Ultimos Posts 1. 10/10/2006 21:42 - Memories of my Peruvian career - Part 12 Poor Pepe Quimper - he was so broke and afraid to tell his wife. Often, he even borrowed a "sol" from me to buy himself cigarettes to calm his nerves. When the time had come for me to leave the company, he was in tears. "What am I going to do without you? Never did I have such a convincing secretary!" He wrote me a beautiful letter of recommendation. That ended my illustrious Peruv... 2. 10/10/2006 21:38 - Memories of my Peruvian career - Part 11 Sr. Quimper was an avid gambler and always dead broke. He owed tons of money to a great number of people who constantly came around looking for him. Sr. Quimper was sitting in the back of his office behind a huge desk - my own desk was in front of his. We were located on the ground floor and I could see everyone entering and leaving the building. So, every time I saw an individual ... 3. 10/10/2006 21:33 - Memories of my Peruvian career - Part 10 Even the president of the airline heard about it. Eventually there was a newsreel showing the president congratulating me and handing me a large bunch of flowers. Good advertisement for the airline. But, you know what? What these people didn't know was that I never meant to comfort them - I only aimed to comfort myself by holding on to their hands for dear life. I just hated the fl... 4. 10/10/2006 21:27 - Memories of my Peruvian career - Part 9 PANAGRA - the airline which served the West coast of South America, was seeking young females to train as airline stewardesses. In those days, to be an airline hostess was considered to be almost as glamorous as being a movie star. So, how could I resist?? The requirements were to be healthy, slim, under 20 and know at least two languages. I applied and was immediately accepted! Af... 5. 10/10/2006 21:23 - Memories of my Peruvian career - Part 8 I enjoyed working for Mr. Stebbins and liked my co-workers. The salary was excellent and my social life improved considerably. I met a number of secretaries from the American Embassy across the street and became very friendly with the wife of the Cultural Attache, who was Viennese by birth, so we had a lot in common. In fact, she was the one who eventually encouraged and helped me ... | Estadisticas Ver Codigo HTML Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |
