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That hypnic jerk broke my toe!!   2 comments

The big toe on my left foot is exceptionally painful today. I can bend it, but there it aches when I do. I don’t know if it’s broken and I don’t know if I can be bothered going to the hospital to find out. I mean, what will they do if it is broken? Tell [...]

Posted October 30, 2010 by tthu in australia, china, flying, health, matthew, travel, work

The price of quality   Leave a comment

The factory that I visited last week is rather large. It’s more like a campus, with at least 7 multi-story buldings and warehouses. The company has been in manufacturing since around 1987 and at one stage was looking to set themselves up as the radio shack of China. That didn’t pan out for them, but [...]

Posted October 19, 2010 by tthu in china, technology, work

Stupid & pointless   10 comments

I need a new passport. There are still 3 years left on the passport that I originally got for my trip to Japan at the end of ’03, but the large number of trips, especially in and out of Korea and Taiwan, in the last few years has meant that I’m about to run out [...]

Posted October 16, 2010 by tthu in australia, china, matthew, rant, travel, work

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Tuesday morning freak-out.   3 comments

This week I’m on another business trip. The third trip to Zhuhai, China out of an expected 6 or more before the end of the year. On Tuesday morning when I started this trip, things didn’t go exactly according to plan. Thankfully I had set the alarm on my phone as well as my computer [...]

Posted October 14, 2010 by tthu in flying, matthew, travel, work