Category: Planet Doug Journal – 2024

Sunday, October 27, 20248:30 a.m. Room 19, Hotel MalahayatiTanjung Balai, Sumatra, Indonesia (6,877 words) I don’t know if I can tell the story of yesterday. It was too much. I suppose I will just have to keep it brief and to the point. I’d love to tell the story on…

Saturday, October 26, 20245:08 a.m. Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (1,999 words) It’s funny that even I, Mr. Logical, can succumb to things like omens. It’s just after five o’clock in the morning, and I woke up early because I need to leave myself enough time to get ready…

Friday, October 25, 20248:08 a.m. Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (685 words) Today is my last day in Port Dickson before my trip to Sumatra. I feel okay. I seem to have gotten a reasonable amount of sleep and rest last night. And in a strange twist, the latest…

Thursday, October 24, 20248:04 a.m. Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (1,980 words) I’m typing on the Asus VivoBook this morning. I’m trying to decide whether I want to bring the Logitech Keyboard with me or not. I definitely want to have it with me. I always want to have…

Tuesday, October 22, 20247:55 a.m. Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (909 words) I normally begin these journal entries by writing down the day, date, time, and place. And this morning, I couldn’t remember what day it was. So I asked Perplexity, the AI assistant that I often use. And…

Monday October 21, 20245:32 a.m. My Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (4,149 words) I’m thinking about going to the Paklang Kopitiam when they open at 8 a.m. The first thing I was going to do was settle into my corner table and write about the events of the last…

Saturday October 19, 20247:43 a.m. My Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (1,614 words) Yesterday morning, I left the house early and I went to the Paklang Kopitiam. I got there right when it opened at 8 a.m. I do that routinely because in order to do my work, I…

Friday, October 18, 20248:12 a.m. Paklang Kopitiam, Table 18Port Dickson, Malaysia (2,865 words) I am back at the Paklang Kopitiam. Normally, I come here when I need to upload videos. I can use the excellent mobile Internet signal here and I can use their WiFi. Both work well. But this…

Thursday, October 17, 20248:41 a.m. My Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (2,671 words) I was writing the other day about just how tired I’ve been and how difficult everything has seemed lately. Almost every aspect of my life has been a struggle. Well, that theme continued yesterday with a…

Wednesday, October 16, 20248:54 a.m. My Room at the HousePort Dickson, Malaysia (5,309 words) Some unusual things have happened in the last few days. I wrote about all these things at length, but since I don’t have WiFi, these journal entries were saved only to my laptop and weren’t uploaded…