Well it is happening. Approval and everything has come through so, gentle reader, Thomo is off to Kazakhstan this Thursday. Leaving Seoul in the afternoon and getting into Almaty in the early evening. I shall spend two weeks there.
This will be cool for a couple of reasons. First is that I think that Kazakhstan makes country number 51 I have been to. The second is that the Khazars who (I think) settled there are one of the armies I have an interest in from my hobby.
We shall see. Will Thomo drink the water? What foreigner shuddering food is special in Kazakhstan? All will be revealed here and in Thomo's Hole over the coming weeks.
Monday, 28 February 2005
Saturday, 26 February 2005
Ramblings
Sitting in Seoul, freezing my short ones off. It is cold. My buddies are away at the moment (one lucky bugger's in Bangkok where it is hot). Still, I am due over to Kazakhstan sometime in the near future where today the high was -7 Celsius. I have another friend in Ulaan Baatar at the moment and there it is -20 so I guess Seoul ain't too bad.
Money is still an issue in Thomo's life at the moment. I am basically living on a couple of hundred bucks in the bank account (mind you, I can give you 200 recipes for instant noodles now). A beer would be real nice ... and some company other than my own but hey, it'll have to wait.
I am back to painting some figures again (see Thomo's Hole - there is a link here somewhere) which is good for reducing stress and relaxing. The World War II Ships (French and Italian) are getting the treatment at the moment.
Being the eternal optimist though, I expect it will all get better in the next couple of weeks (there must be a little of Voltaire ((note from 24 February 2009 - actually, I meant to write Candide as it was Candide who was the optimist - Voltaire was just the inventor of Candide)) in me).
Cheers,
Money is still an issue in Thomo's life at the moment. I am basically living on a couple of hundred bucks in the bank account (mind you, I can give you 200 recipes for instant noodles now). A beer would be real nice ... and some company other than my own but hey, it'll have to wait.
I am back to painting some figures again (see Thomo's Hole - there is a link here somewhere) which is good for reducing stress and relaxing. The World War II Ships (French and Italian) are getting the treatment at the moment.
Being the eternal optimist though, I expect it will all get better in the next couple of weeks (there must be a little of Voltaire ((note from 24 February 2009 - actually, I meant to write Candide as it was Candide who was the optimist - Voltaire was just the inventor of Candide)) in me).
Cheers,
Monday, 21 February 2005
General Ramblings
Life is full of ups and downs. In my case, they are usually at the same time.
I have moved out of Australia and I am now basically living an itinerant lifestyle. This has been brought about mostly as a result of splitting with my wife of nearly 28 years combined with the nature of my work.
When I am not travelling at the moment, then I lay my head in Seoul, Korea. However, I am not even sure how long that will last now, given that the three bosses I have at work have three different views of my talents and why I was hired. Now, pleasing one boss is difficult, two is bloody near impossible. Try doing it with three.
Since splitting from my wife, I noticed that my relationship with some of my children has changed. I think I have actually moved closer to the two eldest boys. I miss being around my youngest son but that pain of that passes fairly quickly. My daughter still, I think, fears me and thinks that anything that happens that is not good will cause me to explode. Nothing could be further from the truth. I guess she will come to that realisation at some time when she discovers I am good as emotional support.
The biggest problem I guess I have is that my peer support group are basically spread all over the world. I would walk miles barefoot across broken glass for the opportunity to have a few of them in the same room as me at the same time. I guess, as always, I will just have to rely on myself to get through.
I have moved out of Australia and I am now basically living an itinerant lifestyle. This has been brought about mostly as a result of splitting with my wife of nearly 28 years combined with the nature of my work.
When I am not travelling at the moment, then I lay my head in Seoul, Korea. However, I am not even sure how long that will last now, given that the three bosses I have at work have three different views of my talents and why I was hired. Now, pleasing one boss is difficult, two is bloody near impossible. Try doing it with three.
Since splitting from my wife, I noticed that my relationship with some of my children has changed. I think I have actually moved closer to the two eldest boys. I miss being around my youngest son but that pain of that passes fairly quickly. My daughter still, I think, fears me and thinks that anything that happens that is not good will cause me to explode. Nothing could be further from the truth. I guess she will come to that realisation at some time when she discovers I am good as emotional support.
The biggest problem I guess I have is that my peer support group are basically spread all over the world. I would walk miles barefoot across broken glass for the opportunity to have a few of them in the same room as me at the same time. I guess, as always, I will just have to rely on myself to get through.
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