October 30th, 2011 by nand

yes, here I’am at Dubai. First time I arrived here, got surprise with my  un-delivered visa. So I need to stay at $65-per-hour-hotel for almost 4 hours. Before that, I didn’t know if there are hotel inside the airport. So I spend for almost 8 hours at chair that provide by the airport. And this situation happened after 8 hours flight. Dont forget about jet-lag, so I was alive for 27 hours a day in that time.

Maybe I’m not very Lucky at the first day, and hope for better day for tomorrow (today by date). then i was surprise again by my manager. He said that my future customer isn’t great for sure to be a customer. So, i need to prepare everything to make everything smooth. I’m gonna work by shift, for 24/7 to support this customer. And also I have difrent of coplexity of network. This network is the most complex network for my entire life. so many services inside, and mostly  use latest technology i ever know in networking world. beside that, i cannot access the network if there is no permit or something urgent. this is  makes situation worse.

Alone in this country makes me homesick very fast. I already have homesick right now. no friend, no family and no one to talk Indonesian makes you sick fast, trust me. I had confidence before that i can hold my homesickness, but i was wrong. remembering the future-customer only makes it worse.

It’s hard for me to make friend with somebody. even in Indonesia, i only speak that i need to speak, if not i prefer to be silent. So, silent combine with english-spoken-people makes me harder to make friends. Now, I’m not a good English-speaker yet. I must think every word and sentence in my mind before i spoke it. So, i need to use my brain twice. Fist for thinking what I’m gonna say. and then translate it. And the good news is, i need to do this all the times. PERFECT

So that all for 2 days from triple stress country. and Finally i live in the same county with triple CCIE from Indonesia.