Last week was absolutely hectic. I can’t help feeling that my worklife has changed permanently from 7AM to 7PM in the office, quick dinner, then another load of calls/e-mails until I need to go to bed with exhaustion. Got back from the US on Monday, relaxed a little. Thankfully the jetlag wasn’t nearly as bad […]
I arrived at SFO on Monday afternoon. Of course my luggage had the usual Virgin US treatment of being beaten up and one of the wheels missing. It frustrates me, at the time I bought the bag I thought “these wheels will come off” – but decided that German build quality (Rimowa) would prevail. Well, […]
This has been a very good weekend for food. Although as I write this I’m getting really hungry – although 9PM isn’t the right time to rustle up some beef stew (what I have a craving for). So, this weeks food highlights: Tuesday – Turkish food at Effes in Cambridge. Probably the best Turkish food […]
This week has been really hectic – just far too much to do at work. I’ve been getting in just after 7AM, leaving no earlier than 7PM and then working ’til later in the evening. Thankfully it’s Thursday night and only a day to go (albeit one with a 6hr train journey). I’m pretty tired […]
I’m finding the past few days I’m getting about 5hrs sleep. This is probably enough to survive on. However, I tend to find my concentration (and motivation) reduces when I don’t have enough sleep. I guess this will be one of these trips where I board the flight, make up the bed, then sleep for […]
Woke up this morning at 12AM with a massive headache. I guess having not travelled long haul for nearly 2 months I’m not used to jetlag – thankfully I had some melatonin and ibuprofen to take. Lunch today at Sichuan style Chinese restaurant. I’m not a great fan of the SF Bay area – but […]
It feels like so long since I’ve been here (about 10 weeks or so I think). Our office has moved to a new location (nearer San Jose) so I’m staying at a new hotel. When I got here I realised that I actually had been to this area quite a few times before for lunch. […]
This Week A pretty strange week in terms of things going on plus lots of late night calls with work. Sometimes it feels like I get up in the morning, shower, work, then by 10PM I’ve finished and ready to go to sleep again. Didn’t get much sleep across the week- not good given I’m […]
A bit down today for some reason. I woke up fairly early and was in the office by just after 7AM. By 3PM I was exhausted. Still managing to keep my mind clear and come up with ideas etc. and trying to keep positive. My MacBook Air is slowly dying – not sure if it’s […]
Chinese New Year Lunch CNY lunch at the Peking (easily best Chinese food in Cambridge in my opinion). Getting there of course was a serious pain due to ongoing roadworks in Cambridge – I often think “Shouldn’t Cambridge be twinned with Beirut ?“. They are doing lots of roadworks over a bridge to support a […]