Life, Kids, Technology & that move to another continent
MC and I went to the high line for the first time today. We walked around before meeting up with Aileen for dinner to celebrate her graduating. After dinner we took her to the high line for desert.
On my first two attempts back from London I was able to get Pims. One at a bar near the high line and on e at dinner. Too funny especially after Colin said it was tough to do in NY.
Since I headed to London early to get a weekend in seeing the city I had a full day to kill Sunday. I was originally going to possibly see Tony and hang out a bit but he had to cancel. I thought about my options and then opted to see the Tower of London. I slept in a little since i was tired from the flight over Friday night. I then got advise from the hotel on a place for lunch and found a row of pubs not too far from the hotel. I picked one and had some fish and chips. While eating i planned my day and route to the tower.
I headed over to the light rail station and took the DLR to goto the tower. I paid for the audio tour. After doing that with MC at Moma i am totally getting those when i can. so much easier to see historic sights and museums with the audio tour. The Tower was fun and interesting. I got some good photos. i wasn’t however that impressed with the crown jewels. Sorry England. I had heard i wouldn’t be by a few people and their expectations were spot on. Overall it was a good choice for my one day free.
I spent the morning getting from the airport to the hotel. And I unwound a little. I walked over to Canary wharf mall near where the office is. I need to get a SIM card for my Galaxy Nexus phone and iPad. I was impressed at how easy it was to get, and the price was not that bad either. I wasn’t happy I couldn’t use my AT&T iPhone 4S because it was locked to AT&T, but I was glad I had an unlocked Galaxy Nexus that i could use.
I tried to have some breakfast at Starbucks but ended up just having a Danish because he did not have the sandwich I wanted. After that i headed out to meet Colin by the London bridge station. Well first it was at another station and i didn’t see my text until i was already at the location i was originally going to. I then turned around and headed to the London bridge station. It was only a 15 minute detour. Once there Colin was running late. I walked around a bit, then just goofed off on the internet and read a bit in the sun until he arrived.
We checked out an open air market. had some food. I got some fudge. We then walked and had a drink at a pub. After that we walked all the way down towards were we were going to eat dinner. it was right near the London Eye. We walked along the river. it was fun. We were early meeting his wife so we had a drink outside by the river. i tried Pims for the first time. Colin insisted. it was good. We then meet his wife and had dinner, and then they had to rush off to get a delivery. We parted ways at the tube station. I made my way back to the hotel.
It was a good finally meeting Colin. I considered him a friend for a quite some time since I start working at Reuters, however other than Skype video chat’s we have never met in person.
Today i was in the office at 3xsq. Long day with several face to face meetings as well as calls. I had lunch with Eamon and we did our 1on1 at lunch. I also had an interview with a prospective candidate.
I sat at Abhinav’s desk. Scott showed up for the interview so I couldn’t sit at his desk even though he sat somewhere else and Rajesh sat at his desk.
After work i went for a hair cut. Leon cut the top of my hair shorter again for me but left the sides a bit longer, or shall i say he faded it in so the bottom was short and the upper sides were a bit longer. Not sure if i like it but i am giving it a go. Last month i had the top much longer to try that out. i didn’t like it.
I finished the Steve Jobs biography today. It was an interesting book. It confirmed my previous assessment that the guy was a dick, but even then at times i found myself tearing up in some chapters. Maybe it is because my dad isn’t in the best of health, or maybe the book was just touching. I am not sure. Overall it was worth reading/listening to the audio book.
My 1st day back from a 3 day vacation I decided to work from home. Thankfully I did not have a ton of meetings so they would catch up on mail and my tasks. There was not a lot to report today. A pretty normal uneventful day. Sometimes that’s pretty nice, and sometimes it’s kind of boring. Today after going to DC over weekend was nice to be it would get stuff done.