Monthly Archives: September 2008

Flying into Perth

Today was the first time I had flown into Perth from the north and it was pretty interesting.  The thing that struck me was the long, straight roads, obviously dirt, that just go on for miles and miles.  And the … Continue reading

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Work has been nuts

You have probably worked it out from the lack of blog posts, but work has been quite crazy lately.  Apart from a lot of travel (I have already been to Malaysia twice, Bangkok, Beijing, Atlanta, and Hong Kong since July), … Continue reading

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Welcome to Australia (NOT)

I am writing this in Perth airport, while waiting for my flight to Brisbane.  For obviously complicated scheduling reasons, my flight from Singapore to Brisbane goes via Perth today.  So I got to experience the amazingly crappy Perth airport arrangements.   … Continue reading

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Recollections of Beijing

I was in Beijing in the period between the Olympics and the Paralympics.  There have been warnings about unavailability of visas, crowding, delayed flights etc; but I found the trip to be very simple.  I have an APEC Business Travel … Continue reading

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A Couple of Busy Weeks at Work

The last few weeks have been incredibly busy.  First I had to go to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) for some internal training sessions as well as customer meetings.  After that we had a week of customer briefings, first in Bangkok and … Continue reading

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A Quiet Weekend, Finally?

Here I am again!  Sitting on the lounge, watching the AFL semi finals (Adelaide vs Collingwood, and currently in the third quarter with the game looking like it will finish in a very exciting way).  Chris and I have decided … Continue reading

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