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To some, a family member

To some, a great friend

To some, a work colleague

To some, an unknown

Wherever you fit in the list, spare a thought for Genard.

Genard was taken tragically in a motor vehicle accident in the early hours of this morning. A few short hours in ICU was not able to change the inevitable outcome. He will be sorely missed by many! A good soul. A big heart.

Rest in peace big guy!

U prehet ne paqe!

Always a High 5

Genard & Arjan - Great mates

All in the spirit of sickness and feeling sorry for myself week:

Today I feel like crap.

Today I was called in by the doctor only to have some huge ugly nurse stick something that looked like a 3ft long earbud down my throat until I gagged on it.

I was then asked how I was feeling.

“A damn sight better before you half chocked me by scraping swab samples out my windpipe. THANK YOU FOR ASKING!”

Cyanide and Happiness - Courtesy of Explosm.net

I went to the barber (some cute blondie up in the village that couldn’t speak a word of English), and asked for a “short back and sides”

Some times the language barrier is more obvious than others.

So this weekend all my good friends thought they would help me drown in my sorrows and try and to forget my wonderful hair :S

Imagine my surprise!

OH WOW. Is she for ME?

I LOVE YOU PAULINE(R)

Me and Pauline(r) are BEST friends

We are so good together

Hmmm Gulp gulp. Ahhh

HUH? Oh no. Its over already?

That’s ok. We can still be friends till the next Pauline(r) comes along

My friends are the best!

Melaz with Pauline - Now THATS bird on bird action!

Get in there!

 Happy now?

The number of ill people has shot up from 75 to over 300. Not good.

I can’t talk.

It’s not funny!

It’s sore ok.

Don’t piss me off today cos I can’t scream at you.

Unless I get one of these good guys:

HEY! Who stole the batteries?

This camp has been hit with a major flu outbreak. So far 75 people have been diagnosed with flu just this afternoon. I am one of them. Yes, you know how I am feeling, and yes, you know that I think I’m going to die. I have since lost my voice, ability to think straight or swallow and I’m in a really shitty mood. Pray for me! We think it’s Avian Flu.

Anyway I did a bit of research and it turns out that it is a strain of the flu called Avian Flu and, although it’s not their fault, it’s named such because it is passed on by birds. Birds are the carriers. Quite simple really.

So effectively immediately I am banning almost all Wednesday night group snogging, groping and other “silly buggers (messin’ around)”. This will be reassessed when the healing begins.

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Here is one for all the sword lovers out there! Or Blade lovers. Or ninja lovers. Or any other lover for that matter!

This is NSFW. For those who don’t know: NSFW means “Not Safe For Work”. And that’s the last time I should have to explain that!

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Change: To cause to be different; To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform; To give and receive reciprocally; Interchange; Change places; To exchange for or replace with another; To lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; Switch; Change methods; Change sides. To transfer from (one conveyance) to another.

Change can be a bad thing

Change can be a good thing

Change can be a necessary thing

Change can be an unwanted thing

Change can be an inconvenient thing

Change can be the best thing in your life

Isn’t it strange how we can get set in our minds how we “think we know” exactly what is install for us at least for the foreseeable future? We feel we are in so much control. We have a little bit of information and the rest we build  to suit ourselves. We feel we are all wise about the upcoming changes in our lives. Then someone or something else comes along and changes that. We are about as in control as a fisherman changing the oceans tides.

It’s how we deal with that change of the change that will truly determine who we are!

Do you grab the reigns and run with it? Do you question the authority of said change? Do you take what you know is a screwed up situation and implement what you know is right even though times will be tough? Do you walk away? Do you ignore your new obligations? Here in the free world all of these options are possible. No one can force you.

Even though your path through life is determined by situations much greater than yourself, how you handle yourself and your attitude can only be determined by you. Your attitude is the only thing you have control over.

Change is rarely easy!

It’s time for change!

As found in the office block this morning:

Have a KILLER weekend!

Off to Tirana tonight for a bit of fun and games. Things have been way too serious of late. Time to let off some steam, have a bit of a laugh and a joke, kick back and enjoy!

I will be working in the Tirana office on Monday and only back up the road on Monday night. I’m just praying now that there is in fact electricity and running water in Tirana. They are having a really tough time these days. I will die without airconditioning.

I have toothpicks!

This song is by a guy who’s a bit of a legend.

 Sip here.

His name is Marc Andre Belliveau. He’s a French Canadian extreme skier (quite a famous one). He also writes and performs this kind of blues/rock, which is pretty cool.

I’ll Drive - Hic

We all have to deal with spam from time to time or should I say, second to second. But check this this out. This is a comment that was added last night to a recent post

WHEN U R READING THIS DONT STOP OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN MY NAME IS SUMMER I AM 15 YEARS OLD i have BLONDE HAIR , SCARS no NOSE OR EARS I AM DEAD IF U DONT COPY THIS JUS LIKE FROM THE RING COPY N POST THIS ON 5 MORE SITES OR I WILL APPEAR ONE CREEPY NIGHT WEN UR NOT EXPECTING IT BY YOUR BED WITH A NIFE AND KILL U THIS IS NO JOKE SUMMET ING GOOD WILL HAPPEN TO U IF YOU POST THIS ON 5 MORE SITES

Not your average spam now is it? lol No nose and no ears? LOL

But I suppose at least it’s original not like that crap that tells you the CNN and Microsoft have teamed up with AOL and Yahoo and are tracking your every move and will pay you $20 million for wiping your ass.