Rainy Friday

This morning was supposed to be netball but we didn't have enough players and by the time I woke up it was pouring rain so we wouldn't have played anyway. We did however make plans to meet for breakfast for one last final goodbye to Sam.

I drove out to Plaza Damas early and did a quick bit of grocery shopping before heading to the Blue Cow to meet up with the girls. There were about 8 of us who made it in total. It was a nice morning and Dino, the Kiwi guy who owns the Blue Cow, sent us over two bottles of champagne because he knew Sam was leaving - how nice! Needless to say, breakfast lingered on until lunchtime.

As you can see from the photo, Sam liked her caricature that we had organized. It really is a great gift for someone who is leaving!

After "brunch", we had a walk around the shops as Sam wanted to buy a Korean medicine chest from one of the stores so we all traipsed down to look at the furniture with her. From there we all went our own ways.

It took me about an hour to get home - traffic was nuts! Normally it would take 15 minutes but I forgot it was Friday prayers. Anyway, I finally got home and for some reason I was exhausted. I put my PJs on and got into bed to read my book. Obviously this led to me napping for a couple of hours. I finally woke up about 4.

Ross surprised me by coming home early - about quarter to 5 - and we made chilli con carne for dinner. During dinner we watched Ross' favourite show - Wipeout Australia - and then played a long game of Upwords (which I won) before heading to bed.

A relaxing day

This morning we woke up reasonably early - about 8.30 - and headed to the restaurant for breakfast. After breakfast, we laid on the day bed in our room and read our books and magazines for a couple of hours.

Just before lunchtime, we headed to the adult pool and met up with the Millers and the Perrys. Again we spent the afternoon in the pool, getting some sun and chatting. I went back to the room and brought back some snacks to share.

Just like yesterday, we all staggered off to our rooms in the afternoon. While we were relaxing on the day bed, a massive storm came through which was very cool to watch for a couple of hours. We made plans to meet everyone up at the bar when the storm had eased off. Ross and I braved the rain with our umbrella and found ourselves ankle deep in water! By the time we got up to the bar, we were pretty soaked.

We played some "Shithead" while we waited for the others. The Perry's came with their Mahjong set and soon after the Miller's arrived. Ross played Mahjong with the Perry's while I played "Shithead" with the Miller's.

About 7, we decided to head down to dinner - another BBQ. We stayed chatting at the table for quite a while after dinner. We were going to head back down to the beach but there was a wedding going on so instead we sat by the pool. Sonja kept us entertained by asking questions from the Ladies Night Out game. It was certainly a discussion starter!

Again we headed to bed about midnight.

Camel Rug

As you can see from the photo, we hung the camel rug that I received as a leaving gift from my Director at Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), Omnia. After a quick trip to IKEA, Dad threw in a couple of screws and up it went. It really sets off the house and with the other rug that ROTA gave to me also as a gift, it looks great. Such generous gifts!

Other than that, we pretty much spent the day reading and playing games. We also tried to concoct dinner out of whatever was left in the fridge which turned out to be zucchini pizza, green vegetable salad, roast veg and Camembert and roast garlic. Not too bad really :-)

After dinner, we honed our Mahjong skills - I really think we are getting better...