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Oui and I were each preparing our letters about our relationship tonight, which are required as part of the documentary evidence for his permanent residency visa application. Thinking back to the circumstances of how we met it’s not unusual that people might consider our meeting to be destiny. I mean, if I hadn’t been walking . . . → Read More: Preparing Documents I’m as guilty as anyone for making grammar mistakes when writing something, at least mine are from constantly revising the text, but there seem to be regular mistakes I see that need attention. lose != loose lose [looz] verb, lost, los·ing. -verb to come to be without (something in one’s possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., . . . → Read More: Internet Grammar Lesson #1 My brother’s old CRT television miraculously died recently just after they’d bought a PS3 so he went out and bought a huge Sony HDTV that puts my puny 32″ (which I’m going to sell shortly since I’m leaving) to shame. I’d forgotten that a lot of regular free-to-air television in Australia is in HD because . . . → Read More: The Brains of the Family With our departure from Thailand drawing ever-closer, Oui’s hype-level has gone astronomical. Our friends get a little bit of an idea that he’s excited but they have no idea of how truly thrilled he is. Like anything that you have to listen to constantly, repeatedly hearing about Australia stuff gets tiring. I imagine our trip . . . → Read More: Time is Running Out A normal workday for me is dealing with the minutiae of my staff not understanding basic concepts about their job. One example that comes up regularly with our stock keeper is unit of measurement (UOM) conversions. He thinks that it’s perfectly OK to change the UOM on any item he likes without applying the correct . . . → Read More: A Normal Day There isn’t much in life that I take seriously unless absolutely necessary. I’ve always felt that only things that need to be taken seriously should and that has served me well for a very long time. The way I normally deal with problems is that I try to either ignore them or become emotionally detached, . . . → Read More: A Serious Moment My life is normally spent on myself, I’m quite selfish like that, and I tend to not enjoy any kind of intrusion. The last 3 weeks of 2009 were spent with Julian, visiting from Sydney, and some local friends, M, Dave and Art. Honesty is my greatest fault, so let me put it out there . . . → Read More: The Quiet Life Every year I have to renew my visa/work permit, a process that is usually full of frustration, anxiety, and wasted time because Immigration and the Labour Department seem to enjoy daily changes to their respective policies on a whim. A few months ago the Bangkok Immigration office relocated from their cramped and decrepit building in . . . → Read More: Life Doesn’t Have to be Hard After the gym last night Oui and I were greeted by a huge toad sitting at our front door and despite Oui’s screams that I should kill it, even though I would be too terrified to get close were I inclined to kill it, I managed to scare it away and quickly get inside in . . . → Read More: Creepies, Crawlies, and Hoppies Despite Apple’s much-lauded design innovations, it seems they’re suffering from a bit of confusion. Another brilliant UI innovation The (higher) number to the right of each item must indicate the install size, whereas the other (lower) number is the download size. In what situation would the install size be useful, especially as in most . . . → Read More: Apple: Friend of User |
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