Not my finest day at work: I prepared a document for finalisation and sent it off to immediately get a query because the title hadn’t been changed to the new format. I fixed it, sent it back, moved on to something else. Then realised 3 hours later that the reason the title was in the […]
Back to work
Returned to work, finishing up edits and holding a meeting on skype. The meeting led to new work which sounds very interesting and will, potentially, shape education in Pakistan for the next decade or so. In the evening we sat to watch Better Call Saul but did not with the after-effects of phone calls and […]
Tender
Filled out my first tender this morning. Let’s see how it goes. It’s with an organisation I have worked with for a long time, so it’s hardly a test of my tendering skills, but it’s still the first I’ve done this since filling tenders for government contracts for my parents when I was a child. […]
Aneurysm
Nearly had one today when I finally got hold of the accountant and it turned out he hadn’t done what he was supposed to during the fortnight I was away because it slipped his mind. Never mind that his previous forgetfulness has led to a penalty imposed on me which I am trying to get […]
News
The news came and I leave for London on Saturday. Accountant dealings slightly calmed yesterday’s rage but was fanned again during my visit to his office. I had to take my father (he is, I hasten to add, a family accountant) who had contacts in the appropriate department to connect to the accountant. Throughout the […]
Fury
Was sent into a blind fury today by my long-time accountant after discovering a significant liability he had be dealing with through the ostrich school of accountancy: put it in a filing cabinet and hope it’s forgotten. I have my theory as to how this happened and it’s not a flattering one to him – […]
ROAR
A ROAR of rage at work today – the usual annoyance about having to make changes to a document that had been finalised and approved, making it about 11 more drafts of the document than I was contracted to do. Work generally has stepped up. Another ROAR of rage when I was reminded that to […]
Return to Lahore?
I’m mulling it while the GF is in London. My father would be delighted to have me back, and of course I can work anywhere in the world where I have an internet connection. Tickets aren’t cheap at the moment, though and it’s not impossible I’ll also go to London, whether from Lahore or here. […]
Tryst with destiny
The date for Article 50, starting the Brexit process, has been announced. How dark these times feel, at least for the West. For Pakistan there were far darker days before this, but then at least there were bright uplands just out of sight, where others lived. Now a sludge engulfs the world, with much that […]
Track changes
A frantic work day, with several different edits running in parallel, juggling a rainbow of track changes. I didn’t even bother changing into day clothes, putting on a kaftan instead as I knew there was no chance I’d make it out of the flat. Yesterday, Sunday, went on two excursions for similar meals, but a […]