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Last Christmas…

• anjci
• on Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Last Friday, our internal office paper published a submission call for fiasco Christmas stories. Not the heart-warming ones which would bring a cheerful glow on your face and make you...

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Secret Santa: What’s in a present?

• anjci
• on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

During this intense pre-Christmas period, some people are asking me about the so-called “Secret Santa” tradition. The best way to describe it is as a Christmas game in which the...

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Things I love to photograph

• anjci
• on Monday, December 14th, 2009

Some of my photography-loving friends have recently been working on their manifestos. No, they haven’t been running around protesting about things or pushing their way into parliaments. A photographer’s manifesto...

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Balkan Odyssey 2009. Part II: Mostar, Sarajevo, train to Zagreb, Plitvice

• anjci
• on Thursday, September 10th, 2009

(continued from Part I) Mostar-bound Good thing I had already had some mental border-crossing experience with BiH. The next day brought three such crossings. Some of you may be familiar...

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Balkan Odyssey 2009. Part I: Zadar, Split, Hvar, Korčula, Dubrovnik

• anjci
• on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Balkan getaway – route planning My holiday is finally over! Thank goodness. In fact, I am not sure if it was a holiday at all. In just over two weeks...

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2009 resolutions checklist

• anjci
• on Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

According to recent research, most of us end the year by making resolutions for the next one, with over a half believing they would achieve their targets. Sadly, a year-long...

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Monkey business

Monkey business: Holiday battles

• anjci
• on Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Employees in the UK typically get a minimum of a 25-day annual leave. In normal industries, that is. In investment banking, 25 is a pure accounting entry. Taking holidays is...

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Monkey business

Monkey business: Routine in the jungle

• anjci
• on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Besides business-as-usual interrupted by random activities I have already described (https://anjci.com/monkey-business-random-stuff-i-did-a-2/ and https://anjci.com/monkey-business-random-stuff-i-did-a/), my investment banking existence was defined by a number of important routines. It was perhaps that pressure...

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Monkey business

Monkey business: Random stuff I did at work II

• anjci
• on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

This post is a direct continuation of https://anjci.com/monkey-business-random-stuff-i-did-a-2/. Unfortunately, some truly grotesque experiences I had as an investment banker seem to have sunk very deep in my memory and refuse...

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