Saturday is the day of the week people wait for. Like in most of the world it's the day that people leave their jobs early and enjoy their time untill past bed-time. Also it's the day that people go to concerts and birthday parties. For me this weekend was a birthday party weekend. A friend had just turned 28, and so a bunch of us had to go and celebrate. It was fun, all of my friends were there. True, we had plans for travelling on sunday, we had plans to go hiking, which meant that we had to get some rest and be ready for a good long hike. Since I had to stay awake all night twice last week, I needed a good sleep (which I never got.) I left the scene early, people were still dancing and drinking.
Sunday had a clear blue sky, sunny and warm, a typical spring day. One that we never had all week. It was the day you'd love to enjoy site-seeing and hiking. We went to Garni's gorge (where there are fish farms by the stream) to hike all the way up to this church. Although there is more than one trail to get you there, there are no roads that lead to the church. You have to enjoy an hour of hiking to enjoy the church and the view from up the mountain. Me and my friend decided were were too tired for an hour hike. The rest (3 of them) took the water bottle and something to eat and started their jurney. Me and my friend stayed by the river, I took a nap while he read his book. Both of us enjoyed talking about different things and enjoyed the nature around us. Cows and horses around us and high rocky mountains.
The week is over and day routine is back. Back to work and back to life. Work experiece must be different to everyone in the world. For most it's boring, and for some it's just what they have to do to get the money they need to survive. I don't know about the rest of you, but I sure know that I enjoy my time at work. I'm a programmer, and my life is more or less connected with computers. Since we work in teams, collaboration is a vital thing for us. And being in a friendly environment is as important as team work. I had worked in several companies before moving to Armenia, some had less than 10 employees and some had over 150. I had to try to work with Armenians still. I had to try to use my native language at work. People here are very friendly, I had no problems to cop with, even though I'm the only employee from the diaspora among 100 local Armenians. It's true that I work at a branch. Nonetheless, it is the only branch in the world. And it's got 3 times as much emploees as in the headquarters in the US. When I came for an interview they told be that 90 percent of the products they have are made by Armenians, soon my work of 8 months will be in the hands of big chip manufacturers' engineers (among which is AMD). And not only it's made by Armenians, but it's also made in Armenia.
Sunday had a clear blue sky, sunny and warm, a typical spring day. One that we never had all week. It was the day you'd love to enjoy site-seeing and hiking. We went to Garni's gorge (where there are fish farms by the stream) to hike all the way up to this church. Although there is more than one trail to get you there, there are no roads that lead to the church. You have to enjoy an hour of hiking to enjoy the church and the view from up the mountain. Me and my friend decided were were too tired for an hour hike. The rest (3 of them) took the water bottle and something to eat and started their jurney. Me and my friend stayed by the river, I took a nap while he read his book. Both of us enjoyed talking about different things and enjoyed the nature around us. Cows and horses around us and high rocky mountains.
The week is over and day routine is back. Back to work and back to life. Work experiece must be different to everyone in the world. For most it's boring, and for some it's just what they have to do to get the money they need to survive. I don't know about the rest of you, but I sure know that I enjoy my time at work. I'm a programmer, and my life is more or less connected with computers. Since we work in teams, collaboration is a vital thing for us. And being in a friendly environment is as important as team work. I had worked in several companies before moving to Armenia, some had less than 10 employees and some had over 150. I had to try to work with Armenians still. I had to try to use my native language at work. People here are very friendly, I had no problems to cop with, even though I'm the only employee from the diaspora among 100 local Armenians. It's true that I work at a branch. Nonetheless, it is the only branch in the world. And it's got 3 times as much emploees as in the headquarters in the US. When I came for an interview they told be that 90 percent of the products they have are made by Armenians, soon my work of 8 months will be in the hands of big chip manufacturers' engineers (among which is AMD). And not only it's made by Armenians, but it's also made in Armenia.
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