This TR is dedicated to SQFAN and Kiwi, who coaxed me past my reticence to post a non-pictorial TR.
This is the tale of a trip that was scheduled for early May, but which suffered repeated postponements due to the demands of work. Finally I reached the end of the period for which the fare was valid, and I had to take the trip or else charge the client for the non-refundable fare. Fortunately the senior account manager had just returned from his holiday (the reason for one of the postponements), so he was very understanding about granting me a long weekend.
YES, FREEDOM! (Well, at least for a weekend, or so I hoped.)
“So where are you going to spend it?” my project team members asked.
I just smiled and fixed them a knowing look.
“No, not to … Asia?”
I winked.
“You’re crazy.”
Essentially the same exchange took place when I informed my client that I wouldn't be able to attend a particular conference call (I didn’t bow out from all of them, as you’ll see).
They find it incredible that I would fly out on Thursday, spend a couple of days in Asia, then be back by Sunday night. This trip further cemented my reputation as a guy with, um, an unorthodox take on “taking a breather”.
None of my colleagues has taken SQ, so it’s hard to explain to them how, even in Y, the flight could be an extension of the holiday on the ground. I still try, though. I look upon it as a Sisyphean task embodying the best spirit of the absurd.
This is the tale of a trip that was scheduled for early May, but which suffered repeated postponements due to the demands of work. Finally I reached the end of the period for which the fare was valid, and I had to take the trip or else charge the client for the non-refundable fare. Fortunately the senior account manager had just returned from his holiday (the reason for one of the postponements), so he was very understanding about granting me a long weekend.
YES, FREEDOM! (Well, at least for a weekend, or so I hoped.)
“So where are you going to spend it?” my project team members asked.
I just smiled and fixed them a knowing look.
“No, not to … Asia?”
I winked.
“You’re crazy.”
Essentially the same exchange took place when I informed my client that I wouldn't be able to attend a particular conference call (I didn’t bow out from all of them, as you’ll see).
They find it incredible that I would fly out on Thursday, spend a couple of days in Asia, then be back by Sunday night. This trip further cemented my reputation as a guy with, um, an unorthodox take on “taking a breather”.
None of my colleagues has taken SQ, so it’s hard to explain to them how, even in Y, the flight could be an extension of the holiday on the ground. I still try, though. I look upon it as a Sisyphean task embodying the best spirit of the absurd.
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