Potentially the craziest job interview ever!

Thanks to facebook a friend of mine, Ubing Pay, I met while on my church mission to the Philippines recently contacted me about an acquittance of his who works for the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI).  Sometimes I think about the billions of people in the world and am amazed when just the right ones meet each other.  About a week ago Ubing messaged me about how some of the people working on a nuclear power plant in the Philippines were on loan from a Japanese firm but were being summoned back to Japan to help out with all the problems their having as a result of the tsunami-earthquake.  The holes left by the Japanese workers now can be filled by some qualified, but less experienced workers, like Ubing.

With the job force as it is in the Philippines, this is quite a break for Ubing.  As an added bonus Ubing was able to get me a job interview too!  I don't think I'm really qualified but they are flying Andrea and I out for the interview - IN THE PHILIPPINES!!!!  Yup, the stars were all aligned for this one - PNRI flies a lot of different specialists in and out of the Philippines on Philippine Airline (PAL) so as a little kick back the Airline gives PNRI reduced fares - and since PAL has 12 hour (!) non-stop flights to LAX - AND WE LIVE IN LOS ANGELES - everything worked out just right!!!!

Like I said, I don't think I'm qualified and I informed Ubing of this, but as I understand it his acquaintance was able to pull some strings and this is more of a favor than a real interview.

Bottom line - Andrea and I are being flown out to the 'pines for a vacation!

I can taste the mangoes now :)