I’m writing this in my bed, since I’m about to sleep only to wake up for another work day.
This weekend was a blast! It was the first Saturday and Sunday that I spent in Guadalajara and let me tell you. It was a very interesting experience.

Saturday I went to a music store in the city center. It was quite a big store of musical instruments. While my plan was to only watch what they had I couldn’t help myself but to buy a keyboard that I wanted to make music on the computer. It’s the M-Audio Axiom 49 MIDI controller keyboard.
Best thing I’ve ever owned this far because it came with Ableton Live, a high quality music program.

Next I went to Plaza Galerias where I just walked a lot. I wasn’t really looking for anything, just wanted to walk around and check out the stores there. Oh and the girls aswell ofcourse
Before I headed back home I did buy some food for this week. Mostly easy to cook food, but healthy enough I think.

Today Sunday I woke up a bit late and as a result I had a long and late breakfast. At around 1pm I was ready to start my day and I decided to go to La Gran Plaza, another mall that is at about 15 min walk.
I headed there for 2 things: I wanted to buy a keyboard stand and I wanted to try out the “tortas” at a restaurant called “Aqui las tortas”. They turned out to be pretty good.

While being there I decided to go to the cinema and watch the movie 2012. What can I say about this movie other than it is your typical american movie. It has all the ingredients: action, drama, love story and massive destruction. Oh and perhaps the most important part… a happy ending!
I wouldn’t say it is a bad movie, but it doesn’t add something new. It has all the clichés you’d expect from such a movie, such as the infamous “somebody will do something stupid”-cliché.

Now let me tell you about the things that I’m bothered with. It seems in Mexico you can’t walk into a store and not have somebody tell you one of the following sentences: A sus ordenes (At your orders), buscaba algo en especial? (were you searching for something special?)  or que se le ofrece? (basically, what do you want?). I’ll tell you what I want, I want you to head back into your room and just let me walk around the store and see what the hell it is you are selling that may be of interest to me.
The other thing is the driving skills. In Guadalajara, you are out of luck if you are a pedestrian. The roads are a danger for that kind. And not only that, it seems pedestrians are like a target, because whenever I cross the street I get the feeling the car on the other side wants to hit me, as if he would then get more points (like in a videogame).
Drivers also use their klaxons far more often than in other  countries, and mostly for no apparent reason. Like when the light turns green and the first car take about 2 seconds to go forward, the cars behind him will begin using their klaxons as if it were a musical instrument.

There you have it. I’ve experienced a lot except for the nightlife but maybe this week that will change…

Where do I even begin? There is a very good reason why I didn’t blog these past 2 days. So Tuesday I started at my new job Freshout and I had a very good day. It’s a very pleasant and young atmosphere. You could say I’m with a bunch of nerds who also happen to like videogames.
The day ended pretty well until I got home. I started to feel a little ill and thought I might have cought the flu or something. I took a shower and went to bed early.

To spare you the details, the night from Tuesday to Wednesday was the most terrible night I ever had. I don’t know how many hours I slept but definitely not enough. It was so bad, that when I woke I could barely dress myself and  go to work.
I thought my illness would go over but it got worse over the course of the day. My only remedy was to stop working and head back home to find a cure.

I found the cure alright, but it wasn’t pretty. After one aspirine and a lot of sleep I began the next day (ie today, Thursday) like a newborn. The day went perfectly. I had lots of fun and could follow the jokes at work again, without having a straight face and the fear of becoming even more ill.

After work, I spent a few minutes in my room, wondering what to do, until I remembered I was out of milk. Oh my god!!
So I closed the computer and ran out only to cross my roommates. I talked to them and said I was going out for milk, but one of them offered I’d take theirs. Good enough, I thought, because I won’t be in Guadalajara over the weekend.

I talked with my new neighbours and oh surprise, at least two are also from Europe and one is Mexican. Very pleasant people overall, really happy to have them as neighbours.
One can only asume I will get to know them better over the next few days, that is to say, after the weekend.

This coming saturday is my  birthday which I will celebrate with my friends in Guanajuato. So don’t expect a blog update until monday or later. Once I get off work, I just come back home to get my stuff and away I go. Hopefully I get lucky with the bus.

That’s it, now time to do something not computer related…

Welcome to yet another new blog.

This time I know my blog will serve a purpose. A new era in my life has begun and thus it’s time to tell the world about my adventures. I’m about to begin a new job in a city called Guadalajara in Mexico. The second most populated city in the country and one that has many tech companies.
Not only do I start a whole new job in a whole new city, I also start a new life so to speak.

Sunday November 15 is when it really starts for me and I’m a bit nervous but also excited. It will be a big change but one that is necessary for the future.

I hope to tell you all my experiences during the course of this journey  so that you may get inspired one day to do the same. The renaissance is upon me and a new uncharted path has been lain in front of me. Where does the path go? That’s for me to explore…