T -6:00 hours

It is almost one am here and my taxi will pick me up at five sharp to go to the airport. I am very much looking forward to going home - not so much looking forward to the 21 hours of travelling I have ahead of me. Monterrey --> Atlanta [5 hours waiting] Atlanta --> Paris [9 hour flight and 2 hours waiting] Paris -->Arlanda. Well well, as long as we don´t make a dip in the atlantic I will not complain.

The last three days have been crazy. Me and Magda resigned the contract at our apartment because of... well a shitty place with too many malfunctions to be honest, so I do not really have a place to stay when I come back. But since my internship is in San Pedro ( the neighbouring town) we will live there. We have seen a couple of apartments - really nice, but have yet to decide. Another small adventure for me. But I am not too concerned; it usually works out in this country.

Ok, three hours nap and then up and about. Next report will probably be from Sthlm; a special treat for my non-swedish followers :)

Au revoir Monterrey!

Los Cabos with all its splendor

So now it has been done; Los Cabos san Lucas have been experienced. It really was a great weekend for us; blue pacific ocean, sun, hot tub at night and all the americans your little heart could desire in San Lucas. One interesting event (out of a few) was how mexican time really affects you. As I am sure you know by now, I have complained slightly about how mexicans handle time; i.e. by a very polychronic approach. Well in Los Cabos it was our turn. We spent the entire weekend without noticing the time difference of -1 hour. We totally forgot to set our clocks, and hence spent the entire weekend literally on a different time than the locals. And nothing alerted us of the difference, simply because time is fluid in Mexico. We learned about our mistake however when we were going to the movies and tried force our way into the cinema one hour earlier than it was supposed to start. Slightly embarrassing. But besides that incident it was a great weekend. And now I can add bathing in the pacific to my list.

Our hotel and me & Magda at lunch

The beach in San Lucas

Coming home to Monterrey however was not as fun. Our apartment has many flaws, one being the lack of heating. The air conditioner is supposed to also function as a heater, but that is not the case. So it is about 12 degrees inside; much colder than outside temperatures. We do not like that at all, but then again I am leaving in two days so who cares. Two days mostly filled with packing, sorting and waiting. But tw pieces of interesting news I have to share:

1. I ran 5k in 18:28 today, new personal best!

2. I got 98 and 100/100 as grades in my Venture Capital and Cross Cultural Management classes respectively. Woohaaa!

Now I will get dressed for bed; socks, long-sleeved t-shirt and pyjama-pants. Silly but necessary not to freeze to death.

Saludos!

All over and done... Now Los Cabos!

So the inactivity present on my blog is in no way a reflection of my general way of life. The last weeks(s) have been crazy - not only because of school. All exams are now over and done; school is officially out!

So just to give a fast recap; the Juan Gabriel concert was really good; the man sings with a voice smooth as sawdust mixed with whiskey, and his face has been nipped and tucked more times than Cher but he is an entertainer for sure! What a healthy dose of mexican culture that was!

I also managed to get food poisoning last weekend and was totally decked for 24 hours. I blame old lasagna, others blame the neat Vodka I was drinking. Let´s just call it a tie shall we?

Two written exams and four projects has also been written the last week or so. Somewhere in the vicinity of 50-60 pages in total for our professors to feast upon. I have to say it has been a little demanding from time to time (like the Service project which me, Magda and Saana finished at 8:45 in the morning..) as well as trying to cram everything I learned in Service Management class into ONE conceptual model of own design on the final exam. But all in all I think I performed very well. I am after all a good student.

So after exams comes relaxation. In about two hours I am off to the airport for some leisure-time in Los Cabos. Los Cabos is on the pacific coast just where the Sea of Cortez meats the pacific. You will find me either by the pool, or in the bar. I deserve it!

And finally, our campus has put up a lot of really pretty x-mas decorations as I will show you. The only weird one is the one where it apears one angel is assassinating the other. Exactly what were they thinking...?

Hasta pronto!