(So i spend hours at work bored and have been considering doing a fictional blog, like the onces you pick up in the resident evil games for some time now. I'm gonna set the scene, lets all imagine Umbrella is real and they do what they do. I'm going to blog once or twice daily about a fictional outbreak here in Cyprus, this is purely for fun of course. Lets try and keep the thread clean for purpose of easy reading, so i'd love to hear your comments but if you could either PM me or right on my profile wall that would be great.)
Decemeber 9th 2011
I wake this morning to the usual winter sunshine, there are clouds in the sky today but they move quickly as if in a hurry to get out of the Cyprus sky and leave it clear blue all around. My drive to work is somewhat the same, a zoned out drive along the beach road the only difference is the couds have changed the clear blue mediterranean coastline to a colour mix of blue, green and grey. As i pull into the car park behind my shop and make my way round the front of the building 2 guys are talking about Umbrella operations on the outskirts of Limassol, its nothing unusual however there has been lots of talk about them over the past 6 months. They opened a large facility in the 2 biggest cities, 1 over near Nicosia and 1 here in Limassol, the government of course were overjoyed with the extra jobs offered by the company in the current climate and they've built eco monorails from the city center to each complex for workers to commute.
I remain indifferent to it all to be honest, my stay here in Cyprus is only for another few months so the lasting impacts of Umbrella's operations are unlikely to affect me personally. They make extra special effort to help the local economy and law enforcment but i find it all a bit odd really, you don't see other companies doing this so pro-actively its almost like they have something to make up for. I would have thought its not only me that thinks this which is why there is so much gossip in Cyprus about them, i can't be the only one who notices and roumours spread like chinese whispers i try not to take notice of it. I mean they're a pharmaceutical development and research company they're nothing more than that, i am sure they do animal testing but i'm confident that most companies do if its directly or through third parties that are not 'connected.'
Anyway life in Cyprus ticks along as normal like most mediterranean islands, the only difference i can see here is that Limassol is very multi-cultral so has lost a lot of its traditional charm that is only retained in the villiages. There are many migrants here from Eastern europe, russia especially and i've been reading about an influx of many from the Philipenes as well, of course non of this affects or concerns me as my native England has much the same kind of mulit-cultral cities and lifestyle. Limassol really is a working city with a beach and coastline but i kinda like it, i do miss England though and the fact Umbrella hasn't taken over the place like they seem to be doing here.
Decemeber 9th 2011
I wake this morning to the usual winter sunshine, there are clouds in the sky today but they move quickly as if in a hurry to get out of the Cyprus sky and leave it clear blue all around. My drive to work is somewhat the same, a zoned out drive along the beach road the only difference is the couds have changed the clear blue mediterranean coastline to a colour mix of blue, green and grey. As i pull into the car park behind my shop and make my way round the front of the building 2 guys are talking about Umbrella operations on the outskirts of Limassol, its nothing unusual however there has been lots of talk about them over the past 6 months. They opened a large facility in the 2 biggest cities, 1 over near Nicosia and 1 here in Limassol, the government of course were overjoyed with the extra jobs offered by the company in the current climate and they've built eco monorails from the city center to each complex for workers to commute.
I remain indifferent to it all to be honest, my stay here in Cyprus is only for another few months so the lasting impacts of Umbrella's operations are unlikely to affect me personally. They make extra special effort to help the local economy and law enforcment but i find it all a bit odd really, you don't see other companies doing this so pro-actively its almost like they have something to make up for. I would have thought its not only me that thinks this which is why there is so much gossip in Cyprus about them, i can't be the only one who notices and roumours spread like chinese whispers i try not to take notice of it. I mean they're a pharmaceutical development and research company they're nothing more than that, i am sure they do animal testing but i'm confident that most companies do if its directly or through third parties that are not 'connected.'
Anyway life in Cyprus ticks along as normal like most mediterranean islands, the only difference i can see here is that Limassol is very multi-cultral so has lost a lot of its traditional charm that is only retained in the villiages. There are many migrants here from Eastern europe, russia especially and i've been reading about an influx of many from the Philipenes as well, of course non of this affects or concerns me as my native England has much the same kind of mulit-cultral cities and lifestyle. Limassol really is a working city with a beach and coastline but i kinda like it, i do miss England though and the fact Umbrella hasn't taken over the place like they seem to be doing here.