Well after my last post I worked a bit more, and went for a week back in Adelaide with Lara. Had a wonderful time, went out a bit and just relaxed. Saw some fabulous wineries again, and also did a super GLAM photo shoot with Lara - she dolled me up full make up and all and stuck me in some burlesque type corsets etc and I had my first ever proper photo shoot! Lara does professional photography and is a fantastic make up artist.... so all I can say is! WOW I felt like a million bucks :) It did help that we drank constantly through the shoot... towards the end, I think I was getting a little too ambitious...
Anyhoo - left Adelaide and spent one last night in Sydney with Carin and Hilton. They have just moved into a fantastic city centre apartment which overlooks Darling Harbour. Its amazing and its everything you imagine Sydney living to be for the chic and happening! Had a lovely night out, and just got ready for my trip and then the next morning got up, sorted a few things and I was off to Sydney International at 1pm!
It must just be said that I have had some hiccups with flights and my agent has buggered me around a bit... I have been super nice to the guy (its a South African agency I booked my flights with) and have taken all the service with a bit of "African" attitude, meaning: you just shouldn't expect the same level of service as you would get in the UK....
ANYWAY, I found out 2 days before leaving for Asia,that the little bugger changed my flights (due to some apparent "class cancellation" or some rubbish. Had I not just randomly checked shortly before leaving, I would have been waiting around unnecessarily for 9 hours, and then arriving in KL at 3am! Great - arriving in a weird place in the dead of night, checking into a hostel of rooms, with everyone sleeping etc... Having been quite tolerable about his other incompetencies until now(which have been extensive)I completely lost it. In fact its been a while since I have lost my temper in such a way - I think perhaps back in London. I got on the phone to the agent, and literally obliterated him on the phone for about 20 mins. There were hand movements, there was pacing, there were words such as, YOU and WILL, deliberately over enunciated and there was a clearly chosen psychotically threatening voice tone... I used everything in my Pledger handbook of "how to threaten and scare people"... Needless to say, it worked.. and I got on the flight I was supposed to! Even though, on the phone at one point it was "impossible" to change it...hmmpph... anyway - my advice, don't use travel agents! Do the work yourself! Plus - there are definitely times when being a completely scary bitch comes in handy. Nothing quite makes my blood boil as much as when I know I am not at fault, and someone is dicking me around! I am sure all you Pledger's can associate with the fury!
Anyhoo - I am writing from KL - and arrived safe and sound. I am going to write a bit about here in a second - its very exciting!
xoxoxo
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