With mixed feelings today I said good bye

A small discussion area at the entrance of  the office

Today I have mixed feelings about stopping my engagement with this organization which I’ve been involved with for 17 years as an independent researcher.  I really like what I do for the organization. I like being engaged in something, I like doing research and I enjoy sharing my knowledge.  On the other hand after 17 years a kind of fatigue has set in. Maybe I should start something fresh or maybe I should just leave the working world behind, not do anything at all and just disappear quietly into my old age?   

As usual I have a bite at the canteen on the 5th
floor before proceeding upstairs to conduct
my briefng

The 5th floor canteen

Waiting for the feeder bus to take the MRT to the city

The 48 floor building that houses the office
which is on the 29th floor

I have grown attached even to this efficient
machine at the office which printed all my papers

A flower's appeal

A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions – so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.  ~Adabella Radici

Very excited with my new plants

Zinnias

Mandevilla rocktrumpet)

Mandevilla rocktrumpet)

Marigold

Zinnias

Pink lantern plant / Medinilla scortechinii

Thunbergia grandiflora /Bengal Trumpet/Bengal clockvine/ Blue skyflower

Thunbergia grandiflora /Bengal Trumpet/Bengal clockvine/ Blue skyflower