One Day To Go

I'm sitting here in the office (it's after 5pm so am off the clock as such so no need to be concerned!) staring out my window. Am looking at the grey skies which have opened up and rained forth their load and I must confess to be rather looking forward to flying off to India. I'll quite literally get an Indian Summer, for 4 weeks at any rate!

I may well add to this blog later, but then again I am off to the pub so that probably won't happen. See you at a pub (Hobgoblin or Swan and Bottle depending on the timings and locations you make) or see you on the other side. Or rather "see you" via this blog, facebook, email, text for the next 4 weeks.

Needs Versus Wants and More Donuts

I was reading a friend's blog and his subject matter struck a chord with me surrounding the whole area of needs versus wants. He was talking about personal possessions but you can apply the same thought process to probably anything. Right now I feel somewhat guilty as I just consumed three donuts. Now I needed food but did I really need three donuts? Yes they were tasty and yes there is no actual need to deny myself some pleasure but the flipside is still did I really need them. This isn't even getting started on possessions.

In less than two weeks I will be flying out to India where I will be confronted most likely by two extremes; opulence and poverty. And for the first time I will be there because of the opulence as opposed to the poverty. I'm not entirely sure how I will cope with this.

I am not in any way saying that wealth and possesions are wrong, on the contrary I think they can add value to our lives. However when this is at the expense of other people or when it is the be all and end all of a persons life then something is wrong. Quite often a paucity of possesions can lead to a greater understanding of what is actually important in life.

Perhaps most depressing of all is the concern that I will not act upon this struck chord. But maybe the fact that I am thinking about it is the start and fullness of it's impact will be seen over time, even if I can't see it...

What A Difference A Week Makes

It's been a while since I have blogged and there have been a number of reasons for that; one of them was that the "big" thing that was/is going on in my life currently I didn't really feel comfortable blogging about as I didn't want to prempt or spoil it.

So in the last 7 days I have got a girlfriend, got confirmation of a work trip to Bangalore India and been sick as a well sick dog!

In reverse order, I'm feeling much better now thank you and am back in work. I'm using my lunch break to write this blog. No seriously I am actually taking a lunch break!

Work trip to Bangalore, 3 weeks in April, going to be a rather crazy and exciting experience. I'll be going over there with two others and we'll be training the "offshore hub". No idea what to expect but quite looking forward to it.

And the biggie, yes last Monday (8th February) evening myself and a very special young lady met up down the Coach and Horses and had a nice long chat about stuff and yeah! To some it's a surprise and to others it isn't. Either way I'm happy and we see what happens, I'm looking forward to getting to know her better. (I should also note she's been amazing this week putting up with me in a rather bleak state!)

So yes lots of changes... what a difference a week makes.