Whinge Blog Part II

Hey life isn’t all good in paradise. When you think about it there’s a few things in paradise that are a bit irksome. Like for example its hot and sunny so that you get pretty sunburnt – especially if you’ve got a lobster-like complexion like mine. And its virtually impossible to buy a pack of pappadums (hint, hint if anyone is coming over this way!)…

Internet is really pretty ordinary, but we were kind of putting up with that. And after our first ridiculous monthly phone bill of over 850 tala we had got on top of expenses a bit by using Skype for our phonecalls, even though it apparently makes us sound like daleks. We really haven’t slowed down that much over here you know.

Well now our good friends at SamoaTel have introduced timed local calls… Being on dialup this really sucks. Looks like I’ll have to change my online habits a bit b’cos based on last month our bill will go from 35 tala, back up to near 500.
Admittedly not quite as bad as our first months attack on the hip pocket, but not really worth it if you’re still going to sound like a dalek.
I guess its SamoaTel’s way to get me to get outside and spend a bit more time out in the sun, and maybe I’ll even have time to make some roti bread to cover the lack of pappadums.