"Always a good place," I said."I will brief you about everything from the day I started my first job"he said.1MARCH 2008"These biceps seem more like a...man," said the guard of my apartment as Igot back from the gymnasium.I got on my floor from the elevator and found an envelope rammed in mydoorknob. The letter was from CB chemicals Ltd.I ripped off the envelope and there was a folded paper in it. I openedthe paper, and it was a job offer from them. I had just completed my PhDlast week and not. While they were there they had joked that after she had become a nurse - she had applied to study nursing - she should come and live nearby for a while. Learning Norwegian would be too difficult, but working in London would be fine - there is always a shortage of nurses and the Australian ones are popular. When Beth, her oldest second cousin, had pointed out that the shortage was partly because the salary of a newly trained nurse was too low to cover the cost of living in the British capital,. "Right on time, Adam. I take that as a good sign for things to come later, come in, come in." This time, I got introduced to her kids and we chatted in the kitchen until everything was ready. We all four had a nice dinner, then the kids were sent off to do their homework while I helped Erica clean up in the kitchen. She was wearing the same wonderful outfit and had given me an open-leg flash or two during dinner which surely aided my digestion immensely. Then as she was putting our plates in. At the time before I stepped foot in that run down dojo if you asked me ‘Will I take a person under my wing and a woman no less after she knocked me on my ass?’ I wouldn’t even have the decency to make any sort of comment. Now as I finished writing this to this day it amazes me to think what a good kick in the head will sometimes drive a good lesson home. A lesson that I would eventually grasp that my soul could not see… As Matt and Emiko made their way through the countryside together, under.