Just Random Thoughts From the Other Side of the Earth

It seems that Spring over here is just as unpredictable as it is in the US. They've been calling for rain everyday this past week and it has been hit and miss.

Side note to Lightnin - It's as if Derrick is doing the forecasting over here too! ;-)

Some days I get up in the morning and it looks like it will let loose at any time, but then by noon it's completely clear and sunny. Last night it started to rain and it looked like it was going to rain all night and then all day today, but I woke up to clear sunny skies again.

Hey I'm not complaining, merely observing!

Our company has made a good move forward in the quest to balance work and home, and so I'm currently scheduled to work from home every Friday! This actually does do a lot of good. It saves cab fare for 1 day a week, let's me get to work at my most productive time, which is when I first get up, and it helps cut down on traffic and emissions from the trip to and from work! Especially if you multiply this by the, hopefully, hundreds of other employees that are taking advantage of this program!

For me personally it helps me to get my workload accomplished more efficiently, and I don't spend 2 hours on the road each way, with my knees up to my chest crammed into the back seat of a taxi. ;-) I also feel good about doing the little bit that I can do to help out the environment.

On my lunch break today (yes, I really do limit myself to the same breaks that I would normally take if I were actually in the office!) I went to the ATM to get some cash for the next couple of weeks and on my way back through the lobby of my apartment complex I picked up my copy of China daily. Perfect, the top headline shows that the Dollar just took a hit against the Yuan (my current currency). Well they say timing is everything and it looks like my timing was off by about a day.

I'm done for the day and so I decided to share my random thinking before I shut down the computer. I've been invited to join some folks to see a live band tonight, but I'm really tossing around the idea of just spending some quite time by myself. I already have plans for tomorrow night, so I think I' going to bow out of this one.

I had a good suggestion by my partner at work, to do a review of the beers that are available locally here. I liked the idea so much that the two of us are going to walk to one of the micro breweries near us and sample their products. Who knows maybe I can visit all of them in the next week or so and get a review put together. As long as I can walk to get there I may be able to stay in shape at the same time!

Well, that's about all the random thoughts I've got going on at the moment. Yea I know I've still got some photos of the park to upload. Who knows maybe I can get that done this evening.