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Wow, it’s been a crazy few months, and I’ve let this blog slide again! Finding a balance between work demands (the full-time investment banking job) and WebberZone (which feels like a full-time job) can be quite a juggling act. However, we’ve also made a conscious effort to continue visiting castles and gardens. I look forward to sharing our adventures with you in an upcoming post. Over the past few months, I’ve made a few international trips for work. I have a few more coming up. However, as it’s April, we booked our annual holiday cottage to celebrate Ashwina’s birthday. Once […]
I cannot believe how quickly 2024 has flown by. I still remember sitting here a year back and writing my year in review. While 2022 was a rough year with my health issue, and 2023 didn’t feel upbeat due to work-related reasons, I did start 2024 positively. As I sit here on the last day of 2024, I reflect on the range of emotions this past year has brought. The highs of launching Beyond Develop and three premium plugins, the lows of struggling with marketing and Black Friday sales, the joy of watching our daughter grow, and the challenges of balancing work […]
If you’ve been following my reading journey, you might recall that I set myself a target of 30 books to read in 2024. This was driven by busy work days and the time I’m spending developing a collection of really awesome plugins. However, I completed 30 books last month and so decided to push it up to 35. It’s been a busy reading season, with 22 books that span classic dystopia, thrilling mysteries, war novels, and quick-read gems. I’ve included a few new finds, a couple of series I’m continuing, and authors I always come back to. Here’s a rundown […]
Our last holiday was at the end of April, when we travelled to Norfolk for a week. Little wonder that I was eagerly looking forward to this holiday in Cornwall. Our last visit to Cornwall was over three years ago, and although we have usually been to Devon and Cornwall a few times over the years, this is the furthest we’ve been. The Drive Down to Cornwall We mapped the route down to Cornwall with breaks at the Welcome Break on the M3, Stourhead and the Moto in Exeter. Ultimately, we decided to skip the Moto and drive straight down to the cottage. I’ve enjoyed driving since the day I started and was […]
When I began writing about castles and gardens, I intended to wrap it up as a two-part series. However, as I sat down to finally draft a long-pending post, I realized that we’ve visited 10 National Trust properties around London and Kent in the past 7 months, not including our trip to Norfolk. So, let’s jump right in. Table of Contents Standen House and Garden Knole Bateman’s Nymans Emmetts Garden Chartwell Cliveden Sheffield Park and Garden Ightham Mote Scotney Castle Standen House and Garden On a relatively cold day in Februrary, the three of us set off to Standen House […]
Nearly 11 years ago, I attended my first and only WordCamp in London, not knowing a soul. Fast forward to last year, I became active on X (formerly Twitter), and my circle expanded to amazing folks from all over the globe, immersed in WordPress, web development, and great conversations. This time, before even stepping into WordCamp Europe, I already knew many attendees. Even better, many recognised me from X, making the in-person meetups incredibly fun. Getting ready for WCEU I had planned to attend WordCamp London last year, but it was cancelled due to costs. So, this year, I decided […]
Last September, we spent a week on holiday in Suffolk. It only made sense to travel further north and visit Norfolk this time. Ashwina booked us into a National Trust cottage on the Blickling Estate in Norfolk. Journey from London We left our home on Monday after lunch because check-in was at 4pm. Monday, like most of the week, was a rainy day. We took a break at the Starbucks in Newmarket which is fairly midway between our home and the cottage. We have done 1.5-hour trips before visiting various National Trust properties. As this was about three hours, we weren’t sure how (un)happy our little one […]
Welcome back, fellow bookworms, to another exciting instalment of my reading journey! It’s been a while since my last reading update in June 2023. As you know, I had set myself a lofty target at the start of 2023 and missed it. This year, I set myself a target of 30 books and am more or less on track. Connect with me on Goodreads if you’d like to follow my journey. Let’s dive into what I’ve read over the past nine months in no particular order. As usual, the Amazon links below contain my affiliate code which might bring me some revenues if […]
A long time ago, in March last year, the Ashwina and I returned to India for a brief holiday, carrying our precious little cargo, the one we shall henceforth refer to as Baby. You might have read or heard from me that the trip was far from relaxing. So, this time, we prepared ourselves for, at minimum, the likely scenario of falling ill. As usual, we secured some reward flights that made us pick the last two weeks of January to be on holiday. We flew to Bangalore overnight and landed at the new terminal, designed as a “terminal in the garden”. We […]
I sit here on the last day of 2023, reflecting on the year that was. I have been blogging on ajaydsouza.com for over 20 years and have consistently written a year-in-review post for most of these years. I signed off my year-in-review post last year feeling pensive. 2022 was a rough year from a health perspective. Thanks to God’s grace, I did not require any medical attention in 2023, except for my annual flu attack, which I survived without seeing a doctor. I cannot say that 2023 was massively upbeat. However, it has been eventful, with some great moments. In […]
