It’s been a quiet week Chez Hansen and Tan. I have been taking advantage of my newfound freedom to relax. However, HWMBO and I have both gotten the cold that everyone else has. Main characteristics are: unproductive coughing disturbing sleep. So, we’ve been sleeping in separate bedrooms. We hope this will no longer be necessary soonest.
I had lunch with my friend N. on Friday. He is also between jobs, and has some personal issues. I tried to be the jolly uncle and may have succeeded a bit. N. is a good man and a good friend so hopefully when he joins the Lodge next month some of his energy can be channelled into that.
Next week I will do some cleaning-up around here–it really needs it. I need to clear up my study, get a handle on the wires that make it look like a worm convention, and clean up the mess that the squirrels make when they pick up their peanuts on the windowsill.
For the past couple of weeks I have been taking pictures of our kitchen sink with dirty dishes in them. I have a dim idea that I can make something of them, but am mulling over what it might be. Morphing from one day to the next, perhaps. We will see.
As you may remember, I took an ISEB Practitioners course in Software Test Management in the fall of 2008, and the exam in December. I am still waiting for the results (I think I passed). I took the course and exam at Qbit, which is run by people I have worked with in the past, specifically at ImagoQA (R.I.P.).
One of my LinkedIn groups had a posting from another former colleague from ImagoQA in which he was advertising a job at
Get well soon!
Do you know a nice Chinese/other/good food place somewhere between Shepherd’s Bush and, say, Notting Hill? We could meet for drinks at my new digs (it has a FRONT ROOM, and booze) and have some food afterwards.
I don’t know any restaurants around there. Perhaps you could pick one and we could try it.
Let’s wait until my cough clears up, though. Week after next perhaps? Next week is turning out to be a bit busy…