Sorry my journal has been quiet for so long! With the job at Curtin, firstly it deprives me of a lot of time to write and secondly a lot of what goes on there is highly confidential, so I can't really talk about it, even when it does have its hilariously comic moments. And talking about the crazy people I meet on public transport only stays ( Read more... )

...is how a tiny microorganism (otherwise known as a virus) can render something the size of a human practically inoperable. I hate being sick :(

This is a woeful state of affairs. The story is as summarised by Sibanu on shortnews (I added plain-clothes as that was not known at the time):

"For those of you who aren't aware of the background to the story, it appears that a man in a thick coat (in summer) was persued by (plain-clothes) police in the London Underground. The police shouted at ( Read more... )

The last few months have probably been the most uneventful period of my life in the last 7 years, until about the end of the previous week. Hence the lack of updates. I think I kind of allowed myself to sink into that trap one gets into in unemployment where you feel depressed and lethargic, don't do even the most basic things you set yourself to ( Read more... )

Nearing the end of my little holiday. Check out http://aussietraveller.blogspot.com for my rants on being down south :D

I hate it when friends die. Even when it's friends I haven't heard from in yonks. :(

Hi all ( Read more... )

Well, that was short-lived. After not even two weeks, I got made redundant at work. Apparently the work they'd anticipated when I arrived never actually did arrive. On the upside, I earned $700 which moved me from "slightly nasty" to "managing" on the financial side of things ( Read more... )

WorkJust to show how quickly things move ... Remember in my last entry when I wrote about "a small office full of nice people who I got on with great" which unfortunately came to an end just before Christmas? Well, on Friday morning, that company rang the temp agency and asked specifically for me by name! So it looks like I have more money coming ( Read more... )

I got heavily involved in our State election in WA after seeing from the relative distance of Singapore the crushing victory of the Federal Liberal government. My opportunity arose unexpectedly - a controversial Labor politician, John Quigley, former lawyer to the Police Union, lost his seat in a boundary redraw and had to contest a northern ( Read more... )