Letters from the Equator

Visa Re-application and farewell

We have resubmitted our application to the British high commission. We scrutinized (scrutinised) our application until we had no practical reason to reject us, but they still might. Fingers crossed, we put it in anyway.
The last time, it took the high commission 3 days to give us a result. “That’s really fast”, [...]

Our UK visa application got rejected yesterday, on the grounds of insufficient proof of sponsorship. We made a mistake and misunderstood what the application form was trying to say. I guess it didn’t help that our situation was relatively unique. We should have gone to see the British Council for help from the start. It [...]

I’m selling all my furniture and other odd ends. Have a look at them here, and let me know if you’re interested in anything.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pBqnXkxfy3GM1swt3Y7LRDA&hl=en
View the photos here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=11&t=760176&st=0#entry19057737
Thanks!

Note to Self, by Alex Ostrowski, originally uploaded by Kate_A.
Check facts and details before posting a car ad to thousands of people.

kelisa not for sale, originally uploaded by jaremfan.
I’m letting this little car go.
Asking price: RM23k
Manufactured in 2002, Registered in 2003. Manual transmission. 90k KMs on the clock.
It’s got a full sound system (tweeters, front and rear mid-range, subwoofer, and a Sony MP3 player with a front aux-in). 14″ alloy rims from Taiwan, fitted with Bridgestone [...]

Royal Opera House, originally uploaded by jaremfan.

LL and I are moving to London.
I am attempting to diversify my career into the area of Human-Computer Interaction, which I have grown more fond of over the last few years. So, I’m planning to pursue a HCI-E MSc at University College London for the 2008/09 year, and see [...]

I think you’re crazy… Just like me !, originally uploaded by Nas .

They say that learning isn’t like a ramp, but like a step. A leap of faith would be succinct, to put it another way. Because, to be honest, faith isn’t grown, it is learned.
Ever since I started work, something in me has [...]

Sunshine, originally uploaded by Soffia Gisladóttir.
I launched a career-related blog. I’ve decided to come out of the dark that I care a lot about work enough not to do too much of it or too little. While that makes me go crazy, some of it makes sense.
Like, there are so many better ways to run [...]

70/365, originally uploaded by hijukal.

One of my biggest problems is my inability to get things done. It’s a psychological problem - I rely on motivation too much. If I could just take a “robot” pill, it would solve all my problems, at least for the meantime - because I have so many things to do [...]

I went to see a skin specialist today. I got really tired of nursing my wounds, which didn’t seem to go away, and I had suspected that I was spreading infections all over my body all by myself.
The doctor gave me a look that make me feel like I was truly an accomplished eczematic, or [...]