Having not really had a break from work since the Taupo bash, and that wasn't exactly sitting around relaxing either, I got round to my mid winter break. This year I am going back home to catch up with friends and family.
Caught the late flight out of Auckland heading for Singapore. And by late I mean midnight. The last couple of times I have been home the airports have been a bit manic with security risks. This time it was a breeze checking in. I had decided to check in on line so when I showed up at the airport all I had to do was find the pre-checked line, which had no-one in it and wonder up. It certainly beats standing in the usual queues.
Decided that I would get a new MP3 player. The last one I bought was in about 2002 and has long since died. Not being a major fan of ipods I decided to get a Sony Walkman, so picked one up duty free, and then had the mad scramble trying to get it charged and synched before getting on the plane. Think I may need to read the manual at some stage as it decided to sync all my photos as well as music, not something i really wanted it to do but never mind.
Got to Singapore and was pleasantly pleased to find that all the power plugs in the lounges are international. They can accept a plug from just about anywhere, so no messing around getting adaptors that I'd only use for a few hours.
So with power, free wireless Internet and 4 hours to kill I figured I'd update my blog. And with time on my hands I may even post more than one update every few months, and might even spend a bit of time updating the website and playing with some stuff that I have been putting off for ages.