Names and such are fun.
Aside from having 60 odd new ones to learn, there's also the fun that there are people here named after buildings from TheOldPlace and buildings here named after people from TheOldPlace. Or vice versa. For example, the building across the park from my last job is a floor manager here who, IIRC, went for H's job), meanwhile there's a building here named after my ex-boss. And there's the university theatre which here is a sports centre across the road.
Another fun game to play is looking at things like strategic plans and trying to work out what the two letter initials are. People? Job titles? Might be either. You forget that despite coming from a culture that worked that way, it takes time for the initials to 'mean' the person. It's not helped by one colleague at my level having the same initials as a close colleague (and close reader of this) from TheOldPlace. Disturbing as well as confusing!
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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