Wednesday Oct 18, 2006

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Oooh, I went on a train today that was full of other people I didn't know. Fortunately, I didn't have to sit next to any strangers and I got as many free biscuits as I could eat so it wasn't too bad.
Annoyingly, I know I could've driven to Aberdeen in much the same time as it took on the train and maybe enjoyed the trip a little more but it's all good.

Aberdeen trip was a success both in food and business terms. Had an excellente lunch (nice granny-made soup and chicken with haggis dish), came up with a deal that has me changing firms (again) while retaining my key client but not getting sued again (hopefully) and then went to a pool hall where I had a really good cheeseburger but I had to play pool while I ate it.
My new boss-man properly gubbed me at pool. There was one game where I didn't pot a single ball. Glad we played after the ink was dry or my negotiating position would've been somewhat diminished.
Turns out he's shit at golf so I'm arranging to play him as soon as possible.

I've definitely got a cold now. My FM has had it for ages as have all the guys I work with but I thought I had escaped it.

This is the crappest journal I've ever written. It's so boring.
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cyberedz:
Yes, I have, although I only actually stayed for 5 days (went back to Cambodia for New Year). In my short time there I did the Cu Chi tunnels (120m of pure hell for a claustrophobe like myself) - they're only Level One, but (much) further north you can go down to a Level Three tunnel. Lotte and Anna, two Swedish lassies we hung with in 'Nam (and who subsequently came back through to Cambodia with me) went, and said the air was well unpleasant. Still something you have to do, though, much like visiting S:21 and the Killing Fields if you 'do Cambodia'.

There are also monuments and exhibits all over the place about what they refer to as 'The American War' - had Will and I stayed long enough we planned to do a trip down to the Mekong Delta, no doubt firing imaginary machine guns while yelling "Cum git sum" in really bad American accents all the way. Seriously, though, the whole war thing still rankles the national psyche, so if you do travel to Viet Nam I suggest you wear nothing that could lead anyone to think you're American - they still hate 'em with a passion.

And thanks for the compliments - the style is deliberately conversational, as it's mostly for the benefit of people who've actually met me and so is more like a Dave Allen monologue - I leave the more formal writing styles for the paid stuff wink
kenickie:
Ah....I think there is a longer recovery time after the appendix. And it was only the fringe...not the back. And don't worry - I've not shaved any star shapes into my hair....yet.

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