A well needed update
Annas pleading in my last post made me ‘ta mig själv i kragen’, as we say in swedish, and actually write another post!
So! What has happened since 20th of august?
Well, august ended in a kick-off with my new job at Benzler. We left from Sweden on thursday 30th of august and returned on sunday 2nd of september. The things to recap from that trip is that Hungary, and especially Budapest, is really nice! And that some of the people at Benzler really know how to party!
On the third day, saturday, we were going to have our only meeting, which would begin at 8.30 am and end around 2 pm. I woke up at 9 am, with a shock, and in a speed that would have left a velociraptor spinning, I rushed around preparing myself for the meeting! I arrived at the meeting room around 9.25, because the room was hard to find! I had to go to floor 3, and there cross over to the next building over a bridge and then go down a floor! As if the navigation itself wasn’t hard enough, I was still not sober from the partying from last night.
I decided to enter the room from the back door, and try to quietly sneak in. Unfortunately it was the front door. And there, at the front of the room, stood our MD (VD in Swedish) and talked to the masses. Even more unfortunate was that he stood in the aisle, so I couldn’t get into the rest of the room, and had to ask him to step to the side! Then I tried to quietly sneak to the back of the room and take a seat there. Half way through the room I realised that all the seats in the room were taken, except for a few in the front row! Ah, the humiliation and shame I felt! Every eye in the room on me! I made som half baked excuse and got some merry laughters from my co-workes, who too had been up and partying way late!
I was saved by the fact that our MD has humor. He was going to talk between 1-2pm, the last part of the meeting, and he started with saying: “This is the only time as an MD you feel you’re in total control, because now I’m the only one standing between you and the bar!”. You in this context addressing all of the people, not specifically me 
So, that’s that about the trip!
On 11th of september I finished my work at Kanal Lokal. It ended well! I’ll miss some of the co-workers, but not the job in itself! And on 14th of september I started my new job as consultant on Benzler. I’m going to work with older hardware, and with sales and a little as system administrator and backup manager.
So far the job gives far more satisfaction in itself than my last one! And the colleagues are very nice too! We’re 4 people from Benzler in our office, and 3 people from Manix, a company we share some projects with. So essentially we’re 7 people. And the office itself is located at the bank of Stångån, the “river” flowing through Linköping. It’s so beautiful! Well worth visiting if you’re in the neighbourhood! Runstensgatan 5 is the address. Behind Tekniska Verken.
I’ve had a really hectic month, and also started Facebooking! Facebook is great for me, since it’s the only community that I’ve so far tried that has people from almost all my groups of friends! Even old friends from college and grad school pop up there. Fascinating!
Besides that I’ve been on a date with a guy from Stockholm. We’re going to date again on sunday, when he comes to Linköping to visit me. That’ll be swell 
My calendar has been really full with events and stuff:
- 30/8-2/9 Budapest
- 6/9 aikido board meeting
- 8/9 date in Stockholm
- 13/9 went to see Shrek 3
- 15-16/9 Torsby - training together with aikido instructors for Lasse sensei, 6th dan
- 20-21/9 work related course in Gothenburg
- 22/9 aikido seminar with Maria Mossberg in Linköping
- 27/9 my theater course begins (well it began the week before, but I was in Gothenburg then)
- 29/9 eventually a flat warming party in Lambohov in Linköping
- 30/9 date in Linköping
- 6-7/10 going to Södertälje to a flat warming party
- 13-14/10 aikido seminar with Jonas Palm in Linköping
In between all this I try to manage aikido training also, which is on tuesdays, wednesdays, fridays and sundays, and the occasional visit to a friend!
Now then! Time to go to bed!
Mats wrote,
*ouch* You really do need to clone yourself. Send the fake Mika to some of the events and stay at home to get some sleep…
September 27th 2007 at 06:29 (6:29 am) — Using
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Mhwc wrote,
Hehe, runstensgatan, isn’t that were old Glafius had their office back in the glory days? It’s too close to the bio gas facility, which leaks? And the sewage treating plant across the road…
September 27th 2007 at 20:45 (8:45 pm) — Using
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Anna wrote,
This is probably the best month I´ve heard anyone have so far, wee! Really great to hear/read, good things are coming for you this year!
September 27th 2007 at 22:23 (10:23 pm) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Mats: Hmm! That’s an idea! Do you have any cloning technology I could use?
Mhwc: Aye aye, the very same place! The bio gas facility and it’s leakage I know nothing about, but today I did for the first time notice the sewage treating plant, since the wind blew from that direction… Luckily it didn’t smell inside
Anna: Hehe! It’s a pretty good month, it is! The drawback is that almost all my months are like that. I’m feeling more drained than energised by all the things that are pulling me in different directions. I’m not that good at dropping stuff out of my calendar, that needend be there… But I will get better at it!
September 27th 2007 at 22:53 (10:53 pm) — Using
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Mari wrote,
Give your calendar to me and I shall cleanse you of unnecessary dutities!
September 28th 2007 at 11:17 (11:17 am) — Using
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Jenny J wrote,
Haha.
Perhaps you should party less when there’s a meeting early the next morning?
Sounds like you’ve been busy. Hopefully you’ll be less busy now, and seeing as how I am less busy too, perhaps we should get together and do something?
October 1st 2007 at 10:21 (10:21 am) — Using
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Windows Server 2003
Mika Perälä wrote,
Mari: Wuhuu! It’s coming with the mail!
Jenny: Yep! I’lve learned my lesson. Next time I’ll save the partying to days that aren’t directly before a meeting
October 2nd 2007 at 22:29 (10:29 pm) — Using
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Caroline wrote,
“Next time I’ll save the partying to days that aren’t directly before a meeting”
Yeah, right. Like any of us believe that.
October 2nd 2007 at 23:04 (11:04 pm) — Using
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Ubuntu Linux
Mari wrote,
Caroline: And impossible, by judging how Mika describes his calendar… White life, eh, Mika?
October 3rd 2007 at 07:23 (7:23 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Caroline: Well, I’ve written it down in my calendar
Mari: Haha! Yeah, well, I’ve downprioritized a couple of things. I haven’t touched the stuff for 2 weeks now! Next weekend, with the aikidocamp, I’ll drink something. After that, who knows!
October 7th 2007 at 21:30 (9:30 pm) — Using
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Mari wrote,
Oh, hm, that makes sense: “I’m going to camp to exercise my body and mind - and get drunk!”…
October 8th 2007 at 08:45 (8:45 am) — Using
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MatsK wrote,
Aikido is da shit, uppenbarligen.
October 8th 2007 at 08:50 (8:50 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Mari: Ooo yeah! You’ve nailed it!
Mats: It is! Now you truly see why you have to start training next semester! And in addition you’ll gain a lot of cool friends!
October 8th 2007 at 15:24 (3:24 pm) — Using
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Mari wrote,
As usual.
October 8th 2007 at 22:18 (10:18 pm) — Using
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Anders wrote,
Ain’t it about time for another “well needed update”? What goes on in Mika-land?
!!!
Is it
or
or maybe
or even
The masses needs to know!
October 21st 2007 at 11:48 (11:48 am) — Using
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Mika Perälä wrote,
Aigh! It’s not
or 
but a little 
and most definitively 
! 
And now here’s another post!
October 24th 2007 at 13:40 (1:40 pm) — Using
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