The General Chat Thread (2016-2022)

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The food here is very mixed, French-English-Malay/chinese. We are in a Muslim area so no pork which is perfecly fine. Not a big place so only 1 restaurant and 1 bar & grill, all very good so far. This morning we had dim sum for breakfast. It is my husband's 50 birthday today so we are going to have a private Malay feast :hungry:
 
I've found another 3 marbles. At least I can't be accused of having lost... I have now found 44 of them on the land around the house!

I have also been adopted by 4 Australian Wood Ducks. Or at least the pond has, that one with the 3 fish in it that I didn't know existed when I rented the place. I ma taking this as a good sign because it means they are washing in it, drinking in it and nibbling at vegetation. It must mean I am doing something correctly! I've only been here since the 12th July (nearly a month then!) and this is the first time I have seem in the pond, but I did notice evidence of them in the pond about a week back.
 
Two new guests arrived yesterday. In the evening they were sat by the beach and a wild pig strolled along the beach, the woman jumped to her feet and moved back very quickly. Not sure how she will cope with all the other wildlife..
 
We are home, cases unpacked, showered and the washer on. We could not get a decent brew on holiday so we had a full pot when we got home. Our day started at 6am yesterday and we got home at about 10 am today. We had been wearing the same clothes for over a day which might explain why no one sat neat us at the Oxford services.
 
We've just had to do the hardest thing ever.

Yesterday morning at 3am there was a pitiful meowing at our bedroom window. This beautiful 4-5 month old kitten was either lost or more likely dumped and had found us.

She completely disrupted yesterday never leaving me alone, getting under my feet constantly and just wanting attention. She ate everything, even attacking the ladleful of soup I put in a pan to heat up for our evening meal, it was meant to be more but I never managed to get more in. She demolished that, 4 cooked eggs, another ladleful of soup (ate all her greens too!)... She slept the night on our bed, use the ash from the fire this morning as a litter tray (!) and has broken our hearts.

This morning we took her to our local vets. Needless to say she didn't like the car journey but I managed to keep her on my knee for the 8km or so of dirt track to get from our home to the vets. She's not chipped, but one of the receptionists is taking her home for the weekend to see if she gets on with her existing 6 month old kitten. I hope /pray she does. We'll know on Monday if she had a new home.

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Sadly our tenancy specifically states no cats at all, otherwise we would now have a cat!
 
On facebook I commented that we couldn't get a decent cuppa on holiday so went without, my uncle replied he takes his own teabags when he goes away. I explained that not all rooms have a fridge so no milk, also with the heat and humidity they don't provide the little pots of the stuff. He then suggested I take milk powder with me, yes great idea so just how long would customs want to chat to me about that :facepalm:
 
Ah, yes, powder...I was given a large bag of shiro powder when I worked in Ethiopia (shiro is a kind of chick pea paste and very nice it is, too). I would have loved to have taken it home, but I came to a similar conclusion regarding going through customs. Hmm, man with large bag of powder. Doubtless, I would have got through in the end, but it could have taken some considerable time. In the end, I decided to donate the bag to the VSO field office in Addis Ababa. Safer all round.
 
When we were at Kota Kinubalu airport we were approached by a member of the ground crew who explained that there were not enough meals on the plane so they were asking people if they would give up their meals and in return we would be given a meal voucher to spend in Hong Kong. Before being dropped off at the airport we were taken to a hotel for lunch plus we were being fed on the HK flight so we happily gave up our meal and refused the meal voucher. They boarded families before everyone else although we were escorted on along with the families. Everyone was fed, we were given a bottle of water each, we were theb asked if we would like a drink, orange juice and a small pack of mixed nuts each were given to us. Then another bottle of water each and more peanuts. We now have 2 packets of mixed nuts for Christmas, very nice they are too apart from the wasabi peas.
 
Last night we were in Holmefirth to see Wilko Johnson, brilliant gig. Today on our way home the weather started out lovely and sunny, it was raining when we stopped at Ladybower Reservoir and continued on our drive home, we have quite a storm here.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
We've just had to do the hardest thing ever.

Yesterday morning at 3am there was a pitiful meowing at our bedroom window. This beautiful 4-5 month old kitten was either lost or more likely dumped and had found us.

She completely disrupted yesterday never leaving me alone, getting under my feet constantly and just wanting attention. She ate everything, even attacking the ladleful of soup I put in a pan to heat up for our evening meal, it was meant to be more but I never managed to get more in. She demolished that, 4 cooked eggs, another ladleful of soup (ate all her greens too!)... She slept the night on our bed, use the ash from the fire this morning as a litter tray (!) and has broken our hearts.

This morning we took her to our local vets. Needless to say she didn't like the car journey but I managed to keep her on my knee for the 8km or so of dirt track to get from our home to the vets. She's not chipped, but one of the receptionists is taking her home for the weekend to see if she gets on with her existing 6 month old kitten. I hope /pray she does. We'll know on Monday if she had a new home.

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Sadly our tenancy specifically states no cats at all, otherwise we would now have a cat!
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I reckon (given the state of the place and work you have had to do) that you could possibly persuade the agents to let you keep her. She is totally adorable!
 
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