DK -> Mexico

Ok, so now I have some time to update my blog, and the posts are coming fast!

From Poland I went to DK, starting with 1 week of holiday. This went pretty much as expected with meeting friends and family, and starting to unpack my things and pack again for the next adventure.

I invited 2 colleagues from Danfoss, Chintan from India and Harry from China, to come and visit me in Aalborg. I had a great time showing them the region, and enjoying their company. Also, I could understand from their feedback that they had a great time, so all in all a positive experience!

From September 1st I started working in Danfoss Solutions in Kolding, where I spent 2½ weeks with training and preparation for the job. The last few days we had a seminar, where my colleagues from Mexico attended, so I had a chance of meeting them. The seminar was good the few days I participated, and it really gave me some insight to what my next job is about.

Then I went from Kolding to Sønderborg, where I participated in a seminar with the Danfoss PGP program I am part of. All my PGP colleagues from Denmark, Poland, France, India, China and USA were also participating, and we had a lot of good experiences. The seminar was about cultural diversity, which was very appropriate for the participants and our job. Apart from that, we had some training in innovation, which I hope will be helpful in the future. Finally we finished off Friday with a big galla dinner, where good food, emotional speeches and good music made a really perfect end to the week. Directly from the party, I went to the hotel, got my bags and took a taxi at 3am to start my trip to Mexico.

I had a flight at 6.45 am from DK over Amsterdam and Houston to Monterrey in Mexico. This trip took all in all 23 hours, so when I arrived last night I was more or less a zombie. I have been awake 40+ hours including seminar, party and travelling so I was completely used. After 11 hours of sleep, I am more or less on Mexico time, so it seems it was a perfect plan for dealing with the jetlag to exhaust myself completely and "loose" 7 hours in that fashion.

I will be here in Mexico until the end of February, working in Danfoss Solutions. My job here is related to energy savings, where we improve the energy usage of large factories and often make savings of 20-30% on their energy bills. From every kind of view this makes very good sense, both for the environment and for the business aspects for us and the customers. Instead of creating new green energy sources (wind power etc.) we decrease the energy needed, which is both faster and more economically sensible.

I look forward to my new adventures here in Mexico, already after 24 hours in the country, I have seen a lot of similarities with Madrid, and I believe I will have a very positive experience here.