Sunday, 13 December 2009
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Progress
In old times, I opened the window or the heating if I was to cold/hot.
now i have to call 33333 and talk to an engineer. Then I get an email with:
Thank you for submitting your work request. This is to inform you that a ticket has been created to handle this request. If this is an Emergency and/or requires immediate attention, please call us at your service lines: Patient Care or Administrative Facilities areas: 3-5000 Research and Education areas: 3-3333 Please refer to the following ticket number for escalation. Work order number D1421781 has been created on 12/10/2009 at 02:11 PM for AROLD, STEFAN entered by PLEASANT, TINA. Location: S7.8136 Work Requested: TOO COLD WANTS 75 DEG. (ATTNL; FERNANDO) (TP) Thanks for the opportunity to serve you. Mainsaver Systems Administrator.
and then the next day i receive:
The work you requested has been completed per our records, and the ticket created in Mainsaver for that purpose has been closed. If the work performed did not resolve the problem to your satisfaction, please call us at your service lines: Patient Care or Administrative Facilities areas: 3-5000 Research and Education areas: 3-3333 Work order number D1421781 has been closed effective 12/11/2009 at 10:17 AM for AROLD, STEFAN by Mainsaver user DUFFY, JOANNE. Work Requested: TOO COLD WANTS 75 DEG. (ATTNL; FERNANDO) (TP) Thanks for the opportunity to serve you. Mainsaver Systems Administrator.
So this whole business took at least 3 people at least 10 minutes. Not counting the numerous hours spent by managing personnel to come up and install this procedure...
now i have to call 33333 and talk to an engineer. Then I get an email with:
Thank you for submitting your work request. This is to inform you that a ticket has been created to handle this request. If this is an Emergency and/or requires immediate attention, please call us at your service lines: Patient Care or Administrative Facilities areas: 3-5000 Research and Education areas: 3-3333 Please refer to the following ticket number for escalation. Work order number D1421781 has been created on 12/10/2009 at 02:11 PM for AROLD, STEFAN entered by PLEASANT, TINA. Location: S7.8136 Work Requested: TOO COLD WANTS 75 DEG. (ATTNL; FERNANDO) (TP) Thanks for the opportunity to serve you. Mainsaver Systems Administrator.
and then the next day i receive:
The work you requested has been completed per our records, and the ticket created in Mainsaver for that purpose has been closed. If the work performed did not resolve the problem to your satisfaction, please call us at your service lines: Patient Care or Administrative Facilities areas: 3-5000 Research and Education areas: 3-3333 Work order number D1421781 has been closed effective 12/11/2009 at 10:17 AM for AROLD, STEFAN by Mainsaver user DUFFY, JOANNE. Work Requested: TOO COLD WANTS 75 DEG. (ATTNL; FERNANDO) (TP) Thanks for the opportunity to serve you. Mainsaver Systems Administrator.
So this whole business took at least 3 people at least 10 minutes. Not counting the numerous hours spent by managing personnel to come up and install this procedure...
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Happy Adam
Amigo,
Great to hear some news from the far-away desert lands! Been reading Nabokov all morning (Ada, do you know it?). Hated it in the beginning (first 40 pages) but have now been completely and utterly seduced by Nabokov's ornate english and french-russian exclamations. Ah, the old Europa, stretching from tsarist russia, across Berlin and Paris, to London. Am completely charmed. Travelled to Köln for a meeting last week, and was enhanced by the french-flemish-german-english announcements on the train and the crazy beeping of my mobile phone each time we passed yet another border. Paris-Köln (through Brussles and Aachen) is not much more than 3 hours! I think that the swapping of mobile phone operators is the only reminder of Europe's former borders.
Other than that life is crazy crazy crazy here too. Am incredibly behind with work, ever slipping further and further from the lofty goals of my ambitions. And to make time to see Rebekah, my London-based beauty, and to learn this local lingo (french I think they call it, je pense), well I am not complaining but I could.
Actually, I think it is a rather happy period - I feel better than in a long time and I dont even really know why.
Your car trouble and your open-door policies and everything else seems fascinating and funny. Do you think you will be able to feel at home?
I have no doubt you will be able to enjoy and observe. Marius, who I always would have described as European in absurdum, seems happy in the US - makes me think that most of us could?
Btw, do you know 'British Sea Power' and 'Wild beasts'? Quite possibly my favourite british bands presently.
Take care,
Adam
Great to hear some news from the far-away desert lands! Been reading Nabokov all morning (Ada, do you know it?). Hated it in the beginning (first 40 pages) but have now been completely and utterly seduced by Nabokov's ornate english and french-russian exclamations. Ah, the old Europa, stretching from tsarist russia, across Berlin and Paris, to London. Am completely charmed. Travelled to Köln for a meeting last week, and was enhanced by the french-flemish-german-english announcements on the train and the crazy beeping of my mobile phone each time we passed yet another border. Paris-Köln (through Brussles and Aachen) is not much more than 3 hours! I think that the swapping of mobile phone operators is the only reminder of Europe's former borders.
Other than that life is crazy crazy crazy here too. Am incredibly behind with work, ever slipping further and further from the lofty goals of my ambitions. And to make time to see Rebekah, my London-based beauty, and to learn this local lingo (french I think they call it, je pense), well I am not complaining but I could.
Actually, I think it is a rather happy period - I feel better than in a long time and I dont even really know why.
Your car trouble and your open-door policies and everything else seems fascinating and funny. Do you think you will be able to feel at home?
I have no doubt you will be able to enjoy and observe. Marius, who I always would have described as European in absurdum, seems happy in the US - makes me think that most of us could?
Btw, do you know 'British Sea Power' and 'Wild beasts'? Quite possibly my favourite british bands presently.
Take care,
Adam
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
I am Texan!
Got my Driver licence!
I am Texan
I am the American Dream on a Horse with Cow-Boy boots!
I am Texan
I am the American Dream on a Horse with Cow-Boy boots!
New Word
Deborah taught me a new Texan word: Yalls.
" AI heve prepared yalls tickeds for Sen Franciscow"
" AI heve prepared yalls tickeds for Sen Franciscow"
You're welcome
Salut Stefan
Voila ça y est c'est fini je suis enfin docteur.
Tout c'est bien passé, merci pour ton intervention écrite.
Je ne sais pas si Nathalie à bien fait l'accent germano houstonien.
Merci pour tout ce que tu as dit et surtout merci pour tout ce que tu m'as appris durant ces 4 ans de thèse.
merci encore je vais surement passer aux USA fin décembre ou début janvier pour visiter les différents labo pour les post doc.
merci encore énormément
Denis
--
CHAIX Denis
PHD student
Centre de Biochimie Structurale
Voila ça y est c'est fini je suis enfin docteur.
Tout c'est bien passé, merci pour ton intervention écrite.
Je ne sais pas si Nathalie à bien fait l'accent germano houstonien.
Merci pour tout ce que tu as dit et surtout merci pour tout ce que tu m'as appris durant ces 4 ans de thèse.
merci encore je vais surement passer aux USA fin décembre ou début janvier pour visiter les différents labo pour les post doc.
merci encore énormément
Denis
--
CHAIX Denis
PHD student
Centre de Biochimie Structurale
Moving on
Dear Ajay,
I confirm having received your message and attached documents. I have filled out the form (attached). I have also attached a scanned copy of passports and visa stamps for my wife and I.
As to the current immigration document: would you need a copy of the full H1B visa packet (over 20 pages), or only specific forms? My wife has currently the original with her in France (she needs it to re-enter the US when she returns from a stay in France, on the 17th of December). I can scan all or parts of the copy I have here and send it to you early tomorrow morning.
The proposed date of Monday, 14th of December would be suitable for me.
With best wishes
Stefan
Stefan T. Arold
Assistant Professor
From: Almasone B. Jones [mailto:ABJones@klaskolaw.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:05 AM
To: Arold,Stefan Theodor
Subject: Telephone Appointment With Mr. Klasko
Good morning Stefan: Please confirm this email as soon as you receive it. Thank you for your email to Mr. Klasko regarding a free consultation. I can set that up for you as soon as I receive the enclosed, completed documents and the following copies: The photo page of your passport, and your current immigration document. I can schedule your telephone consultation as early as Monday, December 14, 2009. Please rush all documents due so that I can send you a time to call in. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. ajay
Almasone B. Jones (Ajay) Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer LLP
1800 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7401
Voice: 215.825.8600
Fax: 215.825.8699
E-mail: abjones@klaskolaw.com
I confirm having received your message and attached documents. I have filled out the form (attached). I have also attached a scanned copy of passports and visa stamps for my wife and I.
As to the current immigration document: would you need a copy of the full H1B visa packet (over 20 pages), or only specific forms? My wife has currently the original with her in France (she needs it to re-enter the US when she returns from a stay in France, on the 17th of December). I can scan all or parts of the copy I have here and send it to you early tomorrow morning.
The proposed date of Monday, 14th of December would be suitable for me.
With best wishes
Stefan
Stefan T. Arold
Assistant Professor
From: Almasone B. Jones [mailto:ABJones@klaskolaw.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:05 AM
To: Arold,Stefan Theodor
Subject: Telephone Appointment With Mr. Klasko
Good morning Stefan: Please confirm this email as soon as you receive it. Thank you for your email to Mr. Klasko regarding a free consultation. I can set that up for you as soon as I receive the enclosed, completed documents and the following copies: The photo page of your passport, and your current immigration document. I can schedule your telephone consultation as early as Monday, December 14, 2009. Please rush all documents due so that I can send you a time to call in. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. ajay
Almasone B. Jones (Ajay) Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer LLP
1800 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7401
Voice: 215.825.8600
Fax: 215.825.8699
E-mail: abjones@klaskolaw.com
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