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Introduction / Self Confession | |
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1 of many First published All rights reserved.
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I
am by nature, not by choice, a rather forgetful individual and a
ditherer. Friends could possibly point to one or two habits or traits of
that accentuate this condition but the fact remains that I am normally
the last to be ready for virtually anything and the first person to
loose something. A case in point is the issue of my glasses, as when
these are lost, I invariably need my glasses to find them again! A
terrible Catch 22 situation and one that can take several infuriating
minutes on each occasion to resolve. I have even been known to leave my
glasses in the fridge!
In an attempt to combat my natural careless and carefree instincts, but hopefully without becoming too obsessive or regimented, by developing various systems and routines (I now sound like my father!) I can save valuable time and energy every week in the search for misplaced items. To be then plunged from the relative security and monotony of the 9 'til 5 (when did I ever do that!) wheel of work to the fancy free and spontaneous travelling environment it seems to take me longer than most to adjust. The first couple of stories are testament to the fact that I seem to be placed in situations which challenge my rather disorganised organisational skills and when combined with the tendency to forget the most important pieces of documentation and information this inevitably leads to fairly catastrophic consequences which although rather exhausting and frustrating for myself, it hopefully makes for entertaining reading. As is normally the case when travelling abroad I had started to write a diary but ended up getting weeks behind within days, merely mechanically recanting details and events and getting trapped between trying to make it humerus enough for me or somebody else to want to read it but also providing sufficient statistics and information to physically jog the memory. To combat this unsatisfactory state of affairs I have therefore decided to write these collection of short stories as my rather warped attempt at describing some of the antics and events which I encounter en route. Although based on fact, however loosely, there is a certain amount of artistic licence and elaboration involved in their conception with frequent references to past occurrences which, quite incidentally and unfortunately seem to incorporate an alarmingly high number of previous disasters! All the same, I hope you find them a welcome distraction. Tim. |
