Hello to you all on the eve of my 44th birthday here in the highlands of Papua New Guinea! Yes yes, I know I'm ancient! 👴👴👴
Work is same old same old crazy but what's disappointing is although there's some beefing up of security, work at the remote sites are at a standstill and is slowly affecting my plant. You see, 4 employees were kidnapped while I was on break and the hostages were only released after 6 days. Perhaps these changes in security protocols need a much longer time to fully implement especially in such a challenging area, so I'll be patient, much like how I need to be waiting for the new organisational chart to be finalised.
I was told this security incident was due to the age-old issue of locals being owed land payments that have nothing to do with the company but seeing that the employees are there, they're used as leverage. I hope I don't ever become a victim. This is why expatriates working there are paid that salary because of such risks, amongst other hardships they have to endure like poor living conditions and long periods away from family.
My current hitch is a slightly longer one as I have 3 days of training in Port Moresby at the end so there's plenty of hotel buffet food to look forward to. Frankly I'd rather go home earlier as I don't really need those extra calories plus "God of War: Ragnarok" would be waiting for me to play. I seriously hope they'll fork out the overtime payment, like what they have "promised". I might also try to shift that training to a later session that suits my roster better (I need to talk to my manager about that).
Speaking about my manager, in the new organisational structure, I no longer report to my current managers but I was told that it's still "business as usual". Erm... how can it be "business as usual" when the entire reporting line is changed?! Well, we shall see. I was told the new organisational chart will be out tomorrow but I'm certainly not holding my breath for that!
And now it's topless KTV time again! This month features a number from my all-time favourite singer Faye Wong titled "你在终点等我" or "You're Waiting for Me at the Finish Line", and is the soundtrack from the 2016 Chinese movie "从你的全世界路过". What drew me to this song were the first 2 verses which sound really heavenly the way Faye sang it—listen for yourself here.
Now that there's absolutely no COVID restrictions remaining in Australia (not even the need to self-isolate if tested positive), I think it's time to plan a topless KTV recording session back home sometime as I'm dying to show some flesh again as summer approaches (the previous posts can be found here: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) but I need to lean up first! I wonder how many people actually post clips like that on YouTube. I for one have not seen any yet so let me know if you have.
