It’s time for an update !

It’s been a while since my last update on this blog, and it seems I only come here when something big is happening in my life.

According to my previous post, I was about to start a new job for Perfect World Entertainment. Well, after a few months there, I decided that was not the perfect world for me, so I resigned from it and left the company at the end of July 2011.

Luckily, I had already a new job waiting for me, and I started immediately on August 1st. I’m now working for CouchSurfing International as a software developer. I discovered CouchSurfing mid 2010, a few friends of time were talking about it. At the time I was still working for Hyves, and although there was a lot of social activity going on out of the office, I wanted to meet new people, from everywhere. So I decided to join the CouchSurfing community, and started hosting “surfers”. And I’ve had a blast since. I’ve met loads of people coming from Vietnam, Finland, Australia, US, France, Malaysia, Chile, Germany and Canada. I’ve hosted people from a single night and up to 6! Sometimes having only a single day break between 2 visitors, just enough time to clean some sheets. I’ve also attended a few local meetings. I haven’t hosted that much, but I hosted a lot in a short period of time, and it has been a great experience. I haven’t had the occasion to “surf” myself yet, as I’ve been kind of busy with work, but definitely something I want to try some day !

And now, a little over a year after I discovered CouchSurfing, I’m working for them. It’s been a month now, and I haven’t felt like this about a job for quite a while, I feel good, and I love the job!

With this new job, and other changes in my life (which I’ll talk about in another post), I’ve decided I had spent enough time in Holland, and left Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Europe altogether. It’s been a week since I arrived in Hanoi, where I should be spending the next couple of months, while working remotely for CouchSurfing. And if everything goes well, I should end up in San Francisco in a few months, with a possible detour by Costa Rica.

That’s it for now, in the next post I’ll try to talk more about other great changes in my life !

Cheers!

Back in Amsterdam

Well, that’s it! I arrived in Amsterdam early this morning, thus ending my trip to Vietnam.

I had an amazing time there, as usual ! :) (it is the 3rd time I go there). I didn’t do any backpacking this time, but stayed at my friends place in Hanoi. I was really sad saying goodbye at the airport, but I know I’ll be back there again, I just love Vietnam!

And hopefully a piece of Vietnam is coming to join me in Amsterdam very soon too, which I am definitely looking forward to! I’m waiting for you Cam Nhung !

Tomorrow I’m starting on my new job in Amsterdam at Perfect World Entertainment, a new adventure begins!