21 March 2005

Here we go again

Another trip, another business lounge, another pile of things left undone that ought to have been done.

I managed to file a few stories over the last few weeks but was severely held back by the need to sort out tax matters, the paperwork for which was finally signed on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday evening I was still handing over pictures to an editor to go with a set of brief stories for syndication across Canada. On the flight I'm about to board (to Hong Kong) I'll be writing a story about Belgium, which I'll need to file as soon as I arrive.

I haven't done all the preparatory reading I need to do for the trip I'm just starting, so I'm carrying it with me, significantly adding to the weight of my luggage. Air Canada (one of the world's worst airlines but then most in North America are in line for that title) promises electrical power in each business class seat. I doubt it will deliver on this, but I must admit half of me hopes that it doesn't so that I can just sit back and relax for a change. But then, of course, I'll have to do the story when I arrive in Hong Kong when I should be running around doing Hong Kong things.

Nothing has been written, of course, on Antarctica or Argentina. Needless to say, I'll have to do that when I get back from this trip, and should be writing that up.

In short, the fun of the perfect job continues.
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