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Using My Spare Time Wisely

Today I finally got to the end of my red tape adventures with the local immigration office. At the end of the interview they said that they would need to visit my house to check that I lived where I said I did. What I didn’t expect was that every single person in the office would go to my house. I opened the door and was confronted by six immigration officials keen to peer in.

The Only Fear is Fear?

The worst thing about being a big scaredy cat is that any old thing is capable of giving me the heeby jeebies (as I believe they are called) Take a fruit fly trap, for example, as I am not a fruit fly this shouldn’t really be something which bothers me. It ‘s those homo sapien traps I need to look out for. However, when I see these things a shiver run downs my spine and.

Did I Miss Something?

Isn’t is strange how life keeps ticking along even while you are doing something else? Try lying in bed for a week and you will be amazed at how no one noticed your absence and that the world has kept on turning. In my case I had about a year a while back where I ignored the internet, didn’t watch TV and couldn’t make out a word of the local newspapers even if I had.

Cure for a Long Difficult Day

We all have things we hate and I mentioned a few days ago about my fear and loathing of red tape. Today was a memorably rotten day, as sour faced, petty officials made me lose valuable hours from my life with their ridiculously inflexible demands for bit of photocopied paper and stamped forms. I just want to put on my favourite music (Crowded House are on right now and I might indulge in some Jimi.

More Red Tape?

If there is one thing in life I hate more than anything else it is red tape. Actually, I might need to place oxtail soup higher up on my list of things I hate but you get the point. If you don’t then the point is that I need to renew my visa again and the list of bits of stupid paper I need to collect is bigger than ever before. Is there any help.