So, total lack of posting, despite landing up in one of the biggest cities in the world. Hmmmmm. But then, the compulsion to blog has disappeared a little while I discover the place for myself. Also, the hour that I previously had in the morning to get to work is gone, removing a significant source of contemplation time which was the source of so much laboured inspiration. On the other hand, sleeping in till 7:30 and still turning up at work at 8:30 isn’t too bad a deal :D (my internal clock no longer wakes me at 4:30 in the morning! yay!) ...

And the sky is…. (drumroll please)… grey as can be expected. yay. There’s people wandering around on t-shirt and shorts. It’s about 16 degrees in the morning, with midday getting up to low twenties. Summer? bah, I’ll believe it when I see blue skies and truly warm weather. This is like what it was about 3 weeks ago in Sydney, and that was late autumn. I’m in a studio, well kitted and about 10 min walk from work, which ain’t too bad. I just wish the sound insulation was better. ...

Ungodly hour of 3 AM in Sydney, but it’s nearing midnight here. Managed to catch a few winks. Bangkok airport is huuuuge. Like, massive. Business class travel is… ok… eheheh, that may sound a little like a bit of a cop-out, but I think I may have built up an image in my head which far exceeds expectations. Sure, there’s acres of leg room and you don’t have to contend with people leaning back, but the “pods” that BA has are.. strange. You sit either facing front or back - I was back - and are almost facing someone going the other way. Think of an S - you’re sitting in the “blanks” of the S. There’s so much storage room and places to move around though, and the service is excellent - the only place it fails is living up to my deluded (first-class?) expectations I guess =) I was on the upper deck! Surprisingly smaller than I thought. But none the less, wow! ...

I’m going to miss… juice bars. Seriously. There’s nothing like Boost there. Indeed, the places to eat for lunch all suck over there. Australia is surprisingly awesome about those things. I’d say I’m going to miss y’all too but that would just be weak. So. I’m not. We’ll keep in touch.

The God Delusion is one of those books that polarises the readers - either you agree with it or you don’t. Its premise is that the half-way position cannot conscionably be held without some compromise, and ultimately the issue of religion is a divisive one in any case. Its topic? Why, that’s simple: God doesn’t exist and religion is a dangerous lie. Dawkins doesn’t just argue that god doesn’t exist; indeed, he dispenses with that argument very quickly. The primary focus of this book is not God - it is that the role religion has played in society has not been a positive one, and here he departs from what many in the middle ground hold - which is to say, God might not exist, but there’s nothing wrong with religion. Perhaps this is the only way to argue the case of God convincingly, given how tied up the question is with religion, but as you can tell, this strident position is sure to make many a little uncomfortable accepting Dawkins’ message. ...