Ready for another sabbatical

Every 5 years, the firm allows each partner two months of paid sabbatical. Considering all the vacation days we have accumulated over the years, this is about the right recompense.

I miss my first window (due in 2010) as I was getting appointed to lead the region but managed to take it by 2014 and went to South America with D.

It’s been five years hence and I am about to take my second, and this time the whole family will start a Silk Road adventure. J needs to head back for his work attachment midway but M, D and I will continue beyond China into three of The Central Asia “KTU-stans”.

Am really looking forward to it, especially when the body has been signalling for me to take a break.

Travelling the Silk Road May not seem like a tranquil trip to do for someone in need of rest. But for a history-buff like me, retracing the journey of Marco Polo and immersing myself in new cultures (not to mention a number of oasis stops along the way) is a nice way to distract the overactive mind to something different and engaging rather than work and also to keep the body active and hopefully fitter.