A Good Night

Yesterday was the night of the sailing crowd's weekly dinner.  It was a very enjoyable night.  Sitting at a larger table was stressful, but I handled it.  A full Valium in the morning (my usual dose is a half; I rarely take it here) left me drowsy almost immediately.

So I had breakfast (Pan Mee) and lugged 19L of water after that.  Then napped the day away.

I was early, the restaurant in a hotel; I sat in the lobby to wait.  A young lady was putting up signage for the What About Kuching (WAK) festival.  It's a month long celebration in October.  And, in Kuching--800KM away.  But they have expanded.  They recently added weekend in Sibu (between here and Kuching) and Miri. 

She was struggling with one of the mounts so I jumped in to lend a hand.  Gina was a delight to meet.  I have plans to attend many of the events this weekend: https://aboutkuching.com/wakxmiri/  I suggested that What About Borneo was inevitable as they surely will expand.

DFK - yeah, I'm gonna do the soap making.

The dinner was nice.  10 at a table would have been overwhelming without the Rx as the restaurant was crowded, including a crying child.  I could not hear half the table.  I sat with my hosts Sue (English by birth) and Kirk (Californian by birth), both Aussie citizens.  More on them in a moment. There was a gentleman from LA (not L.A., ever notice that I abbreviate the state and city properly?) Ruston, LA.  We did not get a chance to talk about it, but I've been there.  A nice German couple was next to him.  I can't remember much about the others.

Sue and Kirk are actually Aussies.  They lived in South Carolina for years but wanted to retire on a boat in Queensland.  They found their boat in Miri and have spent 6 months readying it for the voyage.  Wonderful people.  How are they Aussies?  His first wife was/is Australian.  He lived there long enough to get citizenship.  Sue gets the equivalent of a Green Card by virtue of being married to him now.  After a few years, she gets citizenship too.  (Wait until Republicans catch on the "anchor spouses becoming anchor spouses" themselves. The terror!)    A truly delightful couple.

JLJ - he is a dead ringer for Bill C.  Even the beard.

Home by 2130.  Couldn't sleep until 0400.  Just as I was actually getting into a rhythm.  Oh well, eventually.  Maybe.

Slept until 1100 so that will help.

On to today's slide show (none of dinner, just not the moment.)

Another "sense of place" picture.  The backside of a block with 2 restaurants I like.

Scooters left everywhere is an urban blight in the US.  

Not so here.  YEAH!

I have absolutely no idea what Tropical Quantum Security means.
Or how it differs from non-tropical and/or non-quantum security.
Buzzwords are ubiquitous.  And very silly.

The shape reminds me of Japan or Korea.
Notice how ALL the ice is supported by 2 inches of water.  Life depends on that.*

Oyens gonna do whatever Oyens wanna do.  And, wherever too.

And, they do not flinch.

Nasi Lemak and beef rendang.  Added egg and extra sambal.

A decent amount of Lemak, but could use more.  Amazing rendang.
Plenty of good heat in the rendang and more in the sambal.

8.5/10

Shrimp chips were a great accompaniment.

You mix the sambal, rice, nuts, and anchovies to eat it.  It's finger food for many.

I don't like eating with my fingers...so I use the spoon and fork like the rest of the locals.

(The food is pushed, with the back of the fork, onto the spoon.)

Not a bad way to start my 61st year.

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*Most solids sink in their own liquid.  Solids are generally more dense.  Water is an exception.  If ice sank, then water would freeze from the bottom up. Aquatic life would probably not be possible.  Floating Ice actually insulates the water below it to slow the freezing.  

Water is (essentially) non-compressible.  The bags are evidently strong enough not to burst so 2" of water can support a whole lot of ice.

The string of coincidences required for life on earth is very very long.