NYC November 2003

As I sat in Central Park one warm autumn Sunday morning, I saw this 4 year old being wheeled as if he were a 4 month old, wearing clothes styled for a 40 year old

Credit Suisse First Boston (London) 2001

I saw one particular Director on a regular basis spend 5 minutes looking at himself in the mirror (opposite the bog) for 5 minutes whilst he combed his hair and tucked in his T-shirt, prior to entering the gym, following which he used the stepper and free weights-whilst admiring himself in the wall mirrors

BA 66 (33,000 ft up) 2003

As the 747 rolled down the Heathrow runway and I preparing myself for the 7 hours of Bickel and Doksum- "Introductory Stats" (haha)- that lay ahead of me, I wondered about when I'd pass through purgatory. That was before I started talking to my neighbour- more precisely, my neighbour who had spent the best years of her life classifying fruits and vegetables for government records. For rest of the flight, it was all uphill- more precisely, Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, and Identity

London (Canary Wharf) 2001

When I was asked by an unknown woman to step away from my desk for a few minutes.........the rest, was history

London (The City) 2002

When I walked into my MD's office to request a word with him...........the rest as they say, was an addition to history

London (Night before the World Cup Final) 2003

When I got an email from the US saying I could end up where I wanted to...............I am ashamed to say that after that, the World Cup final was one big ball regardless of the result

London 2002

The evening which started off with me wanting to storm out of the office, and culminating with a conversation with a doorman who claimed to have psychic powers