First week so far....

My first day I got my mobile which a much bigger hassle that I would have thought. An alpha phone for texting cost $300 plus. So I wanted a second hand one, but they are replica (black market) phones and have no warranty. Something so simple became harder than I thought. I feel this will be the first of many things that I will have to learn how they do things here...



Day 2 - I met with my boss "Abe" and an AIESEC rep to have meeting. We discussed our expectations for each other. I am really happy to work here for these six months. Later that day I went to speak with Berlitz for the next Arabic class. They sound like they have a really great program. They focus on local dialect conversational and teach how you learn your mother tongue rather than interpreting. Once they have 6 students signed up it will meet 3x a week for 1.5 hours for ten weeks. I hope to take level 1 and 2 in the next six months. Either before or after work. My current saying "I didn't come here to smoke sheehah". God knows I have plans. Hopefully a class will start in the next few weeks. Here is my work website http://www.crystelcall.com/



Day 3 - I started work today. We had a general overview of the company and the projects I will work on. They will create a schedule for me to work in several department for part of my internship. The first will be due diligence on this company for a prospective investor. Next cost/profitability analysis for projects and proposals. Then go onto more operational tasks. I will know more in a few weeks.


Tonight AIESEC.org is having a reception party for the new interns. Myself, Joao from Brazil and Alexander from Russia. A regional conference is starting this upcoming week with 20 countries rep here in Amman. Check out http://menaxlds2010.org/ . They will have many events planned and I can participate in some around my work scheduled.



Friday I hope to move to my friend place "Samaan" for a few weeks while he is out of town. Which will give me more time to find the right place for me. I went to the other interns apt which gave me a lot of thoughts before handing over any money. Make sure fridge, lights, water really works ..... Also normally you don't get your security back here. (what?) I look forward to hanging up my clothes somewhere and having food in a kitchen to cook.