# A whole bunch of news

- Link: https://www.kuechenserver.org/2010/07/18/a-whole-bunch-of-news/
- Published: 2010-07-18T16:09:02+02:00
- Author: Christian Krakau-Louis

Wow, [that](https://www.kuechenserver.org/2010/01/17/quick-update-on-far-east/) 
went (un-)surprisingly bad. Of course I didn’t find the time to post any story at
all about my trip to the far east, let alone the trips to Moscow, Dubai and the 
myriad of visits to the UK that followed after.

However I remembered today that I still have this blog here and that it might be
worth to fill it with some content after all, for those of you who have not yet 
found my twitter or Facebook account, have not yet befriended me on 4², Gowalla 
or any of the other 2000+ social communites that are (contentwise) fed by my twitter
account.

So, dear not-internet-citizens, here is a brief wrap-up on what happened in the 
last 6+ months:

– Mobile phones. Despite my rather longish quest for the „perfect“ data plan I ended
up paying a 700+ EUR bill for a week in Moscow. After that (and since o2 has released
a 60 EUR EU wide data cap), I decided to go back to my 11 year old contract (well,
I’ve changed plans quite often inbetween) and as of now I am an ordinary o2 Germany
private customer again. On the other hand, I now constantly carry foreign prepaid
SIMs around.

– Travel. I have quite well adjusted to travelling now; interestingly enough most
of my birthday presens (oh yes, I turned 30 inbetween and celebrated – of course–
at the Irish Rover) reflected pretty well on that. Thanks for all the thought you
put into this! One outcome of me travelling so often is the fact that I now own 
a [Priority Pass](http://www.prioritypass.de/) membership, partly due to the fact
that I still didn’t manage to gain the [FTL status](http://80.242.134.46/mm_broschuere/ftl/broschuere.php?kat=2&pg=1)
with Lufthansa. And yes, a lounge is one of the most beautiful places you can find
in an Airport (maybe besides the exit, if a well known taxi driver waits there to
drive you home).

– Home. This will also change in the near future. I’ve lived in the Högerdamm now
for roughly 5 years, half of the time sharing it with Inka. As the cats moved in
and our offices changed into home-based ones, there is the need for a larger space.
We’ve managed to find something decent and better-located to rent and will – at 
latest on 1st of October – move to the new place.

– Cats. If you don’t know by now: I don’t only live together with Inka, but also
with our two great cats. If you need to see some cat content, let me know.

– New job: also something that I have not yet mentioned so explicitly here. After
almost 5 years working for Computacenter, which was a great time, I left. I joined
a privately-owned, 170+ employee strong German security vendor called Astaro, where
I now work as a Pre-Sales Engineer responsible for the non-German speaking EMEA 
region; which means travelling a lot, but less than before. I also have an official
home office and get even paid rent for that! And before you ask: I’ve not regretted
this move a single day in my life up to now. The only sad thing is that I had to
leave great colleagues and fun to work with customers behind.

– Summer: we really have something that can be compared to it at the moment here
in Hamburg. Which hit us all by surprise.

– Fitness: As you might have whitnessed, I’ve cancelled my membership with Elixia
way before they went bancrupt. Lucky me. However, it’s about time that I start again.
But, I learned by observing myself that signing up for a fitness club that is across
town doesn’t work at all. But, there are 3+ fittness clubs within a 10 minute walk
from our new place, so chances are there that I’ll start again and hopefully keep
on going there.

– The rest: There are probably plenty of other things to talk about, but I forgot
about them. If you want to touch base again, just drop me a quick line via E-Mail
and we can at least try to arrange a longer talk on the phone, over a drink in person
or whatever is possible.

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