Cranial Vomit

g’day all.

well, here i am. its been just under a week now and im officially over it.

being homesick is pretty much crushing me. im in jakarta at the moment, living with my uncle in a giant box that could barely pass off as a house. there are 7 people living here with me, there is no aircon, no running hot water, its infested with vermin and im just plain miserable.

unfortunately since its in the middle of the slums, I havent been able to go out wandering the city - given i’d have absolutely no idea how to get back. so im trapped.

one thing that i worried about is my constant need to blog. unable to acquire a laptop for the trip, i thought i’d be lost. but somehow ive managed to type up 20 or so pages worth on my palm pilot. if you’ve ever used one of those things, youll know its a bit of a feat to even bother to type at least 1 page.

so i guess blogging seems to be the only thing that has been entertaining me - stupidly enough though I cant get the texts off my PDA since I didnt bring the cable. so expect this blog to be jam packed full of boring self riteous posts when i get back early next month.

but salvation is around the corner. in a few days ill be jetting off to bali and escape this cesspool. once there, ill be back to my old stomping grounds - free to do what i want whenever i want. i just realised that I havent touched alcohol in amost a week. dear god.. kill me now. damn religeous relatives.

i’m a bit disappointed at some people at work - i had kindly asked to be kept in the loop with all the goss etc that was happening in the office. not one email and only a handful of text messages that told me nothing. i’ve gotten more emails and texts from people i havent even met in person in comparison to what ive been getting from people ive known for years. I only managed to find out today from a single person that it seems a lot of shit has been happening over the past week. naturally im a social sponge. everyone knows that. when im not being fed, ill just wither up and go elsewhere.

aaarrghghgh. just proof reading this blogpost and all i can see is negativity. yes, im miserable, but thats my own fault. I promised to stay with my rellies whilst in jakarta - so in turn, i sacrificed all abilities in being a tourist when im here. i havent spoken to a single english speeking person for a week, so thats equally as frustrating as well.

dont get me wrong - jakarta is an AWESOME place.. as long as you overlook the poverty, pollution and people in general. There are around 25 million people living in this city. Back home, Perth has 1.5 million. Australia has just over 20 million. The city itself can’t be bigger than Melborne. I could be wrong tho. It feels that at least half of the 25 million are on the streets packing up every single road with a horde of vehicles. Traffic jams are everywhere. It took me 3 hours to drive to this shopping mall from where I was staying… it probably would have taken me 45 minutes to walk.. if i knew where i was going.

So far thanks to my family-induced isolation, I’ve spent about AU$50 which is amazing for me since id probably spend that in one day back home. I think the next time i come here, I’ll stay in a nice hotel, hire a driver and not tell the relatives that im in the country.

i am missing you people at home a LOT. so, give a guy a break and send me some lovin’ :)

this poor excuse for an internet cafe is about to close now.. farewell for now..