Well during my stay I had my car checked and certified for yet another year on the road. Not much needed attention so costs where low as well. But the car is getting older, took it home and went to work. At my workplace is a parking garage so I lowered the window and stuck my pass in and drove on. After parking the car I wanted to close the window and to my surprise that did not do a thing. Seems that after 15 years of service the switch finally caved in and I got stuck with a window that wouldn’t go up anymore….. Decided I would go home a bit earlier to fix the issue and so I did. Also because the weather forcast was not so good during the end of the day and I would like the car to be at my place if weather would decide to go bad. Back home found out the switch could not be saved anymore so a simple wire to lead 12v towards the engine for the window at least got the window up and that would keep the car dry for the time being. Ordered a new switch unit that day and a couple of days later my window was working fine again. I just hope that there will not be too many of those little things that will fail in the future as they are kind of annoying. But with a 15 year old car you can always expect the unexpected I guess. But for the time being I can drive it again for another year, so I’ll see what happens when the car turns 16.
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Greetings from sunny California
Okay, it was rainy at the beginning of this trip but lately I cannot complaint about the sunshine, just that I’m not in it as I’m not here to enjoy a holiday. Work it is, moving an office it is including a migration, which means that even the weekends are lost. So besides Carlsbad (office location) the only thing I’ve seen is the highway from Los Angeles. In the evening it is either a frozen meal in the microwave, junk food or a restaurant where the waiters can be so friendly that it becomes annoying. For those that have access I think the photo’s will tell the tale. It’s a very quiet part where I am, wouldn’t mind to live here, but you need a car to get anywhere. This might be an issue for my girlfriend as the shops are now in walking distance, where I think it’s at least 5 kilometers from my current location. Next weekend we do some more migrations and after that it’s up to the local administrator to finish the rest over here. From Holland we keep an eye on it and have to do the migrations for the offices in Holland and China. So still a few days to go in California then on Monday drive up north to return the rental car, which is a Saturn Vue (or a Opel/Vauxhall Antara or Holden Captiva depending on where you live). Over here it even comes with the Ecotec engine as we know it in Europe. After this is done, get to LAX airport and go home to see Sunny again :-).
Happy New Year
It will become a bit quieter on Office Communicator as all Chinese colleagues aren’t in the office for a week celebrating their Spring Festival. Happy new year to all of you and also other Chinese friends and not too forget, Sunny ofcourse. By the time Spring Festival ends I should be back, but from the US all the best in the year of the Rat. This puts an end on my year was born a pig about 36 years ago or so. A week from now I should be on my way back to Holland, it seems the weather will improve as it rained a lot so far so I hope to enjoy some sunshine during my stay here. In Holland two other migrations await and next to those four other ones in different locations just not sure which location comes first, that will depend on priorities not set yet.
Life after people…
… A very intersting look on the world of people suddenly vanished from the Earth. It was broadcasted on the History Channel in the US. I have no idea if it was broadcasted in Europe as well as I’m not there at the moment. Life after people simply looks at how all our achievements would decay as we do no longer maintain them. Takes about a thousand years for nature to erase just about everything humanity stands for. It looks like both the Great Wall of China and the Great pyramid of Giza will outlive most of the modern marvels. If you have a chance, watch the show. Something in the same line is BBC’s End Day. However this shows six possibilities on how the earth will end. According to some sources, in the US the supervulcano was left out, most likely because lava was flowing through Washington DC, however New York being flooded didn’t seem to be a problem. The part dealing with strange matter I find less likely and looked more like something from a science fiction novel, however I must admit that I’ve got no idea on it’s current developments.