Archive for September, 2008

The foreigner tax

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

There are a lot of non-government taxes around. The stupid tax (lottery) and ignorant tax (where a pretty girl calls you handsome and wants to practice English with you, and conveniently knows a good tea house to sit and talk at, then conviently orders expensive tea and doesn't have the ...

Three for Four

Monday, September 15th, 2008

I worked yesterday, making that three out of the past four Sundays I have been working. I also worked today, which is supposed to be a holiday. Out of the 14 hours worked over the long weekend, only about 5 were actual work. The rest of the time was waiting ...

The overdue update

Monday, September 8th, 2008

So I didn't work yesterday, but was negligent in updating, so I'm taking a bit of time today to update. Things have been very busy here, only starting to slow down last week. I am really far behind and will be trying to get caught up over the next few weeks. ...

Working weekends

Monday, September 1st, 2008

I normally update this on Sundays, but as I have been working the last two Sundays, that hasn't happened. Things have been busy here. When I get stressed, my memory starts to falter on things I don't have to remember (and a few things that do matter), so I can't ...