Monday, 30 May 2011

Back in the heat.

Did you miss me? Just finished my second week (of my seventh visit) back in Qatar. Not too much to report. My bathroom has been tiled, and my garden fence replaced, so I am slowly getting things sorterd out back home. The heat is returning, not quite the peak of summer, but just above 40 deg. C most days. So far not too humid either. I have been catching up with my work list, now I've got some assistance from Adrian Thomas, my list is coming down. I have been on Call Out in the evenings this week, but lucky for me, no calls. Technically it has been an interesting two weeks. I have had some questions regarding functionality of PID, Ratio and Split Range Controllers, so I have had an interesting time simulating these and confirming certain functionality. As you can see in the picture, Jatener is having a relaxing time, puting his feet up. Not really! He has been working very hard over the last couple of weeks, heading up the C6K team during shutdown, poor guy!. I had a good session in the gym this morning, to knock off some of that "two week break" weight. It's one of the Phoenix bar's members Birthday on Monday, so we will be having a Thai Curry and a few drinks at the Phoenix. I'll update you after the celebrations. Bye for now.

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Almost break time.

Almost on my way, but before I go, just one more BBQ. This time celebrating Keith Burton's birthday. A good evening, with more than enough to eat (and drink). I will be flying back to the UK 01:45 Thursday Qatari time, hopefully arriving home about 08:00 UK time. Plenty of work around the house to plan. Have got somebody coming around to tile the bathroom, and somebody to replace a fence in the back garden. I think three of the Ozzies are coming back for one rotation, to help out. One, Adrian Thomas may be covering for me while I am away. Anyway, Looking forward to some time off.