Time to move on...

People keep telling that smoking is bad and mostly I agree with them. But there are some aspects in smoking that are good and useful.

Half a year ago or so I worked in a transportation company that attended in our biggest tourism exhibition. In the first evening there was organized afterparty in some pub with food and drinks and everything. Of course I grabbed that chance, because finding new contacts was one of my main tasks at work.

Evening started slowly as do all Estonian parties. People from different companies sat in separate tables, sharing their thoughts only among the people they new. Even for me it seemed to be a bit strange just to stand up and start conversation with people from the next table.

But when I was in the smoking room, that was different - beside the tourism we had already second common topic - smoking - and from that base it was much easier to start conversation with people I never met before. And I also met one woman there who was not a smoker, but she told us there that she always hangs in parties with smokers, because smoking rooms or places are usually the spots, where most interesting stories are told.

Not that I am trying to promote smoking now, but just couple of minutes ago, when I went outside to do my damned last Estonian cigarette here, I saw that there was a lad sitting on "The Town Mouse" balcony, drinking beer. After I lit the cigarette, I noticed a familiar logo on his back - logo of the same company where I am doing my first steps in the warehouse. And so I started conversation with him.

 If I had been sitting in the room by the computer, I couldn't had that contact, but now Chris told me a bit of the company's background etc. And he also mentioned that there maybe a vacancy for my profession in the town, where he is from - in Accrington. We changed contacts. Probably in the evening I will already get more detailed information about the possible future.

And - lets be realistic! - even if it doesn't work out well, I still have a new contact around here, so that cigarette and my smoking habbit earned their existence once again.

Though I am trying to quit smoking now - cigarette prices here are way above my head here, in UK - I have to say, that all my contacts here except one (Stuart) I have made while smoking. Here, in The town Mouse, in General Havelock's pub and also in the street.

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But now - why that blog entry title about moving on? Well- tonight is probably my last day in The Town Mouse's B&B and tomorrow I will get another accommodation finally - my one room I've been waiting for so long :)

Bad part of the news is that I will get Internet there only after week or so, but still - I can do some writin and cme here to upload it. Town Mouse's Internet is actually better and more stable than Subway one, that I used in my first days.

So - until then!