or where I go. It sucks, but if I do it right you won’t ever get the feeling that I’m withholding information from you. This is the only time that I’ll broach the subject anyways.
Well the test print for the Rice Tea hardcover came through the mail today. It took about twenty days to get, and it was well worth it. It looks fantastic – I couldn’t of asked for a better result!
Rice Tea is currently at 70 pages. Progress is happening. That said, expect a week long absence next week as I do some geological field work.