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Lap of luxury

It was five hectic days of admin (setting up electronic billing and automatic payments) and purchasing (furnishing and decoration).  We were pleased with what we had achieved before leaving for our short holiday in Brunei. But we had one last important thing to do.  I’ve been approached for a contract role at Vodafone, a company […]

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Seeing our new apartment

Above:  Big plantain banana and a tiny banana, at a friend’s house. To get from Singapore to my hometown in Kuching, there are daily direct flights.  But with high departure taxes from Singapore’s Changi Airport and a high fare, it was much cheaper to cross the border to Johor Bahru in Malaysia, and then fly […]

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Muara Tebas

Admin My last few days have been busy. We celebrated Mum’s 78th birthday but other matters were more of an admin nature. Things like renewing my passport and opening a bank account.  Some things are harder than they sound as I have to ensure that the bank has a fully-featured internet banking facility which is […]

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