how has more than a year past and i have not updated this at all? why the return now? does anyone even read it?
i'll start with the easy answer - i have retuned because i semi-quit my job. i want to write and capture how i am feeling through this because right now, i don't know where my head is at and i thought this would be cathartic.
where have i been for a year plus? this year was a good one, actually. maybe that's why i haven't written because I've been too busy being happy and living my life. the haggis is good and i love him through all the good and the bad. we've been travelling quite a bit - 10 1/2 holidays in total - so that has taken up lots of time and work is….well, its clear how that has turned out.
so, to the travel. i won't and probably couldn't go into detail on all of them but here is where we went (in no particular order): kicked off the new year in the UK (scotland to be exact), penang, japan for skiing (naeba), myanmar, tokyo to see a friend, langkawi, danang, back to the UK for a wedding, bangkok, beijing for another wedding and soon - to the US for christmas!!!
most significantly, myanmar was fantastic. beyond words, a wonderful place with wonderful people. out of the bigger trips we've taken - nepal, india and myanmar - myanmar was my favourite. the country is gorgeous and the people so kind. we travelled around the country and saw as much as we could in 9 days. some photos below, but really, try to go there. we went to yangon (rangoon), bagan, mandalay, inle lake and ended it perfectly in ngapali. my only concern about myanmar is that it will become ruined with tourism. the numbers of tourism have increase exponentially and it seems the government and infrastructure is not prepared for that.
now, to work. i spent the last 13 months trying to make someone happy who cannot communicate properly. someone who doesnt know what he wants. someone who is has the lowest EQ of anyone i've ever met. someone who is under water and incapable of being a leader and doing his own job. i have given up after receiving the brunt end of his frustrations. it is very hard for me to give up. i don't usually but i can't take the mental abuse any longer. so i am taking a 'career break' to figure out what i want to do. the firm is trying to phase this programme out but the granting of a career break to me only translates to admission of guilt on their part. i am thankful for the break and i need it in order to rebuild myself.
so, kicking off a resurgence of this blog with some happy photos of myanmar :)
i'll start with the easy answer - i have retuned because i semi-quit my job. i want to write and capture how i am feeling through this because right now, i don't know where my head is at and i thought this would be cathartic.
where have i been for a year plus? this year was a good one, actually. maybe that's why i haven't written because I've been too busy being happy and living my life. the haggis is good and i love him through all the good and the bad. we've been travelling quite a bit - 10 1/2 holidays in total - so that has taken up lots of time and work is….well, its clear how that has turned out.
so, to the travel. i won't and probably couldn't go into detail on all of them but here is where we went (in no particular order): kicked off the new year in the UK (scotland to be exact), penang, japan for skiing (naeba), myanmar, tokyo to see a friend, langkawi, danang, back to the UK for a wedding, bangkok, beijing for another wedding and soon - to the US for christmas!!!
most significantly, myanmar was fantastic. beyond words, a wonderful place with wonderful people. out of the bigger trips we've taken - nepal, india and myanmar - myanmar was my favourite. the country is gorgeous and the people so kind. we travelled around the country and saw as much as we could in 9 days. some photos below, but really, try to go there. we went to yangon (rangoon), bagan, mandalay, inle lake and ended it perfectly in ngapali. my only concern about myanmar is that it will become ruined with tourism. the numbers of tourism have increase exponentially and it seems the government and infrastructure is not prepared for that.
now, to work. i spent the last 13 months trying to make someone happy who cannot communicate properly. someone who doesnt know what he wants. someone who is has the lowest EQ of anyone i've ever met. someone who is under water and incapable of being a leader and doing his own job. i have given up after receiving the brunt end of his frustrations. it is very hard for me to give up. i don't usually but i can't take the mental abuse any longer. so i am taking a 'career break' to figure out what i want to do. the firm is trying to phase this programme out but the granting of a career break to me only translates to admission of guilt on their part. i am thankful for the break and i need it in order to rebuild myself.
so, kicking off a resurgence of this blog with some happy photos of myanmar :)
