Mark,

"Godav" to you too. And great to hear from you again.

Yes, certainly the world has changed since we last met. As it turned out I was 
in the Enron building in London when it all happened on Sep 11. And to all of 
us in London, that moment has been as defining as it has been to you in the 
States. 

- With one exception: We have had terrorism here for a very long time. So much 
so that I have learned to tell the difference between the sounds of an IRA 
semtex bomb and a Palestinian fertiliser one...

And life goes on. I keep reminding everybody how many people die in the traffic 
every day, and that I shall have to go someday anyway. So even though London 
probably is high on the hit list, I have not changed my lifestyle significantly.

Now it looks like EBS definitively is closing down in Europe. Personally if 
find it a shame, since I rather valued the people in the group, but probably it 
was inevitable.

But I am pleased that you have moved into the Oil and Gas part of Enron. 
Whatever the current woes of Enron Corp, that sector is doing fine as a whole.

My own stray into telecomms components did not last long. I was out after 3 
months on the back of completely collapsing sales in the US.

Now I have ventured into Executive Search, where I am working as COO for a 
small group with 70 staff in 10 countries. I am not "hunting" myself, but 
rather involved in corporate issues such as reporting contracts and business 
development. We are hoping to place some Eastern European engineers into a 
Houston company before long, but I am not expecting to have to go there for 
some time to come.

You may notice that I am sending this e-mail from a new address. I am trying to 
face out the old one, since it has caused me endless problems. So in future 
please use the new one: martin@heelas-joergensen.com (heelas being my wife's 
maiden name).

I am very pleased to hear that you are well, but would rather hope that you 
could find an excuse to come to London, even if your pipelines do not reach 
that far...


All the best,


Martin



Forwarded Message:
> To: martin@heelas-joergensen.com
> From: "Martin B Joergensen" <mjoergensen@netlane.com>
> Subject: FWD:Hello from Houston
> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 05:45:00 -0500
> -----
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> Original Message
> From: "McConnell, Mark"<Mark_mcconnell@enron.net>
> Subject: Hello from Houston
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:09:09 -0500
> 
> >
> >Mr. Joergensen,
> >
> >A big "Howdy" from your Texas friend.  
> >
> >I was so glad to get your voice message the other day (week).  It is
> >always nice to pick up a voicemail and have it turn out to be a
> >colleague from the not so distant past.  I hope you and your family are
> >doing well.
> >
> >As EBS changed direction, I did as well.  I decided to get back to my
> >roots in the gas and gas asset business.  I looked inside of Enron and
> >also with some outside companies and decided to work with Transwestern
> >pipeline (an Enron company).  I've been here for about a month and all
> >is well.  The people here are very nice and very genuine (just like my
> >old friends from London).  It is weird to actually have a product to
> >sell - if you know what I mean.  I think I'll like it but I'm already
> >missing my travels in your neck of the woods.  Also, I'm home so much
> >now, my wife doesn't know what to do with me.
> >
> >I'm still saddened by the demised of our Blockbuster/VOD deal.  It was a
> >great concept and it worked.  Oh well.  We'll see it someday, I'm just
> >not sure who is going to win the race on getting it to the public in
> >bulk.
> >
> >Christian sent an email to me and he seems to be doing fine, loving Rio
> >but still looking for a job.  Speaking of that, I hope your job is going
> >well and as secure as it can be in today's climate.
> >
> >It is a strange time here in America.  The terrorist attacks, the
> >retaliation in Afghanistan and the constant update on new discoveries of
> >the spread of Anthrax are constantly being talked about and on every
> >news channel.  It is amazing how a handful of people>sadness and effect the 
world in so many ways.  There is no doubt that
> >the spirit of the people will prevail.
> >
> >Take care Martin.  It was great to hear your voice.
> >
> >Mark 
> >
> >
> >
> >Mark McConnell
> >Transwestern Pipeline Company
> >713-345-7896   office
> >713-822-4862   cell
> >713-646-2551   fax
> >mark.mcconnell@enron.com
> >
> >
> >
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