So here I am in the Qantas lounge at Changi Airport after my the last day of my trip to Singapore. The education went well (lots of smiling farewells) and I've forged some links with the locals that I hope will be fruitful for all. I'm trying to get over the silly habit I've developed … Continue reading Heading home from Singapore
Category: Personal
Personal stuff, like posts involving family and friends or life observations.
I like new things. Many of my friends and colleagues do as well. Some of us are very familiar with "early adopter tax", the high price of paying for a new release product or program in spite of the knowledge that delaying the purchase would save money. I got to thinking about early-adoption a little … Continue reading On being an early-adopter
Or at least the ones bought there do. In my travels to Canberra I've now bought two compact travel umbrellas and lost *both* of them within a week of purchase. Seems like an umbrella bought in Canberra really wants to stay in Canberra -- the last one lost was liberated by someone who sought to … Continue reading Umbrellas like Canberra
I've been extremely slack at blogging recently. It's ironic that what has been keeping me from blogging has probably been the very thing that I could be blogging plenty about: the constant travel to Canberra. I'm planning on writing a bit more about my experiences of and in our nation's capital, so for now here … Continue reading Canberra
It doesn't take much to see just how rubbish I am at this blogging thing. The last few months have been full of interesting happenings, and the blog has been silent. I'm not going to embarrass myself by saying "I'll do more frequent updates, really I will" because I know it won't happen. Oh well, … Continue reading Slack blogger
Our not-so-little guy turned four today! He had a McDonalds party on Saturday, with a few of his best mates from day-care in attendance. Today he took a cake to day-care for everyone to share (and he had great fun taking it around the playground to show everyone when he arrived!). The only low point … Continue reading Happy Birthday Nicholas!
I've read a few "this was my year" blog posts in the last day or so; no doubt I'll read a few more in coming days. I honestly can't remember much of positive significance happening this year, compared to last year (which was huge). For a few reasons though, I am glad that this year … Continue reading Another year over…
I was using a fitness ball (swiss ball, exercise ball, gym ball, etc) to sit on in the study in lieu of a normal chair. I have to be honest and say that the experiment wasn't working for me (it was supposed to get me disciplined to keep straight posture while seated) and I was considering … Continue reading Another big bang
We returned from holiday a little while ago -- we spent a week in Melbourne to visit family and friends. While it wasn't Nicholas' first time on a plane, it was the first he was able to get involved in (being a couple of years older than his previous plane rides).He took to the plane amazingly … Continue reading Holiday
LIVE from Dicky Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, it's the Crossed Wires Holiday Show! Jokes aside (particularly at the name of the venue, which is actually named after a shipwreck... oh dear, not getting much better is it) we're on our "summer" holiday. Caravanning on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Beautiful... well, after the heat in the van's canvas annexe... … Continue reading Holiday time
Crossed Wires 