Avid readers of our SGM-FX company news page will notice a theme of my colleagues taking dramatic and life changing decisions. Getting married, having a child, and supporting Tottenham to name a few. There must be something in the water around these parts because after only 6 months of employment at SGM I too have taken the plunge. Through no force or coercion (though I’m not ruling out inception) I have signed up to run a world-famous running event.
Unfortunately, the London marathon has spent the last 8 years telling me I am not worthy of their event, so I went a little further afield and registered for the Leadville Trail 100. That would be 100 miles. Through the mountains. Starting at 10,160 feet (for our readers who use meters the rough conversion is A LOT). Why would one choose to propel oneself using only their legs over 100 miles of high-altitude rugged terrain?! I’m afraid I don’t have an answer to my own nonsensical nonrhetorical question, but next time I check in with you all I’m hoping to have at least some retort to “Why?” other than “Why not?”.
It was around June 2022 when one evening my wife said, “that’s it let’s sell our house and buy some nice apartment by the sea”. While I was obviously shocked at such a sudden and bold statement to which I admit I was quite reluctant to accept, I must admit she was quite right, and […]
Whenever I have been close to famous actors, royalty or rock stars in the past, I have not been one to ask for a photograph, but last July that changed when I was on the same plane with a very famous actor from London to Athens. Having said that, I had not recognized the tall […]
Back in September last year, my best mate, Harper, started planning a move to London, to be with our other friend who had already moved here. After 3 minutes of planning a trip to go visit them both on holiday, I also decided to move to London. On February 5th in Australia, Harper and I […]