Finally got my 3 year multi-entry business visa for USA 😛 and am travelling to Seattle (well, Redmond actually) to attend the first Microsoft Global Community Affairs Summit. The whole Community Affairs team – people from all over the world, responsible for more then 600 projects and hundreds of millions of US dollars of community …
galata-ankara1 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. Galatasaray – Ankaraspor…full stadium……Galata won 4:0……fantastic atmosphere……Sasa Ilic, my favorite player (was captain of Partizan Belgrade for 7 years), scored twice!!!…one part of the stadium screams “Sasha”……the other one “Ilic”……and I feel goooooooooood… 🙂 galata-ankara4 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo.
just uploaded a couple of most recent pics… Wanna see how I enjoy Istanbul? Then go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/peckopivo 😉
– finished my transition with Aakash and started working independently (he left to India to start working there) – almost got robbed in front of my apartment (the night after Aakash had his cell phone stolen), so we decided to move to the dorm until we find an apartment in some decent part of the …
Little Happy Family 🙂 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. Don`t we look just perfect? 🙂This is during my going away party… Almost forgot to mention – these fat dudes all over me are Duci and Pedja… 🙂
100_0275 Originally uploaded by PeckoPivo. nice, huh? 🙂 although, the other side looks at Bosphorus…
So, I`m finally in Istanbul… 🙂For those reading my blog for the first time, I just started a traineeship in Microsoft Middle East & Africa regional office in Istanbul as Community Affairs Coordinator. It is basically a CSR job and I will be enjoying it for one year. Those who know me better know that …
The time has come… 🙂 I have a flight at 14:10, should be in Istanbul at 17:20, in my appartment meeting my flatmate Mohammad Shawky (ex-MCP of Egypt, also a new trainee in Microsoft MEA) at 18:30, and completely wasted until 22:00… 😀 Heh, writing this and chatting with Zulu (who doesn`t know The Lord …
Finally!My flight to Istanbul is next Thursday, March 16th… Wooohoooooooooo 🙂 `til then, I have to finish all the started tasks at my current workplace, to do the complete documentation for and transition to the dude that will replace me (which we still don`t have, btw), to visit my dentist at least 5 more times, …
March 16th is the date… If I get my visa done by then, of course…