Usually when I’m walking around Dili people come and talk to me. Most of the time it’s just banter about where I’m from and what I’m doing. On a few occasions, people have asked for my phone number and I’ve given it out. I now have a steady stream of people who call me asking for work, money, phone credit …

Two stories, one in the local and one in international press, have been published about the salaries foreign advisers in Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Finance are paid. If you were on Twitter yesterday then you may have seen me babbling about something big about to come out. Well, this is it. Perhaps I’m overstating the significance of these stories, but when …

The list of the top 100 Thailand blogs that I set up a year ago continues to grow. On the list at the moment are 180 blogs about Thailand. I update the rankings as and when I remember and add new blogs if they are suitable (i.e. if they are actually blogs). At the moment, the header isn't showing up …

Here's a quick personal request. Please bear with me. I need an important document to be picked up from Bali in the next few weeks. As there are a handful of people based in Timor-Leste who read this blog, I'm calling out to you lot to see if any of you are traveling to Bali (and then coming back here) …

I don't know if this is a local problem or it affects the whole city (or country), but nobody I've spoken to can make or receive calls on a cellphone this morning. Thank you, Timor Telecom. Addendum: Almost as soon as I'd published this I received a phone call (from a politician), so I guess it's a local thing, although …

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