I realise that whenever I start taking photos of people in public, I go back to my caveman instincts. I just quickly put my camera up and take a snapshot. This was totally by luck that the person looked up and smiled at me. Lots of people are happy to have their shot taken, even if they have absolutely no idea who you are. Then there are those who mind being snapped. During my photography class, the teacher just mentioned that you should just try to take the shot and worry about it later. He was once chased a few blocks in France because the people he tried to take a shot of thought he worked for the government. Heh, go figure.

This shot has been stylised a little. Had it in black and white before but Vyanne commented you couldn’t tell what he was doing (true, the sausages were a pile of black). Did some fluke adjustments and ended up with something I quite like.

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Play is almost non-existent, other than the occasional movie now and then. Life’s been more about work and study of late. Both seem to be bleeding into the other at the moment. Heh, touching on the subject of financial statement analysis at the moment and relearning all those accounting concepts from university. The concepts are instantly applicable to my job, which has been given a broader scope in the sense of analysis, and not just the day to day business support functions that I’ve been performing.

Coming to grips with what I need to deal with at work. I had plenty of time to sink into it and I’m still learning, but it isn’t as much a curve ball as it was when I joined a hedge fund just slightly more than 3 years ago. Things seem to make sense more quickly these days and due to a personal change in character, a properly thought out question will save you the trouble of taking too long to figure something out. This is one of the fundamental changes of how I approached doing things after working for a while.

I now realise that my character to figure things out first and ask questions later (before anyway) was part of my Chinese education. I was conversing with a colleague from a similar background and we were used to the idea of being told what to do and how to do things. Heh, it took me a while but I find that Australian culture is different in that if you don’t know something, you ask. No one is going to tell you how to do things.

I’m glad I’ve adapted quickly to the new job role. Heh, just happy to be working now, as the economy is looking gloomier by the day. That’s a topic for another day.