25-Aug-2024
Last week we were aghast at the array of bad things befalling our friends.
This week, well, time has moved on. The dead have been buried; the injuries are starting to heal. The pain, of course, continues, and won't be over soon.
For us, the week has been another blur of jobs.
Nigel's wisdom-tooth extraction went remarkably smoothly. A few days of porridge, soup, mash, scramble, salsa, and smoothie, and he's pretty much back to normal. Two sessions to go.
It's amazing what you find to do in the dentist's waiting room...
Purple mash. Bound to be healing
I've photographed Top 1's excellent porridge before, but in a porridge-heavy week, another pic won't come amiss
There has been some sort of lights-and-blooms festival down at the waterfront, which explains (perhaps) all the new lighting:
Building the festival
These displays didn't stick around for long, unfortunately, but they were very pretty
Oh no, what's this TOUCAN doing here??
On the home front, the sorting/throwing/categorizing process continues. The living-room is now full of heaps: Take with us/store in suitcase/store in storage facility/give away/throw away... There will be accidents, I'm sure.
It's also extraordinarily rainy... Kuching is a rainy place, as I'm sure you've noticed from this blog. But it's not usually this rainy in AUGUST...
There's usually a LOT of water in the river these days. (BTW, messing about with camera modes is my new little distraction)
RAIN plus BUSY equals a greater-than-usual need for CHOCOLATE. So it was wonderful to have the chance to check out some Borneo chocolate, courtesy of our friends at Indah:
Pure Sarawakian...
Magnificent Chocs
Some of their local products. It's all very artisanal, so constancy of supply is still an issue, but it's a great initiative
There's even a Borneo KitKat now...
The rest of the gallery:
Another mural going on up on Padungan
The various national days are approaching
Kuching's randomness continues...
As does its good food. This is spinach soup from Ah Liong. Don't be put off by the bland-sounding name. This is incredibly tasty