The title of the K-pop music video by the group “Big Bang”, “Tell me Goodbye” helps introduce the end of the first half of 2011 (1H2011) and brings us to the second half of 2011 (2H2011) starting from July 2011.

The video is in Japanese I believe although the band is Korean, but the story presented in this music video evokes certain nostalgia and longing for what has gone past and is apt to introduce this post about what will be happening in the near future.

Mid-Year Review 2011

Living within my means

Half the year for 2011 has come and gone and things have stabilised to some extent. Career-wise, my team is now running on full-establishment i.e. we have no vacancies so the work-load is reasonably distributed among the current staff. Now that I am 40 this year, it’s time to consolidate my career and sink roots ...