Boo

How we all doing in sunny SA? Thinking of you all and as always missing you. Things in KL are a bit boring to be honest, but have to say that it is nice to be settled in one place for a little while. I am busy trying to plan my trip home for Easter and was wondering what you guys mught like to do when I am home. Any thoughts?........

Good luck A1TM

Good luck in Mexico this weekend guys.

Friday feeling

How you all doing guys? Well, it is Friday again.... Woke up this morning running a fever, so stayed in bed quite late to try to break it. Feel a bit better now, but still not 100%.
What have you all got planned for the weekend? Anything exciting? I will try to call you this evening for a chat. Missing you tonnes and tonnes.
Kisses all round....

Looking forward to seeing you and PICTURES

I did not sleep particularly well last night thinking about you and missing you all. It will not be too long before I am home again and I am looking forward to Easter with you all. Hopefully by then we will be a few steps closer to the move to England and Mummy and I can be planning it properly.
I have not looked forward to a weekend as much as I am looking forward to this one for a while. I intend doing absolutely nothing and spending a good bit of time by the pool or in the pool while I watch the results of Alex and the boys in Mexico. I will have a bit of work to do in terms of getting the news out in KL about how the team is doing, but essentially am looking forward to getting some sleep and catching up with myself a little.
I look forward to speaking to you all over the weekend and hope that school has been OK this week.
I have asked Mummy to organise some up to date pictures of you - nice ones!! Smiley ones.... One set for me and another for Mama Lou and Daddy O who have asked for the pictures. So when Mummy says you are going for photos please go and please smile nicely. When I am home I am aso going to have a set done of us together.....
Love you!!

42 years.....

Wow.... MamaLou and Daddy O have been married for 42 years on 22 February. That is amazing. If you get the chance you could call them and say "Happy Anniversary". I am sure that they would really appreciate that.
Hope you are all OK. Seems ages since we spoke.

Back in Kuala Lumpur

Well, I am back in KL kiddos. Wish I was with you but that will be soon enough. Thinking of you and missing you terribly.

Indonesia

I write this on Thursday 16 February, three days after leaving Indonesia. My intention is to try to put down the experiences of the last week in Indonesia and for you to see it as some kind of warning. A warning about the nature of people and how they can be.... the bad, greedy and very very nasty side of people's natures....
In October 2005, we decided to work with a group of people who were interested in becoming the local Indonesian franchise partner. The relationship was difficult from the start with some quite profound differences in opinion and thinking about how the business should be. Little did we know how difficult and dangerous these people are.
On Sunday 12 February, in the middle of what was an amazingly successful A1 event, put together
by our team in very difficult circumstances, our partner in Indonesia decided to make a play for the control of the business. But in a way that was and is profoundly disturbing.
He stated that Jack had offended the Indonesian president. Not possible given that Jack had not seen the president...
Jack and I were locked in a room and lives were threatened by 4 Indonesians. Jack was forced to sign an apology to the president.
The end result is that we left Indonesia on Monday in fear of our lives.
We are now working very hard to ensure that these people do not get the business or any part of it. The lesson really is this.... It does not matter how you may think that people have the same moral and ethical values as we do - many simply do not. Sadly, countries like Indonesia deserve the reputation that they have as unsafe, unfriendly, dangerous places. I will not be returning.
Always trust your instincts. It was my instincts that kept me safe, and my size, but mainly my instincts.
Awful human beings. The lot of them.

Race day approaches

At last we are on the eve of the race day in Indonesia, a day that at times we never thought would arrive. It has been a long hard slog, but everyone is upbeat and looking forward to tomorrow. Alex did well today qualifying in 6th position for the first race tomorrow. The picture is of the Indonesian car, driven by Ananda Mikola, with a volcano in the background.....

Happy Birthday Wendy

9th February 2006 - Happy Birthday Wendy. You are 7 now - amazing. I hope that you will be a good girl. Have a nice day. Love you.

Happy Birthday Megan

8th February 2006. Happy Happy 13th Birthday. Wecome to your teens my angel. Enjoy them - they can be a lot of fun.... Miss you and love you!

One week to go

We have one week to go before the race in Indonesia and I can tell you that this has been an experience and a half here in Indonesia in the past three months. Unreal country to do work in. Hope you are all OK - love you and miss you.

Fed up

There are days that I really wonder why I put up with the way that people talk to me, when I am on "active duty" 18 hours a day 7 days a week.....
Hope you chaps all have a great weekend.
Will be thinking of you.

Hot and sutry

Ask Mummy to show you on the map where Jakarta is and try to find a place called Sentul that is east of Jakarta. That is where i am now. It is hot and very humid here with the humidity making it very uncomfortable.
Thinking of you all.