ArchiveMarch 2021

I’m feeling very sedentary, having not gotten out at all yesterday. I don’t have any plans, except for a tentative coffee meetup that falls through last minute. Inertia tells me to stay in and do more CMA studying. However, after a late breakfast and some puttering around the apartment, I decide that I have to get out and enjoy the sunnier weather — a reward for passing my...

Saturday has been very uneventful. The weather is greyer, which gives me a good excuse to stay in and do some practise exams for my CMA study programme. This past week I finished the 2nd section of part 1, and in order to proceed to the next section I have to score 86% on 50 random multiple choice questions. My first run-through takes about 1.5 hours. I fall short by one question with a result of...

Another week, another Friday. I wake up super early, around 5am, and stay in bed tossing and turning to try and get more sleep. This is a fairly typical pattern, which I attribute the bed’s inadequate support… I think my body just gets too uncomfortable after a few hours, I become restless and then I wake up. When people ask what I miss the most since moving to Ireland, my answer is a...

This afternoon I have another interview/call for the CFO position at OCCRP, this time with their Chief Technology Officer. She’s a British woman, probably around my age or a little older, and has been in her position for a couple of years. The call lasts about 45 minutes and seems to go well, with a candid discussion about the organisation’s opportunities and risks from her perspective. It...

It’s been a subdued St. Patrick’s Day, and so far, no protests have materialised in Dublin. I took a stroll yesterday evening to take a few photos of various buildings lit up in green: View of the Samuel Beckett Bridge lit up with LED lights on the suspension wires with Convention Centre on left: The Customs House: The General Post Office (GPO) building on O’Connell Street: The...

It’s the warmest day since my arrival to Dublin, with mostly clear blue skies and highs in the mid 50s F / mid 10s C. My walking buddy CJ and I plan an outing for the afternoon in search of some food trucks that rotate through different locations in the city during the week. On Tuesday, they’re supposed to be at place called Elmwood Park, way down in the southeast edge of Dublin...

I’ve been feeling lethargic lately due to the moody weather and the humdrum life under lockdown. As a result, my usual weekday routine has been slipping somewhat. That said, there haven’t been many new job postings that have caught my attention, and I’ve been keeping up with my CMA study programme, so there haven’t been any real consequences. However, I didn’t meet...

Ireland is celebrating Mother’s Day today. Technically, it’s actually “Mothering Sunday,” which began as a religious festival in the Middle Ages and is many hundreds of years older than the purely secular and commercial Mother’s Day celebrated in the U.S. Mothering Sunday falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and is observed in many Anglican and Catholic communities in...

The weather has continued to be moody, with sunshine this morning then dark clouds and rain off and on. I let myself sleep in late and putter around the apartment most of the day. My average steps for the week have been falling behind, so I do get out for a short walk in the afternoon. There are some people out and about, more so than during the week, but the city still feels subdued. Some pubs...

Another week comes to an end. My SuperValu grocery order was delivered this morning by a new guy. It’s a bright, crisp day in Dublin with some off-and-on showers. Views of Sprangers Yard and Dame Street: My friend J covers over to hang out this afternoon. It’s been more than a month since we saw each other, and so it’s nice to catch up in person. We have been wanting to try...