I’m sure this isn’t a new phenomena, but I noticed it when I was in Asia a few weeks ago. Conversation can be a little difficult over there, with me, and most other tourists, speaking virtually no Vietnamese/Lao/Thai, and the Asians limited english. So when you are talking with somebody and the other party “gets” [...]
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Yeah Yeah Yeah
Posted in Idle Ramblings, tagged Idle Ramblings on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Up!
Posted in Idle Ramblings on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Got back from my trip last Sunday. Not really enjoying being back, but I guess you get that. I’m wondering if there’s someway I can actually travel permanently. I’d need some source of income, but give me a copule of months and I’ll see whether it’s doable.
Anyway, I thought I’d pay my sister and Gary [...]
The old FJ
Posted in Idle Ramblings on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dad has an old FJ. It’s his pride and joy. Read the story here.
Up up and away
Posted in Idle Ramblings on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Am heading off again soon for a well earned holiday! Ok, well I think it is well earned anyway!
Will be heading off next Friday evening, flying out to Hanoi, via KL. I’ll be in Hanoi a few days, heading over to Laos then into Thailand. I’ll have a week free in Thailand, may head across [...]
Dripping Tap
Posted in Idle Ramblings on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There’s been a drip happening around my house now for about the past 3 weeks – since the last big rain. It’s been driving me nuts, but I knew it wasn’t any of my taps inside, so just figured it was somewhere outside and probably something to do with all the rain we’ve been [...]
Telemarketer
Posted in Idle Ramblings, tagged Idle Ramblings on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just had a telemarketer ring me. “Hello, is Mr or Mrs Franko there”. Ah no, that’s not me. “Ok. Well we believe that you may have been overcharged on your phone bill…”
Yeah right, they don’t even know who I am, how on earth do they know whether I’ve been overcharged or [...]
Christmas haul…
Posted in Idle Ramblings on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. In fact I just realised I started this blog in June 2007, 18 months ago, and I’ve really been pretty slack at posting. Perhaps this coming year it will improve.
Anyway, thought I’d post a few thoughts on Christmas this year…
Presents: Here is my Christmas haul for this [...]
Kamikaze Moth
Posted in Idle Ramblings on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Had a moth flying around in the house the other night. Started cooking tea. It was attracted to the flame of the gas stove. Result: Toasted moth. Thankfully it didn’t go in my food.
Not much else happening. Will be finished my study at the end of November, looking forward to that.
The toilet roll comp and the shower
Posted in Idle Ramblings on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while, so I thought I’d blog some few random things from my house…
Between my sister and her boyfriend and myself, we’re having a toilet roll competition. There’s not really any rules, except we keep every empty toilet roll that we use and are stacking them up. So far I’m up [...]
Folk??
Posted in Idle Ramblings on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If my readers are still with me, they’ll notice I haven’t blogged in a long time. Sorry guys!
Anyway, I’ve been getting some guitar lessons for the last 4 or 5 weeks. I’ve been practicing fairly regularly since I borrowed the guitar, so I’m doing ok. Anyway, at today’s lesson, we were playing [...]
