Ees Feesheee

Exactly what it looks like!

Some feast while others fast!

What a scream! In more ways than one....

Another day another country

With huffing and puffing and swollen ankles, lotsa laughter and some tense moments... we made it to Cambodia. New friends for some and old hats for others, a family of four joined us for the rest of the trip. Deon and Corne' with their two sons are with us now and a new dynamic to the team has been formed.

Food is a constant delight and challenge not necessarily the same experience for all, toilet technology or the lack thereof often is our conversational topic of the moment.. argh! But hearts are being softened and skin thickened as each day goes past, we are feeling more for the people and not letting our feelings get in the way... hmmm now that could be taken in all sorts of ways-let's just take it the right way!

 

quick quick click click

Lunch time in the side streets of the city

part of a door made of teak from Myanmar

 Just another pretty lady in Bangkok

 Watch strap repair time

ganesh is here too

on arrival

Well the team has made it safe and sound! Or should that rather have been ' the team has made it safe and noise'?... needless to expand here. Mark and Paulien were the first to get here, they were met in the city by JP and Rita.

Next with wild whoops of joy from Paulien the next two made their way safely towards the hostel. Miemie and Estelle were glad to be here, with a story to tell about a planned flight, sleep and jet lag and lots more, ensconced in laughter the whole way.

Our team was completed with the evening arrival of Kobus , Hanneke and Christoph.  Christoph was really so at ease with the whole thing that he promptly fell asleep in the middle of the table!

We had a wild first day- just to get us familiar with what will be a frenetic pace of 'so much to do/see- with so little time'.

one night in Bangkok

Sometimes things transpire which leave us holding our breathe just waiting for what the next moment will bring.... well Bangkok with the first of the troops of the exposure trip have arrived... and with bated breathe we stand....

some pictures tell a  thousand words... lets face it , we don't have to understand the language!

Penang melange

in point form:

• Great Gastranomics
• Heather Weather
• Graphic Traffic
• Beach in Reach
• Muse Views
• Bland Diet Quiet....  these are just a few of them that I'll miss

the Primrose Path of Peneng

primrose path

PRONUNCIATION:

(PRIM-rohz path)

MEANING:

noun:
1. An easy life, especially devoted to sensual pleasure.
2. A path of least resistance, especially one that ends in disaster.

Certainly point two has its attractions but alas, we are wiser than that! Here the path is more like Bouganvillea Boulevarde!

Or one can see it as the place of Roses in Repose...

or then again, it could be a mini garden that thankfully has remained a Living Mini Garden in Rita's hands...

There are  things that happen here too... anyone seen the movie "The great Escape"? Well when a prisoner of war misbehaves they get sent to the "cooler". Here we have proof that if a camera misbehaves, we are quite capable of meting out severe punishment- in isolation in a Light Box... not quite a 'cooler' but done in hopes that the effect that the humidity might be causing technical blips, might get sorted out....

We do hope that this treatment will help said camera to have a Zoom Function once again.... and no, it is NOT the battery!

looking for a home?

 Where else in the world could one get really good food like this for a mere R8.00?

 This is fried rice with shrimps thrown in and a generous portion of delectable chicken WITH soup on the side!
 One starts to think of the amazing possibilities so...

While out walking, I found this really quaint looking place, deserted and needing some TLC... I wonder...?
(she thinks, hitching up her trousers and scrambling across the tall grass for a closer peek)

Nah, quaint it might be, but there seems to be some work involved, and ho in their right minds wants to do any physical labour in this climate???
Moving right along!

The time of new beginnings dawns

Praying that the year ahead places you

 more snugly in God’s hand

More steadily on His path

Increasingly immersed in His grace

Another gorgeous day in Paradise

Penang-orchidaceous in its "holiday" celebrations is still playing piped Christmas carols in all the malls.Tinsel and artificial snow abound in every available space.
Rita went and had her hair cut and was subjected to an hour of "Santa and Mommy kissing", "Jingling Bells", "Silent Nights" and repeated "Sleigh Rides"! Mid January all that will change to Chinese New Year song repeats at full volume! Which of course is only on the 3rd of February, but will be alive and well for a good two months!

We were blessed to spend an afternoon with friends on Wednesday, we shared hearts and a meal and even had celebratory cake!

Yesterday had us galavanting around the Island with Workers into Kalemantan showing them the 'tourist haunts' of this wonderful place.

Some interesting sights experienced as we travelled around Penang.

At the end of the day we were all 'templed out' and came home to put our feet up. Being on the nineth floor of the apartment block, we were then treated to an amazingly 'close' Fireworks display.

It was the day before Christmas.....

 Some People get silly and others have fun

 on top of this tree is a star... a blue one

 Decorations are quaint with glitter and shine

 Uncle Clause created with balloons and much time

 The rest of us go about our chores like fuelling up

While others stand in the front - living it up!

under the radar

We have been rather studious in our keeping under the radar, but it seems we have become a blip on the screen.....
Last night, while out trawling for dinner, we were discovered by some dear friends.It was rather amusing getting this shot as Rita decided to plonk her camera in the unsuspecting hands of a stranger at the next table. Which in itself is nothing too strange, but when the poor victim starting looking for his spectacles which were not on the top od his head, his nose or even hanging around his neck, Rita solved the problem by whipping hers off and giving him no choice but to use them. Amid much shocked laughter and giggling, this was the result!

This afternoon we have a 'tea time' with some workers here and already have plans for the holidays.