Going to Jail in Bali doesn’t seem like such a bad thing really…

Posted on February 28, 2006 - Filed Under Life in Bali / Life in Mars | Leave a Comment

Ok, you can pretty much ignore the title but an interesting thing…
Yesterday, over lunch with the chaps of Indonesia Export, going over the weekend activities, it turned out that Antonia went to mass at Kerobokan jail (most recently featured worldwide with stories on the Bali Nine, Schappelle Corby and all the other distinguished Australian ambassadors [...]

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Summary of my Crash in Bali

Posted on February 23, 2006 - Filed Under Motorbike Crash | Leave a Comment

December 24th, 2004Bali, around 3:00 in the morning: I rode my motorbike at high speed into a ricefield. A few minutes later, I pick myself up, grab a taxi and head over to Bali International Medical Clinic. The clinic is a popular place for ex-pats and tourists in Bali, if you can describe a clinic [...]

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Is there life on Mars (is there life in Peckham)

Posted on February 22, 2006 - Filed Under Life in Bali / Life in Mars | Leave a Comment

If I remember correctly, that was Alexei Sayle and “Ullo John, got a new motor?” And who said the Brits weren’t funny?

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Part 1 — Crash and burn in Bali

Posted on February 22, 2006 - Filed Under Motorbike Crash | Leave a Comment

December 23rd and except for a couple of guys from the office, just about everyone I know has headed off the island for the holidays. It’s Wednesday night and even though Christmas and New Year are around the corner, today is just as slow as any other Wednesday.
Paddy’s Bar (or is it “Pub”?) for a [...]

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Part 2 — Being Unconscious

Posted on February 12, 2006 - Filed Under Motorbike Crash | Leave a Comment

Chapter 2 Being Unconsious
Here’s a definition of unconsciousness from Microsoft Encarta’s 2004 Encyclopaedia…
“Unconsciousness… [is a] state in which a person has reduced awareness of his or her surroundings, is without deliberate thoughts, and is less than normally responsive to stimuli such as light [...]

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Part 3 — While I was out…

Posted on February 11, 2006 - Filed Under Motorbike Crash | Leave a Comment

Okay, I’ve crashed, picked myself up, found a taxi and taken it to Bali International Medical Clinic. The clinic is a popular place for ex-pats and tourists in Bali, if you can describe a clinic as “popular”; however you describe it, BIMC is a hell of lot less scary than Sanglah Public Hospital. Next, I [...]

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Part 4 — Delusions of Grandeur

Posted on February 10, 2006 - Filed Under Motorbike Crash | Leave a Comment

In many respects, the crash didn’t happen for me at all. I missed it. Slept through most of it and, today, I still don’t really get it.I’m not sure anyone understands this because I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have got it before the crash (in case you hadn’t realised, I can be fairly damned dense [...]

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