Oh were that I could just drive two hours, get pampered, and be de-concussed within a few days like I used to. It feels like I’ve been at the end of term for the past 3 months. It all started with a project bidding for a new rail link between Singapore a JB. A mad, under-resourced effort. We’ll have to see what comes of it. Since then we’ve won some work in Indonesia. I’ve been going to and from a little like a yoyo (or just starting to do so), and have also been in Vietnam. I doubt that there have been many American passports that have only seen immigration in Singapore, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Jakarta and Bandung in their lives (I should add, I got a new passport in December).
In addition we’ve had an external quality audit which I managed – successfully J, and now are attending of an external Environmental System audit. Going from nothing to audit in 6 weeks is a challenge I wouldn’t really wish to repeat. My family came for a second visit to Singapore (well, all except for an elder brother). That was very nice. We went running around Singapore a little bit. It was good. I hope they come back. I had actually not seen them in over a year. I’ll see them again in July when I go for a younger brother’s wedding. (I’ll also see the elder one then – only 18 months since last sight – you think that we’ll remember what each other looks like?). Today is mother’s day – so I did the filial thing and rang (ok – absolute minimum, but then over here Mother’s Day is on a completely different day, so I think that I’m a little bit excused).
The rest of this year includes a Beethoven Piano Concerto set – I’ve played a couple of them already, but it will be nice to complete the cycle. This follows from one of the most nerve-wracking, but spectacular concerts I’ve played on New Year’s Eve. Amazingly, it worked. I’ll let you know more in another post, which I promise will be sooner.
