The reason

My trip is because I have been invited by the University of Auckland to give the plenary and head up a lecture series on ‘Statistics in Organic Chemical Analysis’, a speciality of mine.

My employers were keen for me to do this and paid the airfare.

I decided to make this a ‘round the world’ trip … and agreed to visit our agents in each country on the way. You have already seen the Singapore part. My next stop after Auckland will be Sydney, Australia.

So now back to the flight, where I am tucked up sleeping under a blanket.