It's been a while hasn't it?

well, i've not really got a good excuse, as lots of interesting stuff has been happening. You may have noticed that my last post ended rather abruptly. Well, that's because I was typing it from my handwritten journal, and quite frankly it felt too much like work. I can only write if I'm writing from the top of my head....

so, what's happening in my exciting life? I've been battling leeches in the jungles of west sumatra, swimming in crystal clear lakes, lying in my hammock and reading spy thrillers, playing my groovy little guitarlele and jamming with the locals, learning Indonesian, and much more, making it almost impossible to know where to start!

well, I think that rather than telling you what I've been doing, I'll just ramble on about something.... It's more fun that way...

So, leeches. The funny thing about leeches is that they don't hurt, they don't carry diseases, they don't leave itchy bites... they're basically harmless. So why is it that the mere mention of them is enough to send most ppl off into convulsions of repulsion? If you've ever seen one you'll know. They are just about the most hideous looking creature on earth. And it's the way they move! They somehow stand up on their rear ends, and then wave their front end around in the air, as if they are smelling for human flesh, before reaching as far as they can, gripping the ground with their faces, and then pulling their backside up to it. As I trekked thru the jungle a few days ago I saw more leeches in a few hours than most ppl see in a lifetime. And somehow, no matter how fast you walk, they manage to latch on to your boots and start making the journey up to your carefully contructed yet easily penetrable barriers of trouser legs tucked into socks. But here's the problem. Even tho you see them dragging themselves purposefully towards your ankles, there's nothing you can do about it! Because if you stop even for a second to flick them off, 20 others will home in on the foot your not watching and you're back to square one!

FUUUUUUCCCKKKKK!!!! I just wrote an extremely funny anecdote about fighting leeches, and then I yawned and stretched, touching a plug that is precariously hanging out of a loose socket behind my head, and causing the pc to reboot!!!!! And as i mentioned b4, I can only write from the top of my head, so there's no way I can re-write the same passage!!! ARRRGGGHHGGGH!!

I give up. i'm sorry, i tried. If you ever see me, ask me to tell you the one about the 2 leeches and the one that got away.....

by the way, I'm currently staying in meninjau, a lake in West Sumatra, Indonesia. My mum and sister Seren are coming out to spend 8 days with me on sunday in Java!