One week, time for a first review
One week ago, I arrived in Los Angeles. Since then, my life changed! America was different then I expected. Los Angeles is not big. Los Angeles is unbelievable huge. I struggled with many problems I thought I will never have, other things seems to be very easy. But all in all. It is a great experience being here.
You may ask how my work life is. To be honest it’s different to what I expected it to be. So far I do exactly the same as I do during school. I do research, research, and research. Sometimes, when I don’t do research I water the plants or spray new names on the parking slot name signs. I am the intern as you can see… But I still love it and I really hope I can start programming soon. The building of the office is really cool. It is more like an garage then an Office. I really like the way the office is build. It gives it a more industrial and easygoing touch. My co-workers are all very friendly. I even got a new flat and a bike through them. We have quite a few graphic designers, motion specialists, programmers and team leaders here. Working hours are different too. Usually I start at 9.30am and need to be there till 6.30pm but it seems to be quite common to leave the office after 8pm.
My life back home will change a bit. I will move to another place in the next few days or weeks. I will then have my “own” flat without animals but with a small office of two guys (one is from our office). Looking forward to move there because I can save some money as the new flat is cheaper. The location is not as good as it is now. I will probably not walk to the beach anymore. (walking will be around 1h).
Because I didn’t had to work on the weekend, I took my new bike, fixed the breaks and drove down to the beach. I wanted to drive to Malibu, or at least into this direction. I didn’t made it, Los Angeles is HUGE! I rode my new bike 2-3 hours in one direction and I was hardly moving on the map. I need a car! :)
Lesson 2: Los Angeles is unbelievable huge
On my way back to Venice I stopped in Santa Monica. Santa Monica is so far the best place I’ve visited in California and I really like it. Santa Monica remind me a lot of Australia. There are many shops and bars… I will definitely go again to Santa Monica.
On Sunday afternoon I went to the beach. Some guys asked me to play dogeball so I did. My team players, random picked people at the beach, and me had good fun and I look forward to play again. But for the next few days I will try to play beach-volleyball. It shouldn’t really be a problem because there are hunderts of people playing.
