Saturday 30th November
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| Lego Land octopus |
Friday was not
a Day Of Rest, but it was a day of Productivity and Domesticity.
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| More Singapore orchids - and there are still more to come! |
Pete worked
away, as usual, fixing this and that, occasionally uttering cries of despair,
followed, after a long silence, by sighs of relief as he battled with the
soldering iron and other such tools of trade.
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| Pete concentrating, as always |
He achieved
great things for our level of comfort aboard – for example, a new little 12
volt fan!! Wee hee!!
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| Please note placement of newly-covered cushion...
strategically
placed at the corner of the couches to maximize the air circulation. Bliss!
The air even reaches down into the galley, at a pinch and a stretch of
the imagination. Most of the boats have
aircon, or at least a full contingent of fans.
One of our friends told me they have NINE fans, and that she wouldn’t be
able to survive without them. We are
tickled pink with our two, thus far.
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| Beautiful little island in Coral Bay, Pangkor Island -I thought of this today while scrubbing cupboards... |
So what did I
to, to improve the shining hour? Well
…we had noticed, whenever we have people onboard for a drink, that our number
of beer holders has dwindled. Usually I
am scratching to find one, let alone three or four. I decided to have a little hunt, in the
galley. This turned into a massive
spring clean of the shelves. How
satisfying! One of the advantages of
letting one’s cupboards get into a mess is that it is so very gratifying when
they are all cleaned out and re-organised.
People who are always neat and tidy have my full admiration, but I also
feel a bit sorry for them because they will never get this thrill of
achievement…
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| Product placement - top right shelf, front row - Food2U relish - delicious! Go to Hobart and buy some! |
It was even
more fun for me because I made some new friends…
One of the very nice design
features of 2XS is a hatch, built into the steps down to the galley. I spend more time that you would think,
gazing through the open hatch, enjoying the different colour of the water, and
watching for fishy friends.
Nearby there is
a big Best Western hotel, where we are encouraged to swim in the pool, and to
have a beer in the beach bar at sundowner time.
Nobody swims
from this beach, but they do play soccer.
Of course! All over the world, wherever there is a bit
of flat ground, there are boys – and in this instance, to my delight, girls –
kicking a ball, very enthusiastically.
I haven’t shown
any of the photos of our Team Building Games at Port Dickson yet. Here is a sample:
You can see my
contribution…standing in the background, uttering words of encouragement… I had
already gone through the spider’s web of ropes, crawling swiftly through one of
he lower holes…I was very keen NOT to volunteer for one of the upper gaps… I
would have hated to think how many big strong men it would have taken to heave
me up and through!
At lunchtime we
had a few local business which sell boaty items displaying their wares over at
the hard stand. James Khoo, our kindly host,
had beer, lemonade, and a sausage sizzle.
The sausages were just delicious – made locally in Lumut, by Mike,
pictured here:
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| And very delicious they were, these sausages! Go to Lumut and buy some! |
James had brought
some birds nests, for Pete to examine…
I took a number of photos. In none of them did Pete look as if he wanted to dissolve a nest in broth and drink it...
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