The Downside of Long Weekend

Short weeks are great, but coming back to work after a four day leave sure leaves my brain a bit numb. I couldn't think at work today, and that only led to mistakes after mistakes. Thankfully I don’t think I lost any money today... phew.

Only one long weekend this year

For my only (!) long weekend this year, I decided to take a break from the metropolis and took a short trip to Edinburgh for some R&R. Although it's been two years since I visited the city, I still remembered most of the street layouts and stores around the city. Unfortunately it rained for most of the time that I was there, so it wasn't too pleasant walking along the royal mile. I did meet up with a friend there, had sub-standard dinner(s) at a hotel restaurant and a Chinese restaurant, and shared a few laughs.

Before I left Edinburgh, I went to Ocean Terminal - a shopping mall much like ones back in Canada. Had my first taste (and hopefully last) of Haggis, a traditional dish of Scotland. That wasn't exactly the most appetising dish, at least to me!

Pictures will be posted soon!

Unwilling to settle for less than perfect..

As I was saying a few days ago, I have been completely swamped with work. I have settled into a routine that composes of nothing but working and sleeping. (with the occasional eating and showering in between) It's time for a change though. I've been relocated here for a bit over six months, and I don't think I have progressed as much as I had originally planned.

I'm not blaming anybody though - yes, my schedule had not been ideal, but that is not an excuse. I need to learn how to motivate myself, and really reach for the goal I had set for myself.

This has gone on long enough. It's time to action.

Missing in Action

So it's been three weeks since I wrote anything here, and it's for a damn good reason. I have been terribly swamped with work! Who would have thought that full-time work is even more demanding than school?! At least I work to a schedule.. wake up, go to work, go home, eat, sleep.. repeat five times a week. I check e-mails twice a week, reply e-mails once a month. *sigh* So I apologise in advance to those whom I haven't sent a reply yet!

Let's recap some of the more exciting things I have done in the past three weeks. I went to Cambridge two weekends ago for a bit of tourist action. Oh how I would have loved to study there! There is so much history in the institution, and the atmosphere was much more studious than Waterloo. There was something *different* about it.. something I cannot quite pinpoint. On the other hand, I guess if I did go to school at Cambridge or Oxford, I would not know how to appreciate it. The grass is always greener on the other side, right?

I also helped organise a Passover dinner with a few of my friends over the past weekend. It had been over a decade since I attended these types of rituals, let alone organise one. Everything turned out quite well, and I think we all enjoyed the evening of chatting around the table with some very delicious food.

Hopefully my next update won't take as long as this one..