Situations Vacant

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What's Wrong with this Picture?

I wondered why I kept getting shocks of the DVD player and the computer...

Hanging out with Chicks

Cool Again

I thought working for 7 hours in 30 degrees was hot, but last week peaked at a staggering 34 degrees. (Inside where I work, I mean, not just outside in the sun). I think I only managed to survive the entire day as it happened to be pay day. (Old fashioned pay packets here, folks).

But the searing heat is in the past. The aircon was fixed this week, praise be. Work is now a mild, I might even say, chilly, 24 degrees. Long may it continue.

One Drama over while another Saga continues

Well the ship on the reef has been rescued * Huzzah * How? A temporary gravel road was built out into the lagoon, then the ship was craned onto a big truck and towed away. OK, my construction jargon is a little fuzzy on the details, what am I? A dude?

More important to me is the air con won't be fixed for at least a week as they have to "send away for parts". Yeah, they all say that. That's jargon for "Stop phoning me! I can't fix it. You're annoying. I want you to suffer in the heat! Hot HOT HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!" well, maybe not.

It was 30.8 degrees at work yesterday I was so HOT - and I had even brought my own fan! And my thermometer, that's how I knew the temperature. What am I, a nerd?

...Well... yes.

News Flash

Last night another ship was stranded on the reef - barely 300 metres from the other one, and as misfortune would have it, owned by the same guy. Despite the crew's valiant efforts today at high tide they were unable to get her off the rocks.

Working Hard or hardly Working?

Well at last, I am a lady in uniform and I can feel like a real local in my Pareu (flowery) shirt, my CI News work shirt having been altered now fits perfectly. How I chuckled and dished out many Magnum PI quips when we first arrived and Chris was presented with a Hawaiian style shirt for a work shirt... I should have known karma would give to back to me. The bonus with my shirt is it's also handy camouflage should I ever require it, see below.

Picture 1: All Unformed up and working studiously at my CI News desk (can you see my feet tucked under the desk - I'm wearing jandals. And sometimes, sometimes I even kick off the J's and go barefoot. Ahhh the good life) Picture 2: Where am I? Where am I? Work shirt / Camo gear.