Sorry everyone, it's been a while since my latest update here. Sitting in the office container right now but have to leave in a little while, so this post is going to be a short one. And no pictures, haven't transferred them from my camera yet.
Loads of things have happened but let's start from the beginning, or more precisely from Saturday two weeks ago. That is when I received the following e-mail message from Kai Yamamoto:
"I came to Malaysia! And now in Kuala Lumpur. How do I see you do now?"
Kai was one of the deckies on Søren Larsen ("Japanese Magic"). He was interested in working with us on the Royal Albatross, but in the end we opted for more local crew, at lower cost. Anyhow, Kai was not really satisfied with sitting in Tokyo, picking his nose, drinking rum and turning down well paid jobs on tug boats. (Who wants to work on a vessel with no sails anyway?) So dude just jumped on a plane, one-way ticket, and showed up unannounced. He has been working here almost two weeks now, as a volunteer. It's been great fun! Last weekend we went to Pangkor Island together with Esther, to let the job stress melt away on the beach, in the shade of the palm trees. We have also spent a lot of time in the bars of Lumut and Ipoh. My room in the apartment, once my own hidden oasis, is now the local Chinese-Japanese hangout spot.
A couple of days after Kai's arrival, I resigned. I had been thinking of it for a while. Now that the decision is made, it feels good. Going back to school again to pursuit old opportunities... I have a one month notice and will probably stick around here until August 8. After that I am planning to travel around the region a little and visit Japan. It is so weird, when I last left my second home country, I reckoned I'd be back in a year or two. And now eleven years have passed.
And tomorrow evening, I am leaving Lumut for my long-planned holiday on Bali. Going to the big Shorinji Kempo World Taikai, where I will surf the waves of the Indian Ocean and get my butt kicked by my friends from Sweden.
http://www.shorinjikempo.or.jp/wsko/worldtaikai/index.html
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