Pythian Penal Colony: Inmate #8777984426
Some of you might know that for more than two years we have had an office in Sydney, Australia. Last year, I had the pleasure to travel there to present at the AUSOUG conference and work from our office in Sydney. It’s been a huge pleasure, especially if you consider what was going on back in Ottawa at that time.
Long story short — I’m moving to Australia. My flight from Ottawa leaves in three hours and I’m all packed and ready to go. Today we had a kiss-goodbye lunch at here at the Pythian office in Ottawa, and I was presented my new role Down Under. Hmm . . . to be honest, I expected it to be somewhat different:
Sentenced to life!
On Fridays we have beer hours after 3pm, so I’ve had my last Guinness. I accumulated quite a few cans over the last two years at Pythian in Ottawa. At 20 cents each, they will pay a huge Guinness party.
More details to come from Down Under. Wish me luck, and stay tuned!
August 29th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Will you be a POMO (Prisoner of Mother Ottawa)?
Good luck with the move, both personal and professional. Glad we got to meet and drink before you left the hemisphere. Hopefully they have oysters that satisfactory.
August 30th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Sounds like a timely move:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7589382.stm
August 30th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Good luck in your travels and your new home. I’m very hopeful that I’ll make it to AUSOUG next year and will look forward to seeing you at OOW in a few weeks as well!
August 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
ROFL!
You look so convincing that you either
a) Have previous experience of mug-shots
b) Are a good actor
August 30th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
And he’s arrived safely, folks.
Picked him up at the airport and explained how to pronounce the local essentials: “sangas”, “sammies” and “plonk”.
He’ll be a fine addition to the place, he caches on fast!
:)
August 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
@Don: Wanna visit us here? I’ll gladly accommodate you at our office here. ;-)
@Dominic: Yeah… now I need to make sure that my darling is delayed for a while on her way. ;-)
@Dan: Thanks! See you in Frisco!
In the meantime, arrived in Sydney. Tired like hell.
August 31st, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Welcome to Oz. If you like Guinness, you probably won’t like a lot of Australian beer. The James Squire range is worth trying. If Noons doesn’t let you in on a few good places to drink, he can pass on my phone number, and I’ll show you the Lord Nelson and The Australian.
September 1st, 2008 at 3:10 am
@Gary - Yeah, I’d be very glad to have a few sips.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm
It is important that you stay in Commonwealth of Nations ( Canada , Australia …)
Fellow Canadian
Miladin
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