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A month seems like a long time, especially when you are disconnected with the virtual world. After an abrupt termination by Bulldog, I managed to get a new subscription with O2. No longer subject to intermittent reception, sudden block-out and legal letters from debt collectors.

So what have I/Wee been keeping ourselves busy in the past month?

• I have started school, again. Yes, this time I am committed to finishing this course. After all, I did not have a good start the last time, being placed into the class in the middle of their curriculum. So far econometric methods have been fine. Well, until my boss asked me to apply the studies to work! Gosh, will I be found out soon?

• TV is down. Good thing the broadband connection came just when the TV is sent for repair. Barely 2 months into regular service, the 32" LCD went into silent protest, with sound dropping off randomly and more frequently in the last week. Hopefully having a proper internet connection will keep us happy.

• Most US investment banks have announced Q3 results. Except for Goldman Sachs, the likes of Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns have been reporting bigger losses due to the sub-prime crisis. The former's chairman and CEO has to retire as part of this debacle. For $161m - ouch. Citigroup's Chuck Prince might be next.

• Two weeks and it will be two years in London for me. Time passes really fast. I have also committed to staying in London for some time before returning to Singapore for good. Now in the process of transferring to a UK contract. Writing about the stuff in the Credit world has been very interesting with all the recent credit events (Q3 losses, sub-prime fallout, rates cut impact). Never know when I will find out about my job loss in the papers. Hopefully "Barclays slashes 20% of work force" was just a headline I saw in the dreams. No, nightmare.