well, the NBN (National Broadband Network) may be all the rage back in Oz – at least in theory, I am finding it extremely difficult to find ANY fast internet connection in Indonesia!

Right now I am in an expensive coffee shop near the campus, using their free WiFi ~ FREE, but very slow.
e.g. I have 1 game downloading in iTunes now; 354MB size, after 1hr here, it says i still have 3 hours to go.

more importantly however, is that it is also proving very difficult to upload audio and video files. The connection is so slow, it often just times out.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My well made plans are all falling apart, as I have 3 videos ready to go, but… who knows if i will ever be able to post them.

Scott.

Yours truly is heading to Indonesia in exactly 7 hours!!

It is 2:20am now, and i am still packing, and still have some stuff to organise (admin wise). Ahhhhhhh, getting a bit stressed out.

It will be a few days until I can upload the next show sadly. Please bare with me over the next week or 3, as I find my feet in Indonesia. (yes, internet speed and access is going to be a problem I think).

thanks all.
be good!

Scotty.

PS- good news, I managed to get 2 new people signed up and moved in to the Battler Mansion. Praise God for that

I just couldn’t resist posting a photo of this totally adorable little baby pygmy hippo, born recently in Poland.
Sooooo cute! Don’t you just wanna scope him up?

Click here to watch the cute video on youTube

Dearest Axxxxx,
I just want to let you know that I really feel for you right now. What a pile of crap – to have to shut down your entire online life!!
And, yes, I am sure you are feeling it even more than I did when I had my recent run-in with my University. Urgh.
Sadly, in ‘justice for all’ America, there are NO decent anti-discrimination laws or protections for people like you; who are just carying on their innocent lives outside of work.

Some people are just stoopid, and in the case of small minded dumb-ass Americanos, it has really impacted you now.
So sad to see you disapear off the interwebs. (hope to see you back in your new incarnation SOON).

If you have a smart phone (iPhone for example), you can download a QR-Code reader here!

I received an email today from the lecturers.
It was short and to the point…
Thank you for your message, and for your apology, to us and to the student concerned. We were really pleased with how the team competed… etc etc.

Things still seem kinda weird, and I’m feeling burnt by it all.

Saw the student concerned in class yesterday (not that I know who it is, but there is only 2 possibilities). Really really wanted to go up to her (and the other 2) and say ‘congrats’, and ask all about the trip… But, after all this (& knowing the way people “talk”), I am unsure of the reception from all 3 of them now.
- would be nice if the student conserned would contact ME, and discuss her hurts/feelings, and clear the air.
[Nosey brother; please pass that on. Thanks]

now, back to essay writing. I have 3 due in next 2.5 weeks