life has been hectic. i cant believe its february. in fact, things have been happening at such a speed i wasnt paying attention to what day or date it was, so when i found out it was feb i was literally flabergasted (aweful spelling, im unsure but no longer care), what a great word.
ive been working my way through the third season of west wing these past few days, which is obviously brilliant, and so completely absorbing i often forget the time and end up in this space/time continuim where nothing happens but an aweful lot of american politics and office banter. i must be honest and say that it is a relief to have somewhere to escape into and somewhere that you can forget where you are and just enjoy a few hours of tv, even if it is a fiction story about ego inflated politicians. i started watching heroes on the tv, but it got a bit nasty so i couldnt watch it with frosty, im going to wait till west wing finishes then get heroes on dvd... sorted.
today at home school i picked up one of the boys books on the wright brothers, its only a small book so i easily read through it and finished just after lunch. i never knew soo much about them, in fact i only knew they were the first people to fly and not a lot else. if i could be anything like those guys i think it would be great, they did so much cool stuff, despite being near death from typhoid and restricting infections because of various different things happening. what a great story. next week we get to chose and memorise a famous speech. i was thinking abe lincoln at gettesburg, anything churchill ever said or m.l.king 'i have a dream'. pretty great school stuff, although its mostly american stuff they do have a great education and know a bunch of stuff i never learnt. ive enjoyed it the last few months because the boys know what they have to do so they just get on with it and let me sit in the corner reading all the history and science books. the stories about when they built railroads and telegraph poles all accross america are amazing and building skyscrapers. its all good.
i also found out, just by thinking and also experience, a bunch of things not to do whilst driving a moto.
1) do not attempt to tie your shoelaces whilst driving a moto
2) do not attempt to answer a phone call, with your helmet on
3) do not try and pick your nose (it gets messy)
4) try to avoid driving under lamp posts at night or else the swarms of mossies will really hurt your eyes.
5) try not to change up to a gear that doesnt exist.
so you can tell ive had fun. (all safe mum...i made most of those up for a few cheap laughs)
until another day....probably soon.
Ben.
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Ben it's Pigeon kid (Ian)
Loving the moto list, but i don't happen to agree with the 'answering of a phone'; ......y do u think they invented the loud speaker?! u got it.
i'm guessing the real moto incident involved a fly or 2.
Dude i'm gana start renting a house this summer in June/July/Aug time with a few ppl and was wondering if u would b interested?!?!
i asked oly but he wanted to get a job in never never land (North Wales), but he suggested u mite b home from travels and lookin for a place?!? i'd like to get a 3 or 4 bed place depending on ppl available, let me know fella.
have fun (stay safe) spk soon face (i hope brackets work on this thing!!!)
sounds like you're having a whale of a time. I knew you'd wanna stay by the end. But you can't afford to miss out on the 'wife hunt' at mobilise. it's looking good this year, as always, are you coming?
Do you think you're Khmer is good enough to start preaching on the street corners yet? or maybe in their temples (or whatever it is they have out there). Your trip wouldn't be complete without rounding it off with a good old fashioned deportation. Get to work!
Joe
2Cor 9:13
thanks for the offer ian. giev me an email.
bentucker_87@hotmail.com
kosev, as much as i would love to get deported i feel the chances of them letting me back in would be very small. id like to come back and visit every now and then! looking forward to mobilise but im not that desperate to admit it on the internet, you never know whos reading!
Ben this is your Mum's uncle John.
I could give you a much longer list of things not to do on a moto. Ive still got the scars to prove them !
Enjoying your blogs. Had an email from Julie Sweetman yesterday. They sound all right. Ot was Julie that pointed me in the direction of your blogs.
Take Care, Stay Well, and Keep Sane.--John Elvey
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