Finally, we're back on!

Wow, so much has happened since I had last written here. So much has happened! These last few months have been THE busiest months of my whole life.

I will write down the highlights here and perhaps expand on them in later entries:

- My spell of misfortune came to an end, at last. I am generally healthy now, and have found a new house and job (thanks, for the most part, to Vegan's help. He is one of my angels... I have no idea what could have happened without his help). I managed to repay back one debt, as well as having received a letter from the Canadian Government telling me that I have been relieved of my student loans. I honestly cannot think of anything that has made me so happy since the early days of my childhood, back when I got that Lego set I had been wanting for months.

- I met carl (of BL)! That was a lovely meeting with a wonderful person. Carl is a tall, mousy (in a cute way!) guy with a positive vibe and a fun personality. We feasted on Sushi and Sashimi that day, and it was great. I had the chance to meet him again when he passed through bkk en route to Cambodia, about three weeks ago. However, I have not heard from him since then, nor does he seem to have gotten online at any of the sites I see him at, and so I am pretty concerned that something bad may have happened to him...

- I started getting used to bkk, I now feel a sort of ease despite not particularly liking it any more than I always have (which isn't much). It is my hope to be able to make enough money as soon as possible to launch to a more reasonable country.

This is all I could think of for now... I have just come back from a second visa run from Malaysia, and I will write in detail about this visit (which includes a cutie I met on my travels and absolutely adored! ).

 

Hi Jam, I have heard from carl through email, he has no cellphone connection though. It was a short mail, so he may have been on the go I am in Cambodia as well now, so I might chance upon him before I leave.

 

^Good to know carl is OK.

It sounds like things are going well for you Jammy. Good to hear!

 

Whew, I'm glad Carl is ok. He is surprisingly tall in person huh Jammy?

I'm sort of jealous of your life. Fascinating.

 

Good that you have a journal for me to checkin and see whats up now. So glad things are going better now!

 

Jam, what is the Immigration situation like there now? I thought you could not make runs anymore or are you not on a Tourist Visa? The rules had just changed when I last came though (last time was middle of march this year, 2008). they were saying though, 6 months on a Tourist with no reups.

In days gone past we would have to just step over the border for 5 minutes and then come back through. That was when Aran was a tent city. Things have changed alot, damn I am old.

Anyway, you talked about working so maybe it is a different visa. Hope you have found Carl by now, and that is cool about your loans. You are a lucky person! My education was paid for by the army (IDF) so I am well lucky I suppose.

 

just a quick note, why the hell do these smilies keep getting automatically inserted into my text? I had said: Two thousand and eight...

 

The smilies happen because this: "8_)" (no_) will create this smiley. You can get rid of it either by adding a space between the 8 and the bracket, or check the box at the bottom of the advanced reply page that says disable smilies.

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As for immigration, yes I am on my 2nd "Non-B" (work) visa. I got a tourist visa between the two, hence the need to do jumps.

Yep, I met carl several times actually .

 

Glad about Carl. Also glad you gave me a heads up about the "Smilies."

Interesting about the visa because I erreoneously had always assumed (since the change) that they were keeping tight track of who was getting which Visa and thought that they would have negated any loopholes. I know that all they cared about for me was holdg long I would be in country and gave me the 3 days stamp so no visa needed either way, and I went in and out of BK.