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  • I have landed in the Soup. Say what you will about this place, you gotta give kudos to Changi airport - 15 minutes from deplaning to cab. Was expecting to wait for my bags - nope, merrily halfway down the conveyor belt along with its fellow passengers. And I got to use the completely passportless lane for citizens/residents.. it's almost freakishly fast (like 2 seconds total kind of fast). A good reminder of how biometrics are harder to hack than a passport. They probably have every inch of my face mapped out.

    Anyway, can't wait to have a big sumptuous dinner and then crash early. I finished the last 5% of Overstory on the plane and got all riled up about what my life has become. Then I reread Howl's Moving Castle because I had it on my Kindle. Now I feel less cynical.

  • Smiths thin & crispy chips - sour cream and chives flavour - my intellect knows that this is not a proper meal, but my stomach begs leave to differ. Maybe the glass of wine has impaired my stomach's judgment.

  • I'm failing to taste any chocolate from my Cadbury Crunchy Chocolate Easter Bunny. It's taken me two goes at eating his ears and all I taste is sugar. I don't think it's me.

    • Careful now. With 2 partial ears it might be able to still hear you. Try the feet next so it won't chase you.

      But yea cadbury has gone downhill for a while now :(

    • Easter choc of any sort is a built-in disappointment. Tinfoil is no substitute for flavour. Gave up on it years back. Have never regretted it. Wait a couple of weeks and get yourself some of the good stuff and enjoy!

  • dinner is done and it was a hit, these friends are nice friends.

    Ted Cat was adorable as usual

    now for the rest of the week concentrate on finishing unpacking and setting up my new work space

  • Got through to bag drop with 10 minutes and 1kg to spare. Just waiting to board now... whew! I'm lucky I managed to take all these other goodies including fresh loaves from Woodfrog.

    I hate these cattle class flights to the Soup, so many people who can't follow instructions and mill around in queues trying to board first even though there's a strict sequence

  • Down the bellarine again.

    Still have the leak that the plumber couldn't find but getting close! So have to run down the block and turn the tank water on and off after use. 1 minute showers :( Filling buckets for watering, washing clothes by hand in the sink, flushing the dunny every 2nd time.

    Reminds me of stage 4 water restrictions back in the day with the millennium drought. Only difference is back then used to also bring a bucket into the shower and keep grey water from the rare use of the washing machine for plants. Those were the days.

    Really makes you appreciate running water that works unlike a lot of the world.

    • Watch out for Bucket Back! The physios did well out of the drought.

    • I've been gardening this morning and lamenting over how dry it is. And it brought back my own memories of establishing the garden here during that drought and i remember standing in buckets in the shower to catch every last drop.

  • I had to pack A LOT into that short week, somehow it felt more stressful. Time to relax. Rushed to Dans before they closed to buy a bottle of scotch to enjoy over ice tonight.

  • I called the medical clinic to see if they were running on time before I made my way there. As I hate waiting around, like most people. Was told to turn up at appointment time as doctor was running in time. Only one person ahead of me apparently. 30 mins after appointment, have still not been seen. Why do I bother.

    • Heaps of reasons.

      It turns into a cascade. They might have a patient(s) before you where the consult is more complex and needs more time. Which leads to more paperwork before the next. Your problem might be more complex and so on. Then some might overbook due to no shows (pretty common in rona times), also sometimes greed from the doctor. Sometimes poor management from the secretary.

      If the cascade starts early in the day, the poor souls at the end of the day (including doc and staff)...

    • doctor's appointments are not organised in a way we would do ourselves

      they kinda do blocks and a few people get assigned into that block of time, and then it's a first come first seen basis

      so if your appointment is for 10.30 that means you are in that block, not that you will be seen at 10.30

    • In my experience, clinics are never honest on the phone. But when you show up, all of a sudden it's a different story.

    • One of the many reasons I ditched my old doctor was that hey was always late even when I booked the first appointment of the day. He'd wander in late, say the same excuse about traffic every time and proceed to be a shit gp in general.

  • If anyone was thinking of popping in to Northcote Plaza this morning, don't. The Aldi carpark is closed- lots of caution tape- and the rest of the joint is bedlam. Super busy and the main carpark has a real chaotic, angry energy. There were actual fights breaking out.

    I only wanted to return my overdue library books!

  • You'd think I'd have plenty of time with a flight departing at 12 noon but somehow I left things til the super last minute. Have checked in online but ETA is 20 minutes prior to bag drop closing... Thoughts and prayers that there's no crashes or bad traffic on the way šŸ˜­

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