No, I have not died...nor have I gotten the internet yet at my new place...and I also used up my internet quota at the uni...so, very, very limited access to everything at the moment (had to wait two days to get this thing running)...
New unit is nearly fully unpacked, and it's good...got Azheel and Aisha (from the old house) to move in temporally while they get out of the other place and find their own joint...but there's also the option for them staying on...so we'll see how that pans out...
Midget paid up...still $20 short the bastard...but I'm going to inform the uni that that's the case, and follow their advise...if they say leave the $20, well, there's not much I can do about that huh? Just going to keep within the rules on this one...
Oh yea, ANZAC Day was Friday too, and went with the St John division to Nambour for the Main Service...it was interesting and a really good one actually...went up with Erin to put the wreath up, and I don't think I've ever seen so many Serving Brothers and Sisters of St John (one of those level things you get after being in for years and years) in one division (probably at a State dooda, but not in a division!)...
Lee also had his first night as a security officer on Friday at The Sands Tavern...there was a concert on there, and only four guards...I didn't want to go in (there was a $30 ticket thingy), so I tottled over to the Pig for Friday night drinkies...all well and good, had a few, then headed back when they closed and just waited at The Sands...started having a chat to Aston, one of the other guards who I met earlier, and all was good, until there was a little biff in the car park...so, off he goes, Lee comes screaming out, that gets sorted...they both come back, and we were all chatting outside near the main doors (this was within 10 mins of the biff happening), and everyone was leaving and all that...next thing you knew, one of the girls from inside comes out and goes, "Any guard interested in stopping two blokes from knocking each other's blocks off?" So, they go back in and grab the guys...they eject them both, then some smart arse decided to jump in and be a hero...so an all in ensues...and it was messy...
Aston came out of it with a black eye after he was lifted up and kissed the side of a car, Tony (the security chief) had his shirt torn, Jamie (the other guard) just kept everyone back, as did I, and Lee...I'm not sure what he did, but he was at the other end of the car park...it was really, really messy...long story short, they were supposed to knock off at 0130, finally finished an hour later, then Lee and I went to the all night fry up to get some dinner, and all was good...by the time we got to my place, it was 0400...and just didn't feel like sleeping...until 0700ish...
Saturday was my mummy's birthday...gave her a call, and had a nice little chat to her about things...and they were in Miri to celebrate and have dinner and stay overnight in the Marriott...she was telling me how her Year 1 class ambushed her at the door in the morning to sing Happy Birthday to her and all that...hehe...and they were in a shopping centre and they were getting excited because Adidas had half price shoes on sale...so she was asking me what size my foot was, which is a 12...next thing I knew, she was saying for me not to get too excited, my sister was wearing size 13's, and my brother in law was wearing size 15's...they've both got smaller feet than I do...hehe...so I probably would have been wearing size 20's or something using that scale...
Grace and her mate Sharon (from Kuching, Malaysia, but stays in Brunei) came over for lunch on Saturday too...cooked up Coca Cola marinated lamb chops with mashed potato and broccoli...came out really well actually...had to boil down the Coke first though, then cool it before pouring it over the lamb on Friday night (before we went to The Sands)...had a nice lunch and a chat to Sharon while Grace went and crashed for a few...
Ok, I'm going to finish this here...just remembered I've got to try to track down Grace in Facebook...:)
Be safe.
N
Who Is The Black Chinaman?
- Nick
- Kuala Belait, Brunei
- Saving someone's life is like falling in love. The best drug in the world. For days, sometimes weeks afterwards, you walk the streets, making infinite whatever you see. Once, for a few weeks, I couldn't feel the earth - everything I touched became lighter. Horns played in my shoes. Flowers fell from my pockets. You wonder if you've become immortal, as if you've saved your own life as well. God has passed through you. Why deny it, that for a moment there - why deny that for a moment there, God was you? I realised that my training was useful in less than ten percent of the calls, and saving lives was rarer than that. After a while, I grew to understand that my role was less about saving lives than about bearing witness. I was a grief mop. It was enough that I simply turned up. Living and working back in Brunei, after a 14 year absence... Also known as: Brunei, NASA, Bruise-Eye, Bru, Cheesecake, Nick, BruNick, BruMedNick, Two Step etc etc etc
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You forgot to mention that I was SENT upstairs for a sleep so you could chat with Sharon dear. =)
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