Final night in Malta...

Today happens to be my final night in Malta before I depart to Brussels to start training to become a pilot! So yes, this will be my final night in my cosy Maltese bed! Today I spent some time packing things up because surprisingly enough I didn't bother to start packing before. That's typically me. And to be honest, I haven't yet finished packing things up so I will have to spend the morning before I leave, ensuring that I took everything I need.

Tonight I also had a farewell gathering with a couple of friends from ex-university (today better known as "engineers" ;-) ) and a couple of other friends. It was fantastic! It was good to meet some people whom I haven't seen for quite a while now! Thanks all for a great evening and I really appreciate!

The most special part of the day was in the afternoon, when I picked up my girlfriend after her exam and spent some time together. It just feels great when we're together!! I'm going to miss her so much. Being away from each other is one of the greatest sacrifices we're both gonna have to make now. But time will pass and I'll be back again. I must admit, I am looking forward to start the course, but I am more looking forward to arrive back, and be with her again. So that's something to look forward to once all the course and training is over! Here, I would like to wish her the best of luck for her remaining exams. Good luck qalbi! I'll miss you!

I also said a farewell to a few colleagues from my ex-summer job today. And I also had a visit from some relatives. So yes, today was the day of farewells! I'm gonna miss a lot of close buddies but time will pass and I'll be back, and guess what... I'll be flying by then!!!!

I'm off now, as I still have to clear up a bit my room, after which I will go to my cosy Maltese bed and sleep.

Goodnight and farewell to all!!

Day of the signing, off in a week!

So, first of all I began trying to tweak the blog and have added a slideshow of pictures and a link to my online photo album. I will be adding more photos soon. Blogger seems quite easy and straightforward to use and I like it.

Yesterday I had the signing of the contract with AirMalta, which will take me to Brussels next week to begin the road to becoming a pilot. Finally my lifetime dream is coming true! I will be training at Sabena Flight Academy (SFA). I will spend approximately 8 months in Brussels, covering the theoretical part and then head off to Phoenix, Arizona USA for 6 months of flight training. Then I'll go back to Antwerp for the final part of the training to get my licence and then go back to Malta. After some further training, I'll be sitting in the right hand seat and getting paid to fly!! Isn't that cool?!

I'm looking forward to start but I know it will be tough as well. It's quite a long time away from home, my family, my cute little nephew, and most of all my girlfriend. I know I'm going to miss her and all, definately. We'll see how it goes! A year and a half will pass and I'll be back, and by then I'll be flying!!

I'm off for now! Till then, keep on rockin' ;-)

Birth of the blog...

In the early hours of the day... when most sane people had much better things to do, like sleep... I decided to start a blog. This blog is probably something else to waste my time on and which I will not keep for more than a month or two probably, but anyway, I will try! And besides, in 2008 everyone has his own space, webpage, call it whatever you like, so why not have my own?! Yes, I have decided to join the millions who have nothing better to do other than waste time on the net. I will not go through the hassle of introduing me, myself, my family, my friends, my pets, my life etc etc, because a) nobody cares b) At 1am in the morning I'm looking forward to join the sane community and go to sleep! And anyway, if you do not know me and have nothing better to do, look at the profile, (if you'll find one...) and you might get the idea.

In the coming months I shall be abroad so I hope that in this little space on the web I will write something about my life over there. I will be going to Brussels next week to start training to become an airline pilot! Yep finally a dream come true! Well I will write more on the topic soon... and there will be a lot to write about!!

The birth of this blog also brought about a great dilemma! Whose server will I bug with my stuff?! After some deep thinking, and trying my blog somewhere else (yes I should seek better hobbies) I chose Blogger! So thanks to you Blogger I will waste some more time of my life and also occupy your bandwith and memory with my stuff. Thanks dude!

Anyway, I'm quite fed up already so I'm off to bed since I have to wake up early tomorrow! Have to get some important papers signed and we do not want to screw that up ay?! ;-) So goodnight to all. In the coming days I will try to post a link to some online photos and stuff!

Off me goes!