A short rant, then a longish blog! Sorry! :)

'Don't be afraid of having negative emotions' says our negotiating professor (who incidentally is by far my favourite professor to date and is leading us through more of a journey than a course in Negotiation analysis).. well in honesty I am not afraid of them but more just plain don't like them.
I had a crappy day yesterday (read on before you take that crappy comment too seriously!).. for the first time in ages I had 2 incidents in quick succession which just pitched my day into one of those really irritating ones that make you feel like crap. You know.. when someone says you can't go into the gym cos you have flip flops on or when the taxi driver is just plain belligerent and will not stop where you ask him to when it is PISSING with rain.. no matter what nice things you say to them...so you get me... the real big things in life!
Anyways that negative treatment kind of reminded me of being in France again!! :)
So that cheered me up! Because what I realised is that here in Singapore.. no matter how controlled the people may be and no matter how overbearing the government may be (no porn.. I mean seriously!) its actually a very very cool place and for me to have just one incident in the space of 3 months that really got my rag (ok not REALLY got my rag!) is actually pretty cool. (and the irritation only lasted as long as me hopping into the pool to swim in the rainstorm which is one of my favourite pastimes anyway!)
AND anyway its good to have a little ‘down time’ for time to time because it makes the ‘up time’ so much more cherished... and on that note I am going to briefly outline what’s been going on in my life since I last wrote...
Funnily enough I had some seriously bad luck last week.. I was due to be flying to Holland to interview with Nike (on their bill I might add) which I was naturally super excited about. One KLM engine problem nightmare later and I end up on the back of a 2 day (incrementally given of course!) flight delay that meant that I missed the interview... POO and BOO at the same time!
Hopefully they are going to interview me again but I cannot be sure so its still a bit crap.
I also interviewed with a company called EF which was also very exciting cos the woman who interviewed me was great and the company sounds like just the sort of place I would like to work.. now its down to whether they feel the same the other way round!
I have been doing loads of swimming to strengthen up my back and shoulder and have been playing in a touch rugby team with a friend of mine from Oz at the weekends, so all in all I am feeling pretty fit and healthy at the moment which is of course great .
I have also been working hard on formalising my business ideas for an International travel Cafe chain which taps into the global independent travelling community.. but once again I don't want to go into that right now as I am sure only my mum and dad are still reading at this stage and they already know about it!
Ok so better get back to work.. love u mum and dad and if anyone else is still reading by now.. love u too.. in a special non committal way of course!
Peace
Nick x