Melbourne is slowly moving through Autumn and getting cooler, which means the cats are very much enjoying sitting on my lap. The major thing this week has been the arrival of some of my family from New York. Since my brother is also visiting from London, it’s shaping up to be an Eid that’s much […]
Hello from Canberra! This edition of the Sunday Surprise is coming from Australia’s capital city (and no, it’s not Sydney). I had originally picked this week for holidays some time last year not realising it was going to fall on Ramadan. Since most of the time was already approved, I thought a greater than 2 […]
This week saw the return of the F1 to Melbourne after a 2 year break. As a result, the city was full to the brim of visitors. I even had friends from interstate visit which was nice to have a catch up after not seeing them for years! While work was a lot gentler this […]
After the work week, I slept at 10pm Friday night and woke up at 10am the next day. I normally can’t sleep in during the day but realised that apart from the day in Torquay, it had been a constant barrage of long hours the last few weeks. Totally accidentally as well! The last fortnight […]
The bit of relative quiet from the state declared Code Brown (basically, health system overwhelmed so only Emergency cases considered) in Victoria is rapidly easing. It’s noticeably busier at work now and the phone calls are coming hard and fast about the upcoming weeks. This bit of spare time allowed me to look back at […]