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The week was a little busier than the previous one. I felt quite achieved having done a number of more 'chunky' pieces of work. It is quite weird really. I find that the type of work I do is veering away from what I am technically trained to do as I progress in my career. In fact, a lot of the work I do these days relies on understanding people and how to relate to them. The technical stuff is almost peripheral to the service I offer. Friday evening I had pretty busy Friday and the last meeting started at about 4:45 pm, so it was a relief when the meeting was over and I could finally start my weekend, especially given that the last meeting was quite emotionally taxing as I had to emotionally connect with my client and used a lot of emotional intelligence to arrive at a 'solution'. I met up with the boys as usual, only that Phil and Cam came as well, which was unexpected. They wanted to watch some animation movie, which was the only genre of movies I wouldn't w...

Things are still reasonably quiet at work but I have taken the opportunity to see clients I normally wouldn't proactively see. So far my effort seems to be paying off. The impromptu meetings are creating work for me, which is kind of the point. Meanwhile, my team is integrating with another team internally at work, so there is a bit of negotiating and compromising to do in a bid to standardise how we do things as a single team going forward. Friday evening We resumed Friday evening movie night now that the boys were back. I was the first to show up, so I had to wait for the rest of the boys to turn up. We went to Grill'd for dinner as usual and wandered around the city afterwards to wait for the start of the movie. We got some chocolate from the Noosa Chocolate Factory and I felt bad eating so much sugar in one go. :( We saw Bad Moms, which was surprisingly good. I really thought it was going to be one of those mindless movies that were filled with dirty jokes and c...

Things are still reasonably quiet at work but I have taken the opportunity to see clients I normally wouldn't proactively see. So far my effort seems to be paying off. The impromptu meetings are creating work for me, which is kind of the point. Meanwhile, my team is integrating with another team internally at work, so there is a bit of negotiating and compromising to do in a bid to standardise how we do things as a single team going forward. Friday evening We resumed Friday evening movie night now that the boys were back. I was the first to show up, so I had to wait for the rest of the boys to turn up. We went to Grill'd for dinner as usual and wandered around the city afterwards to wait for the start of the movie. We got some chocolate from the Noosa Chocolate Factory and I felt bad eating so much sugar in one go. :( We saw Bad Moms, which was surprisingly good. I really thought it was going to be one of those mindless movies that were filled with dirty jokes and c...

I must admit the current political debate about racism in Australia and the rest of the world has surprised me. Naively, I really thought we had moved beyond that dreadful and irrational chapter of human history but political narrative recently sprouted by the likes of Pauline Hanson seems to have put racism back on the agenda. I am not sure if it is intentional but as far as I can tell, racism may just be a red herring. In reality, the real objections of the racist camp are ill articulated because those underlying objections are often not race based or at least they are not sourced from racial differences. Reading between the lines, those people who are often labelled racists take umbrage at what they consider to be a cultural invasion, which brings with it foreign social conventions and norm with which they are not familiar. For instance, if you listen to Pauline Hanson's jibe on social media about squat toilets, what she was really saying was 'don't bring squat toi...

I probably had one of the most uneventful weekends of my life, although I have been asking the universe for a simpler life, so that must be what has been happening! Work is still a bit light on but I am expecting things to heat up soon. It's weird that I have been getting on top of my emails without struggling too much, which is something of a challenge during busier periods. Funnily enough, now that I am clearing my emails as quickly as they come in, I fret about not getting enough of them (therefore, not enough chargeable work). Having said that, I am confident that the pace will pick up and when it comes, it just floods. Despite the not-too-crazy work week, I did spend an afternoon inspecting properties with a number of colleagues. We found something I liked very much, so I had to work hard to remain objective. We are having a meeting this week to discuss our options, so let's see what transpires from it. I also had dinner with one of my workmates and my tutor who help...

Well, wasn't this a weird weekend or what? It was mostly uneventful but weird. The work week wasn't too bad. It was filled with what I would normally expect of a week. Yes, client work was a bit light-on but I managed to create a few pieces of work that preoccupied me anyhow. It was weird to have spare time to think about things I normally don't have time to think about, which was both refreshing and productive. I did get some really nice sheets for our bed, so I changed the look of our bedding again. It is so nice to sleep on it!!! :) Friday evening As the boys were still gallivanting around New Zealand, we didn't see a movie on Friday night. Instead, I was more than happy to head home at the end of the day and waited for Sam to come home. We then went to Fresh Sushi Co for some yummy sashimi for dinner. We were indulging because we knew that as soon as the boys got home, we wouldn't have the chance to indulge. After dinner, as usual, we dropped into...