I feel drained. This morning up at 5:30 to travel for work. I spent the whole train journey reviewing documents. I’m just outside my destination. I have to stay overnight (don’t have a hotel yet). It’s 9:05 and I’m already tired :(. I really hope this ends soon as I don’t know how long I […]
It really does get you down being in a grind. Last night I had a bath (as opposed to a shower), went to bed early and passed out around 21:30. Woke up at 23:00 and started thinking about the week ahead. It feels like a constant planning exercise, thinking about meetings, how to schedule people […]
No, I wasn’t at Waitrose and people got out of my way trying to buy things. In this case, there’s a fly in the room that seems to have almost radar vision to prevent me from swatting it. Now if only everything in Cambridge could get out my way so quickly, life would be less […]
… a large stomach ! I this case, going to places where the staff remember me and what I usually have isn’t always a good thing. Last night it was the Chinese restaurant, before I even sat down I was asked if I wanted a beer. This morning I went to the butchers to buy […]
It’s been a tough week. I guess I multi-task well, but when it comes to complex sets of data and analysis I need a lot of time and concentration to digest it which stresses me when I don’t have the time to do so. I’m getting more comfortable with cutting and slicing stats, but it […]
In the local supermarket just now. Queuing, some old guy no idea where he is in the world in front of me. Looking at things and paying no attention to the fact that there is a free space in the queue ahead. I go to take over his place in the queue and some random […]
Bought one of these the other day- excuse the poorly set scene (on packed train). Sheer genius- the ability to enjoy wine on the train direct from the glass. Such a clever idea- I hope the person who came up with it makes lots of money !
I feel embarrassed due to a purchase I made earlier at the newsagents. No, my hands didn’t wander to the top shelf of the magazine counter and purchase something. Actually I bought a copy of the Cambridge News ! The front cover story caught my attention and I needed a little light reading this morning […]
Ask any person what they imagine a garden in Oxford or Cambridge to be like and they’ll probably picture a well maintained lawn, a few choice shrubs. However, the reality is somewhat different in Cambridge as I’ve blogged before. However, I found recently that it isn’t limited to Cambridge- Oxford has the same problem. In […]
Came across this on BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10891733 So wait a minute- it was the request for a birthday cake with the name ‘Adolf’ that tipped them off? Clearly the 30 foot swastikas outside their house didn’t do it ? Not the school role call? I just imagine it: John Hill – present Miss. Adolf Hitler […]