First two days

Hello,

We've been in Malta for two days now and our first actual working day was today. The apartment is nice, weather is great, people in the office are friendly and the traffic is crazy. For some reason people also think it's cold in here (+19 degrees Celsius by day) and wear winter coats. Half of the people also seem to be British.

On our first day at work we were at the Signal 8's office. We got to meet some of the office's staff and did mostly computer chores. I was with Lavinia and I entered information of the new staff members to the staff database. I also terminated contracts and enrolled them. The system is a bit different than the ones I've operated before, but it was managable. It was simple enough and the biggest challenge was getting the addresses right. Henna worked with Ariana and did some working time calculations with her. Tomorrow we'll switch so I'll calculate and Henna will enter staff information. We even remembered to give our contracts to Lavinia. I'm very much looking forward to going to work tomorrow. And I'm sure I've never enjoyed a Monday this much. 

The office also has two pets, cockatoo Gogo and a playful dog George. 

We haven't got lost too badly and have found our way to bus station, to work and to the stores. Quite amazingly, we've found our way back to our apartment as well. The buses haven't been too late yet, though, we've only been here for two days. The traffic is, as I said earlier, crazy. Here the traffic is left sided, people don't use turning signals or swerve or watch out for pedestrians. The fastest survives.

Overall I've enjoyed this stay for this far very much (which isn't actually saying much but leave it as it may). I'm still a bit in that cultural shock phase where everything is wonderful and oh-so-much-better than back in Finland. Some things do work a bit better in Finland,though. For example water systems (Even some of the locals don't drink tap water...) and cooking tools (Why gas stove, just why?) Anyhow, lets see where this gets from here, it's been a great start.

-Mirja