I thought I was doing well last night... at about midnight I was feeling tired, tried to read a few pages of my book, but had to give up and go to sleep. When I woke up (wide awake!) I optimistically turned to my alarm clock... only to discover that it was only 1am!!! I didn't really sleep much after that... not until about 6.30 which gave me 30 minutes before my alarm went off... aaarrrgghhh! Anyway, I managed to find my way to work (more of that in a moment) and struggled through the day. I was nearly overtaken by tiredness at around 4.30/5 pm... but managed to keep awake... just!
The other challenge was acronyms! Never having worked in financial markets before means I'm having to learn all the products pretty much from scratch - so I'm beginning to learn a whole new language (and it isn't Cantonese...). I'm learning to differentiate a RMBS from a CDO and an ABS from a CLO!
The journey to work was quite different! I've used various modes of transport to go to work in the past... bus, train, plane, car, tram, bike (many many years ago), even once by boat... but today was the first day that I traveled to work by escalator! There are a whole series of escalators that take you from the Soho area down to the Central area. Until 11am the escalator goes down the hill... and then it's reversed to take you back up!
I did take my camera to the office today... but left the battery in its charger... But here's some nightime shots from my apartment window instead!
3 comments:
It looks like you're living on the set of Blade Runner.
So it was real after all! We're enjoying the updates. Take care.
How exciting!
Hope sleep is becoming easier...I know what lack of it feels like...and dont want to repeat it.
Twas my last day today, bit sad to go (sniff) but got lots of good wishes for the new job and feel better now.
Hope you get out and about this weekend. Enjoy!!
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