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| This I can accept - but it doesn't look like this anymore! |
Not only was there pleasure in learning something new and not having to be at work all day, but it's also pretty great to spend 2 hours travelling each way on a train. You kind of forget, but train journeys are enormously relaxing and, if you have minions, the opportunity to bury your head in a book for a couple of hours without being interrupted by someone who deserves your attention (apart from a conductor wanting to check your ticket) is pure gold.
Along with the pleasure of the journey, though, a couple of other things struck me about today's experiences.
Firstly, in this day and age it seems silly that I had to spend four hours travelling to take part in a four hour course when, had I had the opportunity to complete it via self-directed distance learning, I could have done the course in half the time or less, and I wouldn't have lost all that productive time at my desk. Yes, I know, I'm thinking like a manager, but I don't think it's an unreasonable point.
Secondly, it's twenty years or so since I last lived in Melbourne, but who the hell said it was OK to change the city that much?
