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25: Last Day @ Work
Friday, December 9th, 2005Uh Oh – That’s it! I had my last day at work today..
Strangely enough it has not yet sunk in that I will not be working anymore for the next few months.
(No doubt I will sink in with a big BANG though once there is no salary coming into my account anymore ;-))
Still, no more getting up in the morning to drive to work, no more struggles to pick edible food in the canteen 😉 and no more traffic jams to worry about to get to work or hokme from work (no doubt on my travel I will be sitting in much worse t-jams though).
Talking of driving to work I will (call me crazy) actually miss driving the last bit to work i.e the B924 (exiting A90 towards Dalmeny) and in particular the little stretch of Main Street West which leads towards Dalmeny and down to Station Road. Simply beautiful that stretch especially in the morning with the sun coming up. Hardly a day I drove up there where I did not admire the scenery 🙂
Colleagues will be missed no doubt and it was quite good fun working with the lot 🙂 I am pretty sure I will not find such a good mix of people to work with anywhere else that easily!
Work.. what can I say… No more defect fixing (is this good or bad? after all finding that darn sorce of a defect is quite satisfying in the end.. of course one easily looses ones mind every now and then to get to that point of having fixed a defect..), NO MORE PVT (woohey! Dare I say this IS …… GOOD NEWS? (Actually the best news is: No More M……. Specials, right? The right people know what I mean ;-)). Actually no more daily computing for that matter.. gee I will be on cold turkey for quite a while and I bet Internet Cafes will be desperately seeked out to get a fix of computing and internet browsing once in a while 😉
On that note I shall try to cut down my computer usage so to lessen the withdrawl symptoms when I’m actually travelling 😉
24: Large/Small Pack
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
Still need to work on my backpack content.. managed to reduce the gear by a bit but it still seems too much.
Since the backpack is a lightweight pack the design is rather slim (little depth) which makes is a little
difficult ... [Continue reading this entry]
23: 1 Week To Go
Sunday, December 4th, 2005
Can't believe it's two weeks since I last updated my blog space.
I've been so incredibly busy preparing my trip and getting ready to move out of my place.. madness!!
Well by now only my backpack gear is left in the ... [Continue reading this entry]
22: 3 Weeks to go
Monday, November 21st, 2005
Haven't blogged for over a week cos I'm a little busy preparing to leave
the country...
Cheapskate as I am I even cut'n'pasting a this blog from an email I sent
to some friends earlier.. why write it twice... ;-)
Less than 3 ... [Continue reading this entry]
21: Moving Day
Saturday, November 12th, 2005
I moved most of my things into storage today.
What a week!
Spent all week packing more of my things (and throwing out an incredible amount of stuff that I have accumulated since I last moved a year ago). Unreal how difficult ... [Continue reading this entry]
20: Finally.. Insurance
Saturday, November 5th, 2005
So I checked the policy of that "amazing" Endsleigh insurance again and called up the company to clarify a few things.
Yes they do off a "All Risks" policy for specified valuables up to max £1500 however...
The problem is that they ... [Continue reading this entry]
19: Is it possible?
Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Is it possible?
Unlimited Travel Health Cover, highest cover for other travel insurance items compared to most other insurances and more imporantly cover for
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valuables up to £1500 under an "all risks" policy
18: Travel Insurance Trouble
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
Struggling to find a suitable travel insurance.
Problems:
1) I'm travelling for >2-3 months which limits the number of insurances on offer
-> Must find insurance that covers trips up to 12 months
2) I am too old! Many backpacking insurance ... [Continue reading this entry]
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