I had an interesting conversation with a colleague last Thursday...it was the end of the week and we were all so exhausted. Not because of work, I think I have had the best work-life balance I've had for the longest time (getting in at 8.15, leaving by 5.30 or 6 is so novel!) but because achieving anything is never straightforward.
Everyday there is h some drama, some complication...with taxi drivers, with banks, with telco providers, with anyone and anything. It's come to a point where I always expect the worst when having to do something, and generally I"m fine, but it does get to a point at the end of the week where everything just heaves down and I feel completely exhausted. Last week, the trigger was my bank loan, when the bank couldn't just scan the approval letter to me though they said they would, and this resulted in my car being delayed by 2 days. All it took was 1 person scanning a simple letter over, but 20 unanswered phone calls, smses and emails later, I"m still waiting.
It does get to me, and I feel like know I understand what an expat setting up home in Malaysia would feel like. There is this big hump of stuff to get over when you first arrive, and dealing with developing country inefficiencies can really drain someone. Thankfully I think I'm nearly there, and hopefully I can lead a fairly protected life away from all these painful touchpoints soon.
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