Warsaw looks like a descent European capitol. Shopping malls everywhere, business skyscrapers with flashy famous brand images on top, well organized public transportation (metro, tram, bus, taxi), several bridges connecting western and eastern part of the city, wide streets and busy traffic are aspects of a European metropolis we are used to. There is one curiosity I cannot get accustomed to that easily, a special odour you can feel every Sunday, just after a crazy Saturday night and loads of parties all over the city center. People drink a lot, people have needs, no time to wait in the WC queue, so better idea for them is writing name on the pavement using you know what … This must be about creative thinking and flexibility… Sometimes, it seems that they are trying so hard to make the city resemble other big European capitols or even American, and they burn their wings trying. Old city is a very nice and romantic place, to have a walk or a drink: street performers, music concerts and candles. Out of the center, there are many new blocks of flats designed for living, New Belgrade look alike. Vistula (Wisla) is a wide river deriving in and flowing trough Poland into a Baltic sea. It is a nice gadget of Warsaw very polluted though. Night life is something Warsaw can be proud of. So many bars, restaurants and fancy clubs making people go crazy, during the weekend especially.
Reckitt Benckiser Production SP z.o.o. is a company … shit I just came back home, it is 5 am, need to stop for the moment with this mumbo jumbo and tell you something far more interesting. There is a club, no no, before the club, we went to “American girls’ apartment” to have a few drinks and celebrate smth. Mr. Jack Daniels wished us a very warm welcome and things started to move really fast. Rather international and interesting crew, wait for the photos. Another guy and myself decided to go for clubbing since girls couldn’t handle Mr. whom I mentioned before. Stupid selectors didn’t let us get into the Opera, so the IF club was our choice. Disco Saturday night, you could feel it at the entrance already. A lot of shiny disco balls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxsYbdihttc&feature=related above a dance floor full of beautiful ladies I must admit; one of the greatest moments in Warsaw so far. It was that good. Brilliant atmosphere, people dancing and seducing each other; of course some get lucky and others get less lucky but the air is so good there. I spent few moments just watching people, their mood and resources and tools they use to achieve their goals – brilliant. There was a guy, Hispano American, white shirt half zipped, hairy chest, golden chain and gel mafia hair cut, giving his best to get laid. Poor guy, he tried it with every single woman there, even showed his dancing moves but still nothing. He was constantly transmitting a manly sweaty odour, which might be attractive to some women, but probably not these in the If. Finally, he unpinned his belt and unzipped pans, and started to put his shirt back into pans pinning the belt back again, in the middle of the dance floor. He didn’t care really. Very positive guy. If I was a woman, I would probably award him for trying so much.
Right, Reckitt Benckiser Production SP z.o.o. is a Reckitt Benckiser Group (UK) affiliate located in Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland, 30 km north from Warsaw. There are 2500 people working on site in production and administration in total. Very modern, dynamic and fast growing corporation, well organized, led by a lot of very smart and very young people. I work for EMEA Sourcing Department, which means that I am finding, all over EMEA, more effective raw material and packaging sources for RB production sites in Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, Russia and a few more. The job is very complexed and challenging since there are so many factors influencing possibility to achieve. I am very motivated to succeed and I am sure I will. Physically my table is in RB Poland Purchasing department and the atmosphere is amazing. My boss is a very interesting guy, 35 years old Slovakian, always ready to party. We travel to work together by car, since he lives in the neighborhood.
I am already used to living here and using everything city can offer to improve the quality of one’s life. We even have our own big super market which I visit regularly. Shopping was always important for me. Once I decided to go to even bigger one, they told me I should go to Macro and see what cheap grocery shopping is. I was very tired, took the bus, had a long 20 minutes ride and finally found it. I realized that Macro is part of Metro group and that I could enter only if I had a special card, shit, of course I didn’t have it. I decided to go one stop back, to another market and continue shopping. It took so much time, energy, money and I was back in the bus after two hours with full rucksack and two big bags in each hand, probably completely funny, but satisfied. There is a few more anecdotes but let us leave them for future meetings.
I live in Zlota 3/5, 00-019 Warsaw. Hearth of Warsaw and a street passing by roots of very famous Palace of Science and Culture. The flat is very big and there are five more people living here. They are all Polish. The atmosphere is great we only miss a little bit more rhythm and parties and I am sure that we will all start working on that like a team. There is a guy who keeps telling me I should stop eating Soya since it is bad for a “man thing”; ok so far so good. I see another one every morning, since I get up very early, getting up at 7.45, wondering around the flat with eyes half closed, speaking like a baby: “this is vevy badd, I want to quit this wolk and go back to schoollll; I want to sleep ..” and so on. I tend to start a kind of a party every morning to bring some energy into the flat and get ready for new work adventures.
Warsaw can be very amusing. Besides very good clubs, there are different festivals and cultural events organized. There are numerous museums, I already visited Polish National Museum and The Army Museum, and I just got the tourist guide that will help me visit any other interesting site. I will travel around the Poland, probably even another country, but there is still a lot to see in Warsaw.
Every day, I meet many different people which is very important for me. I simply enjoy being in a diverse environment and discovering completely new perceptions of reality. Polish people are nice, generally warm, parting and drinking a lot. They simply love Vodka and beer. I tend to manage somehow. On the other hand, some of them act a lot colder, always strict, dark face expressions, one would say similar to German mentality.
Tick tack there’s been almost a month living out of Serbia. Very short month. I got a good job, met a lot of people, discovered new places, learnt a lot, met women, done sports and had loads of fun. I am completely satisfied and happy. Although I miss friends, family, people, things back in Serbia beautiful Warsawian moments still don’t let me even think about coming back. Speaking of beautiful moments, Stary Rynek (The Old Square) in Stare Miasto (The Old City) is a very romantic place I will spent more time at. Imagine being at the 40th floor at the sky above Warsaw, at night, listening to a great electro pop live act along with percussionist, and breading the view. It is one of the moments that takes your breath away. It certainly took mine.
After very important meeting for my future, in the morning, and fancy exotic lunch, we were on our way to Croatia. One more meeting and then finally road to Belgrade, Serbia 
