Gwen I would have thought the analogy of hardship postings and local food would have had you holding your stomach.

Thats another 100 bucks in the post for making me laugh.

I think PP rantings /ravings and you guys wise cracks kept me sane in the dark days of site work in the winter of the Land of the Midnight Sun.

I digress. Some people love site, others avoid it like the plague. Its not for everyone but every planner should have a few hardship sites on their CV. Sakahlin, Artic, Angola, Nigeria. You can be in the worst site with a great bunch and the sense of cameraderie sees you through.
Then again you can be tearing each others throats out.
Clive hope you were looking to touch a few souls and not old soles. Big difference where I come from. Then again - - -

Gwen if you thought that was good value read conferences in Las Vegas

At least Im not offering to take her on a US$10 billion project and play Beethoven to her

My heart goes out to Carmen.

As to denial I am too old for all that

I too am in love with planning planet Gwen but the beer vouchers will come in handy. I have come back with a vengance having been really busy slapping planners about in the hot fetid jungle that is the summer here.

I dream constantly about delving in to the critical paths of my colleagues etc etc etc

However I am also happy with curry and chips and a couple of pints of lager

fresh pine nuts, olive oil, basil and parma cheese emulsified and poured on to goats chese ravioli

sometimes i sit down and listen to classical music like the bay city rollers and the osmonds and dress up like a demented punk and contemplate having a son who sells underwear (now you have to think hard for the connection between vivian and malcolm)


But mostly i just miss the crac. So I post my mindless meanaderings to the great pp family members in the hope that I may touch a sole or two before I shuffle off into the sunset with my dog eared copy of P3 an idiots guide.

Ho hum

I dont think 19000 members are against me Charlie

I am sure most are not interested, have died, logged on only once blah blah blah

However ASEAN countries are to be found here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_ASEAN

As to countries of the pacific rim are you sure that Fiji qualifies? is it on the Pacific rim? I would appear to be more in the pacific than on the rim, what about Guam is it a nation or a protectorate, all semantics of course.

However here is a definition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim

and here is another

http://www.microsoft.com/education/pacific.mspx

This does not seem to include Fiji but refers only to APEC

Interesting

I will leave you to rewrite Wilki and converse with Bill


So will you Western Union the US$20 as my research has answered, I feel, the Question you felt I could not answer!

No, the later would be Charlie, Anoon is just his apprentice.

Clive,

Since you throw the challenge?????

PP will take the challenge to know how good you really are in Geography

Remember you are one against 19,000+++ PP members.

I love geography since childhood. Also one reason why I roam around the world.

Bet 20 USD if you will get it perfect 100% including those small pacific island, for example Fiji, Somoa, etc, etc,

Cheers,

Joseph

Jon,

GCC stand for Gulf Cooperation Countries. These countries have proximity to the Persian Gulf.

However, not all countries with proximity to the Persian Gulf are member of the GCC (for example Iraq, Iran, etc.)

In the same way that????

Not all Middle East Countries are member of the GCC (for example Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, etc.)

GCC members are the following countries:

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman

I hope I this not miss.

This is for your information.

Cheers,

Joseph

Jon,

Send PP member Ian Cowx your CV and he should be able to get you an interview, as he is an agent.

If you have planned before and can use MSP, P3 or Primavera Enterprise then you should get a role easily.

The only thing to do is to make sure you barter on the way in, as no companies offer extra money once your in!

Hi Jon,

You can start with contracting companies.

If you are young and dynamic, the transition will be easy.

One thing you have to reconcile is the realistic quality of works meaning you may be shock to accept how contracting company balance quality from desing to actual due to financial consideration.

If your prepare to play the game, then, I dont find it will be deficult for you to blend with the real world of site construction activities as compared to well air-conditioned room of project design team.

To go anywhere any place: I think London is a nice place to start since London is busy in preparation for the 2012 Olympics.

The next place to go is GCC.

Cheers,

Joseph