1 week in Amsterdam?!

After leaving Scotland I went to Amsterdam...To start my new life... well the truth is I started getting used to Dutch and the Amsterdam life style. I guess Martine showed me part of Amsterdam that most tourists never get to see... Well what a week. It just felt right being with Martine and checking out Amsterdam.

I guess the next stage is getting a flat and ready for Portugal....

Last day at Oceanscan

Hi everyone,

Well it is true, I have left Aberdeen and Oceanscan. It is strange how only when you leave do you fully appreciate how many good friends you make along the way. These guys all took me in as one of their own, showed me their families, their life style and taught me a lot.... Not just professionally but as a person aswell. For that I am really grateful. Leaving Scotland was not an easy decision, but I guess it was just time for me to move on. So next stop.... Eindhoven - the Netherlands -> MathWorks here I come:)

I just wanted to leave a more personal note on my blog thanking Oceanscan for taking me on board. I have no regrets what so ever and I can only hope that our paths shall cross again some day. But until then you are more than welcome here in Eindhoven:)

Gareth

Inter Yer Ma 2008!

This blog entry is specially for my 5 a side football team: Inter Yer Ma!! I guess it is time for a non serious entry:)

What a team:) The team spirit is amazing, like no other team... I guess we make up for the "poor" performances... well... the truth is we always leave the pitch head high:) with HUGE moral victories:)

All I can say is that I am really honoured to play with such a team:) It is going to be hard to find a team like this... however if I do... Inter Yer Ma will have to go international:)

Here is a small commentary of one our games:

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Inter starts the game with their moral way higher than the other team.... We score after 10seconds.... (just because we can....) Scott makes a sprint towards the goals... passes it back to Gareth, Gareth simulates a shot, back heals it to Adam who is running in circles "God knows why....." maybe got laid on the way to the game.... then... all of a sudden he understands Gareth's pass.... makes a run and head down, blast the ball into the bottom right hand corner..but Alas... it hits the post... and Bruce who is always half in half out of the game (just like his washing machine) finishes with a nice touch to the left corner... The crowd goes BANANAS...... Shall I continue?
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I am not going to name the players in the picture to protected the innocent:P

Boogie Bus:)

I could not leave Scotland without going on a Boogie Bus!!!! For those of you who have never tried it out... all I can say is... JUST DO IT!!!!

There were 23 of us, all on a bus, music, dancing on the bus, drinking, stopping at pubs/nightclubs and back on the bus... more dancing, more fun....

I guess it is hard to explain what the boogie bus is... all I know that it WAS FANTASTIC. It was a great night:)

We stopped at about 6 or 7 pubs.... in the middle of the country side... nice pubs, where we just walked in and "took" over the place. The folk were very friendly... all I can say...is I am glad I did it.

It kinda of reminded me of those MTV videos.... all the women dancing on a bus!? where everyone is having lots of fun... and most people think that is never going to happen... well guess again...

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it!!!

Long live the boogie bus:)

Gareth

Dalian

I had a wonderful trip to Dalian:) The city is really very big, although not many people have heard of it. It is an industrial city to the East of Beijing. This is a nice helicopter view of the city... Of course when I was there it was really cold - black ice on the street....

I went on work, but of course there was enough time for a nice cup of coffee at ... Starbucks:)

The job went really well, actually it was such a success that it made the news:

http://www.hydro-international.com/news/id2824-Oceanscans_XTYPE_Success_Story_Continues.html

Check the site... the photo actually was taken with my sony cybershot:)

It is good to know that you go and do a good job in another country:) Left my mark in China:)

Gareth