Weekly Notes 18/2026
Week 18 summary - final boss conquered.
What's been happening
It’s been a good, busy week - even though the week started with a holiday. Anzac Day falling on the weekend meant that we had a day off on Monday. We just chilled at home. Last week of the month is generally a busy week at work for me - especially as a scrum master as we do monthly sprints and end of month is when we do a sprint review and planning for the next sprint. We have a new product manager who’s stepping in as our previous product manager left the org. I was expecting some feedback from him on our sprint planning and processes and how I run things but was pleasantly surprised when he had only good things to say. That’s what you get for having an imposter syndrome I guess.
The gym sessions went well too. On Tuesday we improved our metcon timings for the partnered workout of 20 cals bike, 10 synchro reverse lunges and 10 burpees - beating our previous time by a minute. Pretty happy with that. On Wednesday, our PT session had to be cancelled as our trainer had to run the group class. The group class runs at the same time as our PT, so we decided to join the group class which went well too.
Workouts of the week.
Through the week, I was preoccupied with my NSW Driving Test. I'm glad that I passed the test. The test experience, however, left a very poor taste in my mouth - I've written more about it on a separate post.
The Saturday was packed - I had booked a plasma donation for Lifeblood at Town Hall in the morning.
Plasma Donation at Lifeblood
Given my driving lessons were over, I'd also booked tickets to Anastasia The Musical for the afternoon. The couple of hours break in between the two meant that we could grab some lunch.
After the musical, we went back home but not before stopping by at a coffee shop for a Mocha and a cookie.
For Sunday, Jo had grand plans to head to Costco & Bunnings to stock up on groceries and get some more soil - a plan that was dashed by me because I wanted to chill at home 😂 I've promised her we'll do it next Saturday. Having secured my licence, I plan to do some test drives for some cars and finally decide on what car to buy. That said, we did end up going to Parklea Markets to get some fruits and get an idly & vada before we came back.
What I've been playing
Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred - The new expansion of Diablo IV came out earlier in the week. I haven't completed the campaign yet so no reviews yet, but compared to the other regions, the new region of Skovos is absolutely gorgeous looking and very picturesque. If the art was not beautiful enough, the soundtrack is just phenomenal and puts you in the right mood. Ted Reedy has done a fantastic job in nailing the soundtrack.
What we watched
Anastasia The Musical - Jo was looking forward to watching this musical since quite some time and I booked the tickets for this for the weekend. Anastasia is an adaptation of the 1997 movie of the same name. The story follows the legend of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who was rumored to have escaped and survived the execution of the Russian Imperial family. The runtime of the musical was about two and a half hours with a twenty minute break in between. I enjoyed the musical - the songs were choreographed well, the live orchestra was fabulous, and the live lights and stage effects were amazing. While I felt there were at times the musical could have been trimmed down a bit, I can't really fault it and had a good time watching it.
What we ate
Jiggle Korean BBQ, Pyrmont - Jo was looking to have kimchi pancake after our plasma donation and we saw this place was listed on Eat Club and nearby Lyric Theatre, so we decided to go here. We ordered a kimchi pancake, LA Galbi and the marinated pork ribs. The food was really good - the kimchi pancake was really nice and crispy and not very thick. The meats were very good - quite juicy and not at all dry. The place was a bit more expensive compared to a few other places we've been to, so something to be aware of.
Korean BBQ lunch
Music of the Week
Continuing with last week's metal touch, Five Finger Death Punch's Wash It All Away is another great song
And as mentioned above, the absolutely amazing Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred soundtrack
Links of the week
Tiny Tool Town - A place for stupid-delightful tools made with love. Free, fun & open source. Made for an audience of one.
Scott Hanselman
ShakTV absolutely smashing it out of the park with another awesome skit.
Great throwback to the Indian cars of the 90s
I had no idea the creators of Goat Simulator were the developers of Satisfactory. Really good doco
Want to listen to some sounds of datacenter? Datacenter.fm has you covered..
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for reading and have a great week ahead.