Well, it’s back to the usual grind in the week that’s just gone by. With one difference: I had a trip to look forward to! It’s amazing just how much the anticipation of travel is in making an an otherwise normal week feel exciting. It was my wife’s birthday I wanted to surprise her by […]
This week’s email has been the most delayed in ages! I thought I was basically back to normal after being unwell 2 weeks ago but it seems like that’s not quite the case. I had a REALLY long 18 hr long day on Friday with even more airport drop offs that meant I left for […]
What a honeymoon it’s been! We discovered that we were both close social contacts recently and sometime around the writing of the last newsletter, went and tested via PCR and rapid antigen test and were…negative. Given that I started to get a very slight sore throat, I decided to stay in anyway. A few days […]
Last week’s vacation was very much needed and I have to say the constant level of tiredness has disappeared! I didn’t even realise it was there until about 3-4 days of sleeping in and resting. Prior to the pandemic, I used to think I was being a bit spoilt in taking a week off every […]
Well, this week has been all about recovering from the last and getting ready for Ramadan. Due to staff shortages and sick leave my entire day of work was cancelled on Friday and I was ecstatic! 😀 I ended up drinking way too much coffee and having brunch before not being able to for a […]
After a lovely weekend off last weekend, it’s been a bit of a grinding slog this week. It looked like it’d be busy with 4 on calls in 7 days but I didn’t expect this! As I write this it’s just past midnight and I’m in hospital waiting to hear if we’re going to bring […]
It was my birthday this weekend and I was treated to a wonderful getaway in a lovely country cottage in Daylesford, Victoria. Even though it’s only about 90mins away from Melbourne, I had never been there before! It’s a well known location to visit from Melbourne, so I was a bit surprised to find that […]
The last week has been tumultuous at best. As I write this, I’m meant to be in Singapore but due to the complexities of travel during an easing pandemic, I couldn’t make it due to how long some of the processes take. Not that it was going to be a “fun” trip, but it was […]
It took me a while to figure out why the Ukraine situation in the past week has been on my mind so much rather than any other conflict of recent times. I think the main reason is this: this was a clear unprovoked act of aggression and violence. I’m not an expert in the situation […]
It’s my second trip out to the Great Ocean Road this year! You’d be forgiven thinking that I enjoyed the beach or something (I’m more a cold weather person!). This was a bit of a getaway for just 1 night but it felt much more refreshing than that… It may have something to do with […]