Last week was a 46.5 hr week

Four months into the job, it has well and truly begun. I spent much of last week holed up in the office after hours, working on projects that could not see the light of day, because the day had work of its own.

I learnt an important lesson on time management last week. I learnt that you can ask your colleagues to help if you're drowning (and new), and how imperative it is to prioritise. Is it urgent? Is it important? Is it urgent but not important? Is it important but not urgent?

I know we've all seen the square before, but it really is useful to think about your tasks in your work day this way. Especially in an environment where things constantly change and assignments get thrown at you, or pushed on the backburner. I have never been the most organised person, but have taken to doing these lists and they've really helped.

On another note, the weekends brought the missus and I cycling again. This time we made it past where we had stopped previously...by about 500m? In any case, we'll move to the bike rental store closer to the far end of ECP so we can go even further next :)

I've also been working on turning the S.A. trip photos into a photo book! Read some forums on the subject and saw that blurb.com seems to be the leader in the field. A couple of others include Apple's iPhoto (requires a Mac) and the SG-based Digibook.

And of course, HP's very own Snapfish should be mentioned, but one big flaw it has for photobook wannabe creators is that it's completely online-based, meaning that you have to upload ALL your photos (Yes, all 3GB of them), or you have to sieve through all your photos before selecting which ones to upload.

As anyone who's ever begun to create their own photobook knows, you'd much prefer just working off your desktop if possible. Which is what the rest allow you to do, with their own downloadable software. Blurb's is by far the most comprehensive and allows for the best cusomisation possibilities (not as good as Adobe indesign, but for the purposes of creating a photobook, is completely adequate).

Cost-wise, it is rather ex though it looks great. Am thinking of printing one of the large, coffee-table books just to try. Maybe can think of using it again for wedding photo book? Just a thought...