In support of my hardcore study week I went to Safeway today to pick up a bag of Sherbies and a 6 pack of V. Go the cans of V. Fuel, fuel! At the check-out, I was being served by this guy who I used to casually say "hi" to during my time at Safeway. He didn't recognise me but the guy next to him did and asked me "How long since you stopped working here?", to my surprise. Safeway - such a high staff turnover workplace - I usually walk around as if I had never worked there. It's a nice feeling to know that people still remember you!

I studied some hardcore finance today. Just finance all day and a little bit of fluids revision class at Uni. I got a major headache now and my brain seems to be pulsating violently. I'm going to go to bed soon.

Today I heard something on Triple J that proved my naiveity. As I was speaking of Schapelle Corby's case a few posts earlier (which Australians are still continuing to be as hostile as ever towards Indonesians, sadly), there has been a case in Australia where a Japanese tourist was convicted for heroin possession in her luggage in 1992. The story goes that this Japanese lady was in Malaysia and had her baggage stolen and then later returned to her (of course she didn't check it) and flew to Australia with it. Much misunderstanding occurred as she couldn't get a proper interpreter and she was sentenced to 10 years jail in Victoria - which she has finished serving recently. She still claims that she wasn't involved in the drug smuggle and is trying to clear her name. Evidence has been found that indeed her baggage was stolen in Malaysia. A handful of documentaries have been made and shown in Japan about this issue and it seems to be very quite big there, quite like the Schapelle Corby case here.

So before Australians criticise another country of having an inferior and unjust legal system, we have done it too.

Check out the Hack website on triplej.net.au (click on Wednesday's show) to see some links to more on this case regarding the Japanese drug bust.

Again, I am still blaming mainstream media who have kept this issue supressed during the whole Corby mumbo jumbo. Forgive me for using this totally cliched "A pot can't call a kettle black"!! Puh-lease. I mean, we couldn't even give her a good interpreter and thus a fair trial!!

Sometimes I feel I live in a country of idiots. But don't we all?