Just peeped behind the blinds and the sun is out. Sitting in my room roasting with the heater on now. Pretty ok with the cold I suppose.

It’s been a busy few days, going in and out. Read a book (Kiterunner), watched a movie (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), was at the Melbourne Good Food and Wine Show yesterday. Going to the gym a bit, ran round the park once when I didn’t go to the gym. Tidied up my room a bit, although it still seems like it’s in a perpetual mess. Just keeping busy I suppose.

It’s a change in lifestyle, as there is no time to just sit there and idle and think. Been sleeping longer hours than usual (around 8+) and I think starting Monday I will set an alarm clock and stick to it. Just popping back into my previous life, heh. There is a lot more interaction with people these days, and I find it comforting. Don’t feel so disconnected from the environment now.

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This month I’m anticipating Euro 2008. Not sure which team I’m following as I usually follow England in major tournaments (not sure why). I’ll probably just watch as many matches as I can to keep interested. No comment on who will win as these tournaments have strange surprises sometimes.

Need to fix up my CV. Still haven’t given the job scene much thought either. I tell myself I’m not keen on any more further studies in finance or other related issues. Somehow in this industry, the only way to get promoted or get a higher salary is to work hard for an extra piece of paper. I guess it is the same with university degrees for job interviews, to separate those who have the certification and those who don’t and make it easier to pick from the sample population. What happened to good old learning from scratch and making your way up from there? Maybe I’m just idealistic, and want an easier way out of things, but life has never made things easy. Well, it’s what makes it thrilling at times, the challenge to do things. Would also like to work in something I like doing, but since when has work ever been about something we like to do? It’s not that I didn’t enjoy my previous work, I found ways to make it interesting, but it’s never motivated me to go beyond boundaries. It could be my attitude, but I am not going to overanalyse things now.

There is a strange feeling towards not earning an income at the moment. Not feeling completely insecure, but a little more miserly with cash. Heh, have savings to get me by but it just feels a little wrong to be not complaining about work at the moment. Will sort it out soon, hopefully before the end of the month. Meanwhile, will need to keep thinking of ways to get my brain oiled up and ready to go. Heh.