Last night we watched the final episode of the first season of Succession. A very entertaining TV programme, though not yet approaching the greats. I understand that this may change in the second or third season. I was correct in my prediction as to where Kendall and his father would end, and correct in spirit […]
Full moon
It was the full moon tonight, though very different from a month ago on Zanzibar. Here the moon rose when it was still light, but still over the water, and going through ghostly pale pinks and blues until it became clear and white. There were some clouds, but the light shone on the water. It […]
End to work
Today was my last day of committing to full-time work for one of my clients, which means that from actual 1.5 or 2x work I can go down to roughly full time when all my clients are accounted for. So, looking forward to that, though the large payments were nice. I tried the local interpretation […]
Evening stroll
The highlights of the day were: tamarind juice in the afternoon an evening stroll on the beach a tiramisu brought home to have with an episode of Succession The not-highlights were: a working day which caused some annoyance as senior management destroyed much of what I had worked on on the very day of the […]
Joining the 21st century
The GF and I decided to join the 21st century today by opening an MPesa account. We also got our mobile phone SIMs, of course. But the MPesa is what is exciting. We went to a mobile phone shop where I remarked to the GF what a pleasure it is sometimes to see a really […]
End game
Today it truly felt like we’ve reached a sort of end game. The electrical work was completed, the gas has been connected and it really feels like we could move in now. Tomorrow and the day after there will be some minor touching-up of paint, a few leftover bits like the installation of the kitchen […]
A blank
Today has been a blank. Not sure what happened. A bit of work? Oh of course. I had my first meeting with a new client, based in Belize so quite far away. It will be interesting to see how it goes – I quite liked the people I’ll be working with. The company’s owner was […]
Night work
Last night I was supposed to go out for dinner with friends, which I scheduled a little late so I could get as close to the end of my working hours as possible. But, half an hour before the designated time, I got a message saying that they wanted to publish a particular document that […]
Unpleasant taste
I received a startlingly rude email from a client, something I’ve only had once before. That time, on its surface, was much worse as it was the day after my mother died and was quite breathtaking in its nastiness, though I was quite numb to it, as there were plenty of other things for me […]
A sort of savings
A better work day than yesterday, partly because I sent off the text I’d written to the person I’d written it for, and he was very pleased with it. So that started the morning off well, and the next task went rather more smoothly. In the afternoon, the GF and I returned to the paint […]