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The NDP

The seas in Ireland are getting rougher. A couple of fishing trawlers sank in bad weather and at last count seven crew members were killed. The reason given relates to global warming. The trawlers are too small for the rough seas which has only recently become a problem.

In the recently release national development plan a grand total of zero euros has been promised to build costal defences for rising sea levels - way to go Bertie - yet €17.6 billion is going to upgrading roads. The major routes are already clogged and traffic in the cities is appalling. Public transport in the form of urban light rail running on electricity might be the way to go eh?

Harry Potter - evil?

Check out this nutcase. Apparently God has been talking to other people besides George Bush Jr.

Friends in Cambodia,

Want anything from Ireland / Europe? Now's the time to ask!

Kerry and the future

The waves were so violent that the foam was half a metre thick. My sister crouched down and it looks like she was enveloped by it. Herself and the boyfriend had to run to avoid drowning by the freak wave that attacked them. Otherwise the weekend was very pleasant. Myself and the siblings went to West Kerry for a long weekend and enjoyed the harsh scenery and the bitterly cold Atlantic weather. Myself and the brother found half a boat in pieces on the shore and a wreaked GPS device. It may have been parts of the many trawlers that have gone down on the Irish coast in the last few weeks. The weather is becoming more violent to the extent that the Irish Navy has to invest in bigger boats that can withstand the storms.

Global warming is a pain.

Wake up Politicians - it's your time to shine. Show the world your initiative, your daring, your ability to think beyond election day. Prove to the electorate that there is still a heart in politics. Be the person that history remembers as a daring realist or risk being remembered as a shyster and the corrupt individual who profited from the global tragedy. As they say in Cambodia, "It's up to you".

Jungle book

'Wild Cambodia jungle-girl' found.

Is this for real? It just goes to show that an eight year old should not be tending buffalo. The story is a little fantastical though.

The scar would have to be pretty damn big to be so evident after 19 years. I wonder where she got so large a scar to begin with.

It's bloody freezing here!

I'd forgotten that after a shower here, I have to run to the bedroom and dive dripping wet under the covers because of the brass monkey weather. It's quite the experience reliving my youth!

Travel

Well I've finally arrived in Ireland after quite the journey. I left the Penh on Tuesday at 8am local time and 33 hours later I arrived in Cork. I arrived in Bangkok without issue and wandered around the terminal admiring the "design" and wondering at the thought that went into it.

The flight to London was delayed - mechanical failure - but I would still have enough time to catch the connection. I confess to boredom while waiting the extra two hours to board. Bloody twelve hour flight and they showed appalling movies, of which the latter beggars belief. So I'm bored and restless and there is still six hours left in the flight and I await the next glorious piece of entertainment which was this. Of course the subject was interesting and informative but it was so overacted and full of sentimentality that I got bored early on.

We land at 10pm - three and a half hours late - and I miss my flight. I don't know where my luggage is and I'm tired what with the activities of the night before. Thank you Thai Air - posh hotel room and two meals and a booking on the next flight out. That turned out to be 9.50 next morning. So I was in heaven staying at a hotel I couldn't afford and thinking that few airlines would do that for passengers nowadays with the low cost revolution.

Amazingly my luggage survived Heathrow and I am once more at home in a cold country.

Everything is damn expensive.

Me and my moto

Oh how I love my moto. It's little bigger than a scooter really. In fact I've been thinking of trading up to a proper motobike but not the dirtbikes that expats look like losers on. Since I have to bid adieu to my beauty I'll be in the market for new wheels. After having a moto I would never go back to the hurly burly of riding with a motodop. It's not worth the hassle. Many have remarked that my attitude has improves since riding my baby.

Alas as this is my last day of work I have to give it back. I'm leaving for Ireland tomorrow but will be back in the Penh in two weeks to start anew - new job, office, and bike!

It's Friday

As my penultimate week in this job draws to a close I feel tired. I'm glad that I only have next week to work in a rat infested office and then *holidays* secure in the knowledge that I have a job waiting for me.

It's too hot here during the day but the evening is nice and pleasant now. Cambodians are wearing fleeces and the expats are strolling around in vest tops. Quite the contrast.

So tired zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz