returning to the basics

i have taken a bit of a blogging sabbatical over the past while, or that's what i think it has been... never know really. i keep on worrying that i have added to the blog graveyard, or that it may be perceived so. i still feel to be a blogger at heart. yes, at times i forget about or wish to forget about all things online, but most of the time i'd rather be in the middle of it or am wistfully longing to write a post about something or other. problem is that i often just cannot find the time for it. i used to think this was a pretty lame excuse in most cases, but have come to think otherwise. i have much more empathy now. anyway... it is ironic that although i think of myself as a "new media doyenne" of sorts i am alarmingly disconnected. i mean literally. disconnected. sure, i have a laptop, and an iburst modem, and my firefox browser with gmail as a permanently opened tab. but that's it. no more feedreader. no more browsing blogs, tools, wiki-wiki-wiki's, del.icio.us, social-media-whatevers... disconnected just like before the *big blogger boom* which occurred, in my life, just over a year ago when i joined mybloglog. although a little disconcerting at times, it is also a relief. i can start over. i am starting over. i have slowly started finding the time for blogging in between my hectic schedule (more info on this to follow) and well, the time i could use to sleep. i've started reading my favourite sites, those original blogs that got me excited about blogging, and how refreshing it has been. no frenetic scanning between a myriad of blah, i have been surprised at how much i've missed simple, clean, quality. i'm looking forward to re-discovering the simple pleasures...

oh home sweet home...

one hour to go before i leave for the cape town international airport, and i can't wait to get home. it's not that i haven't enjoyed this business trip to cape town, i love the opportunity to travel brought by my new consulting job. i just miss home.

the trip has brought some pleasant surprises, most notable of all being dinner with my friend martin - d2 (for love, nothing less). what a fantastic opportunity to catch up in person, rather than sparsely replied upon (by me!) emails.

i didn't even get to go to the beach, something i make a point of doing (in my office heels) every time i visit a coastal regional office and not particularly encouraged by my travel colleagues. what is it with people and doing something out of the ordinary?

half an hour.

nearly home...

don't do alcohol and antibiotics mmmkay...

this is what i learnt after ONE cocktail with a colleague in cape town recently...

Do not drink alcohol while you are taking metronidazole and for at least 3 days after you stop taking it. You may have unpleasant side effects such as fast heartbeats, warmth or redness under your skin, tingly feeling, nausea, and vomiting.

http://www.drugs.com/metronidazole.html

yup it's true, the following day i felt like i had been at sea for a month, and the ground was still moving...