OK, car mechanics are definitely sexier than accountants. At least in the morning when they are not that dirty and sweaty yet :) That is the good thing about working in a company that sells cars and service them.

I hate my traineeship

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Every morning I feel like throwing up just because I have to go there again. I can't imagine how I will survive the 7 days still remaining. It is pure concentrated boredom. I do literally nothing.
Tonight I am supposed to pack all my stuff as we are moving to another place tomorrow. I keep thinking that once I am packed why not to simply go to the airport, take the first available flight and get out of here. I want to go away and forget that I have ever been here as fast as possible.
This whole summer was just a waste of time. I can't even put it in my CV. If I was asked about it at a job interview I would have to lie from beginning till the end.
Seriously, some food poisoning and staying several days in the hospital would be more fun than going there again.
No, this is not a culture shock, this is an extremely shitty traineeship.

Mr. Huggins is injured. Yesterday I found out that he has a hole in his paw. I put some kind of bandage as a first aid but he has to wait for his surgery until I get home which is in 4 weeks. My mum is much better toy doctor than me.

The people at the company are very nice and friendly. One of the colleagues wants to get me in bed and another one behaves as if he wanted to marry me immediately. I hated my traineeship before but this brings it to completely new level. Whatever, just 10 more working days to survive.

About my work

The people at the company are very nice and friendly. When the boss found out that I am actually a finance person he said that I don't have to be in the marketing department (btw I have a strong suspicion that there isn't any) ... and he assigned me to the accounting office.
Yes, I am an accountant! I guess it is my destiny. Do you remember? In Armenia I worked for International Accounting Training Centre.
There are three guys in the office + me. Three computers (two of them running on DOS only). Right, I don't have my own computer. I don't even have my own desk. My work consists of writing account numbers on the receipts and then entering them into the system. I spend some 2-3 hours a day on it. The rest is just a pure boredom. I mean I can't even play stupid Solitaire because there is no computer.
So I am sitting on my chair and wondering how did it actually happen that in June I sent an SN Acceptance Note for a finance traineeship with this company in Alexandria. The finance department is only in Cairo. Well, at least I am a good accountant. I remember most of the 8-digit codes by heart and that is something that even my colleagues don't. And I also learnt how to read their numbers as they look totally different.

Time to blog again

Now, after i settled down in Alex I can responsibly describe how my days are going.
I get up at 6:20 (it used to be 6:10 but I work hard on myself). I do the usual morning stuff including coffee (prepared in the fridge from the previous day) and cigarette on the balcony (no smoking in the streets recommended for girls here).
I leave house around 7:05 when the rest of trainees are still sleeping. I walk 12 minutes to the coast. Actually it is more like 6 minutes to the sea and then other 6 minutes to the place where I can cross the main road safely. It is the only time when the streets are empty and I really enjoy it.
The bus picks me up at 7:20-7:25 and we go to our office in the desert. We are there around 8. Till 8:40 we do nothing. More specifically we sit and most of the time do not speak. We drink our tea. I try hard not to fall asleep again. After we finish our tea we finally switch on the computer.
I will post details on my work later (probably). We finish at 4 and wait again (while doing nothing) till 4:40 for the bus to take us back to Alex. I come home at 5:40 when the other trainees are already there and watch TV. Yes, I am actually the only one who has to respect the office hours here. This is really not fair :(
Then I either go to bed for an hour or I eat (first meal of the day). After that the fun part of the trainee life starts and we go out to explore the city or just sit in some nice cafe. I usually get into bed again slightly after midnight.