Hope all is well wherever you are. I’m really settling into my life here – it’s been 3 weeks and I guess at some point it’ll change, but I do feel like I’m on an extended holiday inter-mixed with a bit of work to keep me busy!!!
Work is going well. Tough to get motivated again after a lazy last few months in London. But now I don’t really have a choice! Was supposed to be in Bangkok on the weekend organising a big conference for 75 people within my new team, but got canned last minute cause of the protests, so had to stay in Singapore. Was good nonetheless and got some nice feedback, especially the places I picked to go for dinner and drinks!! Now the team is official and everyone has a better idea on what they’re doing, I’m hardly stopping. Some days I’m so busy I don’t even get a chance to check FaceBook!!!
The weekend before last, I went to Saigon with Angela and her sister. Is a cracker of a place. Great market (Bhan Than) with some really nice gear and lovely hotel and food. Treated myself to a total of 3 hours of spa treatments!! The reunification palace is a bit of an architectural monstrosity and trying to cross the road and dodge the motorbikes is a feat unto itself!! Highlight was most definitely the trip out to the Cu Chi tunnels to crawl through part of the 250km of tunnels used by the locals in the Vietnamese war. Plus I got to fire an M16, AK47 and M60 machine guns which was nuts!! Next weekend it’s off to an island called Sibu in Malaysia to go diving with a bunch of random lawyers out here on secondment.
Birthday last week was good fun. Can’t believe I’m now 27!! Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Went out with my team for lunch and got no fewer than 3 birthday cakes (yes, it’s showing round the waist!!) In the evening had a dozen or so people over for a BBQ at my soon to be apartment. Didn’t get off to the best start when the chef we’d hired turned up and was not only shy, but couldn’t speak a word of English!! Thankfully everyone was well fed and watered by the end!!
Socially wise, things are great. Very busy playing footy and tennis, but the standard out here is pretty poor (so I fit in quite well !!) Tough to get used to the heat and humidity though. Very much integrated into the local jewish social scene. Lots of French, Germans and Israelis here, together with a few locals (no, not Chinese jews (!), but Iraqi jews that came over here around 70 years ago)….one of whom, I’ve become particularly friendly with! Also meeting lots of people in similar situations to me and everyone is very accommodating.
F1 is in 3 weeks and promises to be an amazing weekend. Struggling to get tickets for it, so if anyone knows anyone who can help me out, please let me know.
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