Testing in DarkAges!

After a long time..

I haven't got the opportunity to update my blog for many months. I got entangled in changing jobs, relocation from England to Hong Kong and sorting the property & money matters. Well, I made some big payments against my home morgage from my relocation allowances. No kidding! It's been vwery hectic flying back & forth, though.

Unfortunately after moving to Hong Kong, my only oppotunity to access to my blog was revoked by the site owners. Due to increasing spam & hacking attacks, they do not want any traffic from Hong Kong & China. Believe me, I am not one of those spammers or hackers. Well!

From testing perspective, last two years have been very challanging. I was a paradigm shift from retail to aviation. From a Programme Test Manager role to a Enterprise Testing Lead role. While the first one was more focussed on stakeholder management, revenue, budgets & profit margins; the latter is purely delivery focussed. Speaking of Retail & Aviation, the mind set is totally different in both areas. Context gets absolutely changed when you start working for an airline, especially on airline operations projects where safety & accuracy is the top most priority. I will write more about my current experience, but this post is more about introspection and retrospection.

Moving to Hong Kong was a difficult and daring decision. It could have gone wrong. I am thankful to my guardian angels that everything seems good thus far. I am earning well and saving more money (Dear Boss, if you are reading this, please ignore. My request for a raise is still valid.), I have made more friends, I have enjoyed holidays of two 'New Years' and the Chinese New Year gave me good time off with almost a week of holidays.

Food was, and is, definitely a major attraction for me in Hong Kong.