Location: Kuala Belait
9am, Tuesday morning, 2 days to go

I don't think today is going to be a good day. The cake people were just very rude to me. This is so weird. People just don't do that in Brunei... I don't understand. I wasn't even being difficult. I can't handle that early in the morning. Can't really yell over the phone as don't want them to spit on the cake. Anyway, NOT happy. Am going to check out the other bakery and then see if I can get my money back and get a cake from somewhere else. Petty, and yet so satisfying...

The cake is for a bit of a 'goodbye' dinner tonight. We even have 8 bottles of wine and 4 packs of 24cans of Tiger beer. Should be more than enough for 17 people some of whom don't drink (obviously, not me)

So yes - if you are ever in Kuala Belait, and you need a cake, do NOT go to the Ribonette Cafe. They are mean to customers.

I am still struggling with the Blog - there are things that I want to write down but I don't think I should - unless I password protect my blog. I keep worrying about work reading it and then firing me for passing on some random bit of information I didn't even realise I was passing on.
There seem to be a number of cases cropping up in the newspapers where people get fired for the most random things in their blogs - e.g. woman putting up a picture of herself in Delta uniform (getting fired from Delta Airlines), and that teacher who had a picture of herself with a beer (who got fired for sending inappropriate message) - I mean that is totally random. Not logical. How would you ever know?

So I am thinking of password -protecting so that I can write down everything and not worry about crap like that.
What do you think? It's an extra step for people.....

PS I forgot to mention

I will be arriving to London on 1st August. I'm thinking of hanging around for maybe a week and then I'll fly down to Vienna to meet up with Denya and go off to Romania.

Anyone around London in August?

Go world peace.

Hives...

Location: client office, KB, Brunei
Time: 4:30pm, Thursday, 10 May, 2007
Feeling: itchy, tired and narky

My hives have promptly re-appeared upon me landing in Brunei. I am back to my brunein state of ugly spots and continuous scratching. What the hell....

Other than that I have no news... Having a frustrating week with my pet hatred of incompetency being inflamed from all angles. Why can't people just be good at their jobs?? I just can't continue to be nice to them in face of blatant incompetency. It annoys me. And what annoys me even more, is when they try to give me direction. I just can't stand that bit.
I did get a job offer though. Unfortunately, I thought they were joking and laughed. Possibly not a good thing in retrospect.

Decided to go shopping in KL on the weekend. Supposed to be quite cheap and world-class.

3 weeks left on this project. I wonder what I'll be on after that. I hope it's not Canberra...

In my spare time: reading "What makes us moral?" and contemplating investing in pheromone-based perfume... I think that it could be the answer

Perth, cancelled flights and whinging

Location: Perth Airport, Australia

Time: 4am ish (Perth time)

Feeling: tired, cranky but incredibly efficient for some reason

My flight to Sydney got cancelled. And this is after I yelled at the car people for picking me up 45 minutes late at the HQ. Twice. And then promised to “Business Improve” them when I get back next week. Personally, I don’t think they took me seriously.

So, here I am. Waiting at international until domestic terminal opens. It seems so primitive – just sitting there at a café, laptopping away without internet… What good are all those lounge accesses if they are not even open when you need them the most. I could really use a sofa and some toast. Not necessarily in that order.

Chances of making it to work are decreasing at a steady rate.

Location: Client office, Brunei
Time: 5pm ish
Feeling: de-motivated and burnt out

In need of a holiday. I think I feel this way whenever I don't get enough sleep. Everything pisses me off and I keep thinking the worst of people whenever they say something that could be interpreted in more than one way. Keep hearing snide remarks from other team members, keep thinking they are ignoring me. Keep wanting to whinge.
I think I need a good nap.

lunchtime ponder

I was just browsing the headlines on Google news whilst eating lunch. There is yet another article about fat-busting pills and obesity with pictures of fat people walking on the street, taking a dip in a bikini which fits them like a string around a ham, eating a fast food item in such a manner which makes you think "you should not be eating that".
I began to wonder whether these are just random shots of people on the street? Did these people consent to having their picture taken with an article about overweight people in mind? Will they open the paper one day or log onto google news and think "gee, that person kind of looks familiar".
I mean, how peeved would you be? And yet, what fat person in WOULD consent to having their picture taken for an obesity article?
Anyway, I was just wondering. And not for the first time...