Maratonec - not long after we have visited this particular place dressed up as Lotus Chinese restaurant with Martin Wirtz, Maratonec is back, where it once already was. For this occasion, Martin did "a bloglunch FORM" on me. It was an interesting experience.
Matej Golob - as joitted down about me over lunch by Martin, unedited:
"I have meet Matej Golob five or six times mainly through
business. I have been lucky enough to be invited by Matej twice on a “blog
lunch” and jolly nice they are too. It was after our last “blog lunch” that I realized that Matej was asking some fairly probing questions and
gaining an insight into me – sneaky I though this will not do! So I decided to
“turn the tables” on Matej and invite him to lunch so that his readers may also
gain an insight. Matejs mother is from Maribor and his father is from Celje
and he grew up in Menges. He regards himself as a true Stajerska with the long
pockets and the very short arms. He is married to Petra and they have a 17
month old son called Tristen and they live in Siska. Matej seems to have a lot
of close, not so close and positively distant “Golob” relatives he was telling
me about a web site called geni.com – so far 800 Golobs. Matej would like to
get a car full of Golobs and cross the border just to see passport controls
reaction. While studding Matej worked at Allied Domecq and as a
tourist guide – so a tourist guide and Allied Domecq ? umm I can see the
connection. Guide me around the restaurants and wine cellars of Slovenia time
certainly not wasted while studying! Having studied computer science and finishing his masters 10
years at IBM was next. Now Matej works for Interexport in charge of all things
IBM. Matej has undertaken some long distance cycling! to Hungary,
Germany – long distance I would not want to be his socks after such a journey !
Now he participates in marathons so needless to say the golf was to unchallenging
walking after a small ball even with a handicap of 24. Submersible sailing
seems to be new sport I had not heard of until Matej explained. The key is to
get the deck line submerged and then try to sail – anywhere. Sounds like fun
but I am not too sure it will catch on. “Users guide to the brain” is Matejs current reading and
after several months still not finished. You might say the book has become a
marathon to finish. It’s either a very thick book or ... Matej does not have the traits of a true Stajerska as he
enjoys making someone happy by giving away things that have no worth to the
Golob family by placing unwanted items on web sites - for free. He is even
trying to “optimize” this, he sends an e-mail with a google map of directions where
to pick the items up and places the items where they can be picked up without
anyone being home. Matej is also a member of Kiva.org “giving the gift of
giving” by helping 3rd world enterprises. So, if you are fortunate enough to be invited on a blog lunch
with Matej ask as few questions !"
Yes, Maratonec is back. For good? For better?
1 comment:
Excellent – and saying hi to Martin, we haven't had coffee in a while! ;)
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