This is one of the tasty meat platters we had for dinner on Friday night at La Luna, a restaurant by celebrity chef Adrian Richardson. He wrote a book called Meat, which I bought a couple of months ago and brought it in for him to autograph.

Food was pretty good, and over the years I’ve developed a taste for cured meats and the various kinds of olives. A little on the pricey side, but as a form of fine dining, it’s definitely worth it.

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Things are generally moving along at a glacier’s pace these days. Not to say that time is at a stand still, as work and other commitments keeps one fairly busy and before you know it, the weekend cycle has arrived again. It’s a little short, as it’s then you do your groceries, catch up with friends. Vyanne and I have been spending more time looking at houses these days. She checks out all the various properties available online while I just look at places every now and then. We’ve been seeing more locations, so I’m getting a better idea of what the various Melbournian suburbs are like.

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Back to the glacial pace of things. I still feel stagnant with what I’ve achieved over the past few months. Maybe as I progress along in life, little achievements don’t seem to bring the same sense of accomplishment as it did a few years ago.

Haven’t picked up my camera much these days. My mind is off focus thinking of other things, mainly computer and work related. Heh, on the one hand I’d like to branch off and do photography related work. Other than the limited technical ability I have, there is very little I have that would prepare for a role like that. In short, I’d most certainly fail if I tried, as there is nothing pragmatic about doing something without any form of planning. I have no business skills, no people skills and my organisational skills are half baked at best.

There is the security of doing the work I have been doing for the past 4 years. It’s all the training from university to be an accountant, an analyst, looking at the logical side of things. Photography is really more about spark and creativity than matching numbers. Sometimes, I prefer matching numbers as I can see patterns in things. Photography is more about feeling and you have to be on top of your game day in and day out. I haven’t picked up my camera very often these days and when I do pick it up, I feel out of place with it, not being confident with how I’m handling it and doing the most basic of errors taking photos. Like a knife, all skills need to be sharpened constantly to maintain their edge.

I have trouble being 100% focused all the time. I tune out at work sometimes, thinking of other things that I’d be more interested in doing. Heh, wish I was more passionate with work as I am with most of the other things I do. I go out of my way to pick up new skills, and at work, it doesn’t drive me as often to do that.

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I reminisce about my youth and think about how great it is to grow up again, to try new things and discover new wonders. It’s hard not to feel that we are set in our ways when we reach a certain age. I’m feeling like a late bloomer now, always going with the flow while I was younger but now I just want to break out and fly. Heh, better late than never.