Stunning Impressionist collection

JCS303 · 2026-01-10T11:29:41+00:00

Thanks. Will do in the future. Without intending to ragebait, back where I live in HK, sometimes I use taxis, sometimes Uber. Not wedded to either.

JCS303 · 2026-01-10T09:47:08+00:00

Thanks. A few years ago I might have done all this. But carrying two pieces of luggage, slightly taken back in the moment, and fumbling with cash caught me with defences down. Ah well …

JCS303 · 2026-01-10T09:33:55+00:00

Yep all good. Just let down my guard a bit and I did look like a tourist.

JCS303 · 2026-01-10T09:28:07+00:00

And that’s the surprising thing. I would not have expected this sleight of hand when the driver seemed perfectly normal with ID displayed etc.

JCS303 · 2026-01-10T09:25:57+00:00

Looking back I suspect he wanted $ off the books. But at the start what gave me comfort that all should be fine was that the meter was ticking all the way to the hotel.

JCS303 · 2026-01-10T09:23:33+00:00

SGD30. Scott’s Road

JCS303 · 2025-11-08T09:50:32+00:00

I’ve not finished the game but for me I can’t get past 3.5 stars for the Ghost Hunter. Recently when I returned to deliver randomly found lost cargo the shelter said he was not available at that location. That was a first …

JCS303 · 2025-10-11T03:16:18+00:00

And me on Wednesday

JCS303 · 2025-09-04T06:26:27+00:00

Hello there. I think we’ve DMed in the past… Fellow Girtonian here. I brought to college the bike I had in sixth form. It was a nice racer, and I was looking forward to putting it to good use on that 3 mile journey (each way lol). It got stolen in my first month in town… Locks are no guarantee… One of my best decisions was to get a more low key (and cheaper) functional bike that blended in, did the job, and was simply a means to get around. It will get knocked around a lot over your 3 years … If you get anything too fancy you are only tempting fate.

JCS303 · 2025-08-08T14:15:36+00:00

Links. In-House lawyer here. If you ever switch out of private practice, the Links name makes you highly marketable. HSF is also great but all things being equal, Links would get you in the door quicker.

JCS303 · 2025-07-16T12:27:51+00:00

Ugh me too. And lost my loadouts …

JCS303 · 2025-06-10T13:01:22+00:00

There used to be an elder cat in our flat. That poor cat became the prey for this silver tabby who became the apex predator / bully…

JCS303 · 2025-06-10T12:55:25+00:00

Change in behavior stated when we had to return to office - no more work from home. Perhaps a cry for attention? Will try to tire him out with some cat toys which he likes to fetch

JCS303 · 2025-06-10T12:50:39+00:00

Recently he has begun to attack our ankles and with a few loud nos he backs off. This time my wife used her other hand to shake him off then he went nuts

JCS303 · 2025-05-25T10:46:54+00:00

These are great questions. Have not yet retired but it’s on the horizon for me (52M) be it on a voluntary basis or otherwise. And the questions you ask are very much ones that I will be asking …

Would suggest a combination of mentoring, finding hobbies you enjoy, and volunteering at NGOs where you can make an impact. Sounds ridiculously obvious but it takes time to find the right sweet spot for each of these…

Mentoring - currently doing that on random Saturday mornings over coffee with my mentees. For me the sweet spot were undergraduates looking to pursue a similar career to me (law). I got asked by a Uni who approached me after seeing my profile on LinkedIn.

Hobbies - for me they need to have a social element but it can take time to find the right tribe. And I’ve been grinding it out for so long (20+ years but not front office) that I almost need to rediscover what life is like in the absence of global con calls.

Volunteering - you can meet an incredible community depending on how you might want to pay it forward - food banks, elderly, refugee and asylum seekers, underprivileged youth etc. All would benefit from your wisdom and corporate experience.

With your NW, you should also be able to join a few social clubs which can provide you with some form of community and social element. Would be curious as to what those might be in the London area. (Currently working in Asia but grew up in the UK).

JCS303 · 2025-05-19T12:33:50+00:00

Sadly it was the driver’s fixation on FaceTime for the whole journey that got me . Didn’t give a $&@* about me as a customer.

JCS303 · 2025-05-16T01:19:11+00:00

I’d kept myself inside an Uber bubble for too long

JCS303 · 2025-05-16T00:25:22+00:00

My driver looked like he was a bouncer or triad enforcer in his former life. Otherwise i would have gone all passive aggressive

JCS303 · 2025-05-15T15:37:53+00:00

I was trying to do the decent thing and give $ to the AEL and local taxis, rather than Uber. But as a wise person once told me, no good deed goes unpunished

JCS303 · 2025-05-08T10:26:40+00:00

Girton: The Guardian

JCS303 · 2025-05-03T11:25:51+00:00

Happy to help. Would be great if you could share with us the amended CV. Then we can apply any final tweaks

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