Far East Cynic

9-11-2001

Yes, I remember exactly where I was that day. I had been out and about and had just returned to the BOQ where I was living then. The S.O. called me and told me the World Trade Center had been attacked. I thought there was a mistake in translation somewhere.

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Heading home……

Sitting in the lounge at Frankfurt, before boarding my flight back to DC fft Shopping Mall USA. Something will come to a head regarding my future situation next week, I am sure. Exactly how, I am not sure though. So I resigned to enjoy the good life before it comes

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Coming to a conclusion

My time here in Romania is almost done. I doubt I will be coming back here again. Its been three good trips here-I have most seen the mountains and Bucharest, not near all the country has to offer. But enough. I’ve gotten to work and experience life in a European

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No honor whatsoever

Well, it would appear the circus is now over. The former executive officer of the carrier Enterprise can remain on active duty despite a finding that his job performance aboard the carrier fell short of standards, a Navy board of inquiry decided Wednesday. Capt. Owen Honors was brought to the

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Still here!

The lack of posting is not a good thing-but it cannot be helped. I have been on the go since I got here. Pix to follow from my trip to the mountains this weekend.

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Plusses and minuses.

Arrived in Bucharest/ The trip had good things to recommend it and bad things to forget. On the plus side , I got re-routed through Houston, since my flight to DC was  not going to make it in time. (Weather and FAA delay). So I got put in Business Class

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Fufilling one’s obligations

Which means-that despite recent presonal economic news, life and work goes on. Accordingly, I will be getting on a plane today and flying the long three leg route back to Bucharest, there to work for a month, before moving on to (insert bleak future prospects here). Why not just tell

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Checking all the blocks

At the agency I work for ( well, at least for the next month or so)-they were ranked in the bottom in terms of being a “good place to work”. Havng watched their new contracting strategy-I tend to agree whole heartedly. And unforuntately real change to this agency will not

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Why don’t we ban it here?

Finally, people are waking up to the fact that its time to tell the short sellers to go home: A European market regulator announced Thursday night that short-selling of financial stocks in several countries would be temporarily banned in an effort to stop the tailspin in the markets. The move

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