I'm back in Penang! Will be  here for a month or so. Everyone is here except for Haleem. He'll come a week later. We would usually take flight from Sydney. This would mean that to get there in time for check-in we would have to get up in the wee hours of the morning to get ready and catch a train to Sydney.

When you are not working, at times you can't help but feel like your brain is in a rut. Lately, I've been enjoying doing the crosswords and puzzles in the Newcastle Herald.

Brain exercises!