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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: December 2013
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Saturday, December 7, 2013. Jumping out of a Perfectly Good Plane. James' (son) birthday is very soon, Lisa (wife) bought him a sky dive. As she couldn't be here, we were minding the kids and recording the event. So, what is it like - jumping out of a perfectly good plane? Here is the place to go . And of course there are forms to fill in and sign. And now his name is on the whiteboard - "James. T14" because he is jumping out (in tandem with an instructor) at 14 000 feet. Now we have quite a wait. And th...
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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: June 2014
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Friday, June 13, 2014. A new adventure starts - in Northam. So we don't really want to go to Ningbo. (Although they have offered us jobs - six weeks later.). Northam looks nice, though, doesn't it? And there might be some jobs there - or we could just kinda retire .). For some people living in a place like Northam in the wheat-belt area of Western Australia would be ordinary. But after everywhere we've been, for us it is another new adventure. So what's in Northam? And, of course, there is lots more!
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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: Rainy Holidays
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Saturday, January 29, 2011. The Monsoon is still blowing (whistling and howling through the gaps in our closed windows) bringing with it a fair bit of patchy rain. The islands (the only places where you can swim here) are closed, and so is the big spidery-shaped lake up in the hills nearby. So we drove up to the lake anyway for a bit of a look-see. Pleasant - at least there weren't any crowds! Except mosquitoes .) At least we know where it is now, it wasn't hard to follow the signs there. My Websites for...
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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: March 2014
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Sunday, March 30, 2014. Quiet . too quiet. Up at the Lake. We visited Lake Kenyir. In the first few weeks after we came here in 2011. At that time the road to the lake was being repaired, and the lake was pretty much 'closed' as it was the off-season - although other than a bit of rain and the over-abundance of mosquitoes we couldn't really see why. It was a pretty place, but not terribly exciting, so we didn't go back. And that we were heading towards the servants quarters where we shouldn't be. Out on ...
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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: July 2013
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Saturday, July 27, 2013. Language Arts and Play Dough. Language Arts, apparently, are a fairly new thing around here, and due to my experience in 'the Arts' (as a 'music specialist') I am more comfortable with it than most. So I find myself teaching classes and workshops about Language Arts for young learners - songs and poetry, stories, and plays and drama are all part of the deal. So, once again, I found myself teaching a "Stories" workshop to some 80 students, and interested lecturers. A Turklish Adve...
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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: January 2014
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Thursday, January 30, 2014. First trip to the Island for 2014! It is said that the islands do not 'open' until at least after Chinese New Year, maybe later, depending on the monsoon. But one resort on Kapas Island is always open if at all possible. Mme Rose, at 'Qimi' resort, will try to accommodate anyone at any time. So sailing out to Kapas Island should have been no big deal, right? The monsoon starts during the 'doldrums'. The jetty is usually crowded and busy - this morning it was quiet and empty, a...
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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: On the Ning Nang Nong
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Friday, June 13, 2014. On the Ning Nang Nong. We were probably thinking a little bit of Spike Milligan's old poem. On the Ning Nang Nong. Where the Cows go Bong! And the monkeys all go BOO! As we planned our trip to Ningbo, China. They have finally admitted that the idea of a continuing Fellows Project here in Malaysia is truly dead in the water, and so we are looking around for a different job, and a new adventure. For a year. So, maybe it would be nice to revisit China. We had a suite, and we had broug...
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For We are Jolly Good Fellows!: November 2013
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013. Our Home on Scarborough Beach (for now). Australia has amazing beaches, and Scarborough is one of the favourites for Perth, Western Australia. This is our big house. (Yeah, OK, it's really a hotel, and it's not actually ours. It's called the Rendezvous Grand Hotel. Perth is quite flat - which might come as a surprise to those who haven't visited before. The beach looks great from up here. There are always people, and lots of activities happening. With varying skill levels !