Global Poverty Monitor

Man this flight is long. I’ve done it before but it turns out it actually makes a difference whether you have someone to talk to. I’ve done just over 5 and a half hours, so I’ve still got 5 hours to go. Just over halfway. And there’s no in-flight movies! Not in this section of the plane anyway. There was some problem with the screens on the last trip and they haven’t fixed them yet. There is one little screen I can sort of see from here, but not good enough to actually watch anything on. I’ve just watched Bruce Almighty on my laptop. Lunch wasn’t too bad, I had lamb and rice with a salad, bread roll and sticky date pudding.

On Friday night we had my send-off at the Greyhounds. Originally it was just Mum, Dad and Robin and me going to the Greyhounds for Christmas in July, but gradually it grew and it ended up being a send-off for me, with pretty much everyone there. There was Glen & Kylie, Tracey & Mark, Matt, Sheena & Laurene, Mum & Dad, and Robin & me. It was such a fun night, the food was great, everyone got on really well, everyone had fun (except for Tracey’s Mark, but whatever…) and I got to dance with Robin and watch Robin dance with Glen, which was…. interesting – haha. It was awesome to see everyone genuinely get on well and have a good time. That finished at about 11pm and Mum & Dad took Blake back to our house, and everyone else decided to go out. Sheena & Laurene went to their house to get ready, and the rest of us caught a maxi-taxi to Glen & Kylie’s. The driver was a lunatic and almost killed Tracey when he went around a corner way too fast, but she was a little too drunk to mind. We got ready at Glen’s then met Sheena & Laurene at Players. Stayed there for a few hours, then we all left except for Matt, Sheena & Laurene. Robin & I were dropped off at home, and used a key under the matt left there by Dad to get in.

To be continued…

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