Sometimes it is external forces that determine how the next chapter of your life plays out. This was true for a very good friend of mine who had to leave the Islands for an indefinite period in order to help sort out some family issues. It was my privilege to be entrusted with the task of looking after his apartment, particularly his pet rabbits.

It turned out to be a very interesting period. The weeks stretched to months. It was an ideal opportunity to escape to a place of solitude, and I took advantage of this opportunity very regularly. This, combined with the availability of a Wi-Fi connection, would also have been a good opportunity to revive this web log – except that it clearly didn’t happen.

This period followed rather tightly upon the heels of the dissertation saga, the month of June slipping by and the murcury rising. As such between looking for work and tending to small fuzzy creatures I spent most of my time either watching the television or playing games while listening to the radio. Both generally helped to take my mind off my relatively idle status.

I did find some time to indulge in some self-taught skills however. While I did not really manage to get my head around coding in a more practical language than those taught in the Maltese education system I did become somewhat familiar with some aspects of computer aided design as well as rabbit care.

That pretty much sums up the period until the near year-end when this friend returned to reclaim his home, life and pets. It was certainly a more relaxed time than the preceding months had been and I do not recall waking up from half-hour power naps to slave at a deadline.

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