Half Way

So I am now over a week in and only another week to go and it’s not been too bad. I did always set out to try and make the most of it, and so far i’ve managed to stave off boredom quite well!

Yesterday the first of our team who arrived into quarantine departed having completed his 2 weeks. So we all went onto our respective balconies for a photo and a short video was and shot. I’ve asked for a copy of the photo so i’ll post it once i’ve got it! It was nice to see some of the other members of the team (be it shouting from a distance!).

I have finally got round to reading a book, which was a recommendation from one of my favourite podcasts Darknet Dairies, called Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers. Which has been fascinating, both the book and the podcast episode about it are excellent if hacking cyber security is your vibe! Darknet Diaries are currently doing a series of episodes on North Korean hackers which feels strangely relevant.

In the morning i’ve been watching the only English news channel that I can find which is Chinas CGNTV which has been a nice little way to start with coffee and breakfast. We also get access to Fox News but I tried watching that and became physically ill. BBC and CNN for some reason are paid extra channels.

I’ve tried to do some exercise every other day in my room, sort of jogging on the spot and generally just moving around like an idiot for 30 minutes to make up for my lack of running. Certainly better than doing nothing, although I owe the person below me an apology and a beer! If anyone is filming me you’re owed £250 from ‘You Been Framed’.

Then at 4pm everyone wakes up in the UK and I end up fairly busy with chatting to people and general admin / work stuff until midnight. It’s good to be keeping fairly busy and i’ve been able to have some Zoom calls with people I haven’t spoken to in ages putting the world to rights which has been great! (Especially now I have had my fridge restocked with some more Korean cooking lager – in 1L plastic bottles too!).

Anyway less than a week to go now and i’ll be in Seoul.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 21st, 2020 at 6:51 am