compare and contrast..

I just sat back on my home office chair and noticed something – the way I’d laid out my phone and laptop spoke volumes.. so I took a picture to show you… My work laptop and phone My personal laptop and phone Interesting, huh? My work, which is very important in the scheme of things to both me and my company – if I…

sunshine and friends

Its been miserable here lately, raining almost every day for the last 4 or 5 weeks. Its not supposed to do that, I’m sure someone in immigration said when I first arrived here that the sun always shines. I mean, how am I supposed to “throw another shrimp on the barbie” if its under 3 feet of water?  And as for “where the bloody…

bullying in the workplace

so, my other half has been working as an Education Assistant in a local special needs school for the last 6 months.  Sadly, there has been serious ongoing bullying there by some members of staff – all directed at one particular classroom and all the people that work in it. Unfounded allegations, smear campaings, backstabbing etc – so much so that they complained to…

its not a nice feeling

Work is slowing down a bit at the moment.  Well, a lot actually.  So much so that I really wonder how my job is going to carry on more than another few months I listen to the garbage spouted by the politicians around the world about how much better it is since they did all their wonderful intervention and stimulus packages, how things are…

destinations

I like to travel.  well, let me expand on that – I like to travel on holiday.  I have travelled loads with work but I usually get precious little time to see anything, so its not the same Over the last 10 years or so in my career I have been to the following places with work – most more than once, and sometimes,…

points of view

No, not the old BBC weekly letters summary with Barry Took, or later, the institution that is Wogan, but just some meaderings of cranial possibility.. Last week was was an interesting week..well..not that interesting actually, but you’re gonna hear about it anyway 😉 Work wise – I’ve had  last minute projects requiring working longer hours than I wanted, which was annoying as I missed getting out and…

pushing a boulder up a mountain

I should stress upfront, in case anyone from work should read this and wonder – I like working for my company.  Yes, it has ups and downs.  No, its not perfect.  But it has lots of potential and I’m learning lots of new things. Anyway.. When I started this project at a particular customer I was full of optimism and high hopes.  I’d seen…