On a more positive note

Okay well after a bit of a rant in my last post, apologies for that because I do get carried away in my own thoughts sometimes, I decided to add a more friendly post to my blog. Also, it's been far too long since I last posted. The reason for this, pretty much same as always - combination of being far too busy to write semi-creatively and a case of mostly just wanting to sit back and have a couple of beers/wines rather than spend 20 mins in front of a computer screen.

So time for a quick update...

I have been pretty flat tack at work - many long hours in preparation for giving training. Firstly for software that I know well and have been using for years and secondly for software that I've only just learned - this was pretty scary. With a combination of smooth talking and some long hours of crash learning I managed to pull it off and the client was reasonably happy - although there were some nervous moments when I crashed their server with one of our known bugs.

Asia has been busy hunting for a job but it's been pretty hard going and now that it is getting close to Christmas I think it might be harder still. Our stuff from NZ finally arrived during the week, only about six weeks after we were expecting it. Nice to have it back now though, felt a bit like xmas with all our forgotten clothing arriving. Finally now I can start wearing a new pair of undies each day - gets a bit hard streching each pair to last for three days, ha :).

The vege garden is going great guns, nearly everyone who comes to visit, says wow! your veges are going great, you must have green fingers. Well, I can tell you that it is not me, the man who can barely tell a turnip from a potato, rather Asia's very green thumbs and skills that are responsible for the green bonansa in our backyard. Hopefully in a couple of weeks we will be able to sample some of the produce, the lettuce in particular is starting to look very tasty.