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Saturday, February 08, 2003
as to the cat ... it came back last night 2 more times .. and was here again this morning bright and early ... so .. we decided to get some cat food for her ... and biggest thing, Ritsu got her to wear a flea collar !!! And she did not object at all ... well .. seems we got stuck with a cute kitty cat :)
Friday, February 07, 2003
Today (Friday) was a very exciting day! First of all: Ritsu coming back from her 2 week trip. I drove to Nausori airport in the morning and arrived just 20 minutes before the plane landed, and we were both very happy to see each other again and that her travel all safe and very interesting.
We drove back and at home she showed me the 252 pictures she had taken, some really great shots among that. I bet shortly you can read all about the trip and the Solomon Islands on Ritsu's travel journal (and watch some pics)
We then went to the city to our offices, but met for lunch at 1 PM at Ashiyana. I have mentioned before how much we like their dinner ... but I had no idea that there lunch specials were fantastic. For 7.50 F$ we got a chicken or lamb thali, which is a chicken or lamb curry with some veggier curry and some other spicy thing, close to a soup, and a chutney and rice ... very yummy, quite hot, but with a very nice flavor. A good place just got even better.
Back to the office and I went home around 4PM .. and while I was sitting inside reading some emails .. i suddenly noticed the cat again ... walking OUT OF the house !! ... she must have come in when I was not looking, and when she noticed that I had noticed her she walked out again ... so .. I did some tricks with food again and lured her inside again .. and she got more accustomed to me and the house .. and stayed even until Ritsu got back. And, well, it took a bit, but she got used to Ritsu (again, the food works magic) and we played with the cat a bit ... until we decided to leave for dinner and the cat (by now named "Misha") left with us ...
For dinner we went to Raffle's Tradewind in Lami. One reason for that was that we wanted to see the Aggressor live-aboard boat, which is docked there, but it turned out that they are not going out these weeks, as they say for overhaul, but I just guess they do not have enough guests these days .. it is low low season right now.
Food was ok, I had a steak, Ritsu had fish. The restaurant is actually on a floating pontoon and was a very nice setting. I guess we were still too full from lunch to fully appreciate the food.
When we returned, guess who was on our veranda asking with big eyes "hey, more food?" ... so, we played some more with her, but at some point we just made it clear that feeding is over and that we do other things now .. and she tried more begging tricks, but gave up after 15 minutes .. and unless she is hiding somewhere in the house, she is outside again ... wonder what time (if) she shows up tomorrow ..
Hmmpf ... this was supposed to be posted last night, but I could not get online ... grrrr
For some night snow I have seen a stray cat around the house .. but it has always been very shy ... but yesterday .. after it started raining while we did house cleaning, I saw the cat again .. and i tried to feed it some fish .. but it must have though the fish were evil projectiles .. it ran away .. but later I saw it come back .. eating stuff ... and i used that to get aquatinted to her (I think it is a 'she', i have yet to see it's rama-lama-ding-dong to determine it is a he) ... I got her close enough to put her paws on my leg and to give me a good punch with those claws ..
and funnily enough .. one day later I saw her resting on the opposite side of the house .. of course running away as soon as she saw me .. but the fish trick worked again .. and the biggest compliment I got was her scratching her face on my knees .. very cute .. but very wild .. not used to humans at all .. very scared . well .. lets see how it goes :)
Wednesday, February 05, 2003
Wednesdays is cleaning day! Hooray! ... that usually means that I get started about 2 hours before Marama (the cleaning lady) comes: Getting the bedding and other stuff (futons, armchairs) out in the air, start laundry and such. Since I need to stay home anyway, I get around to do useful things like washing the car :)
The good weather seems to have passed, it is a bit more humid today and the sun is hiding now behind clouds (was nice and sunny though when I took the above pics).
Last night's dinner was some chicken in a Honey&Ginger sauce, but I was not too impressed ... I ended up adding quite some hot sauce to make it a bit more interesting.
Tuesday, February 04, 2003
Seems that we have some lucky weather going on (and not much else to actually talk about): Yesterday: Monday, humidity was at 57% .. but then again, it was baking hot. I spent quite some time at the office and later I got back into editing some video stuff at home. For lunch I pigged out a bit at McDonalds: They have that new spicy chicken burger which is actually quite nice, like the Zinger at KFC, only not as greasy.
The online connection was mega crap, I needed to download a little something, but I had to reconnect 18 (!) times, since I got kicked off either after 8 or 3 minutes !!! So, full of frustration I decided to make a mini texas red chili. Texas Red means that it does not contain tomato or beans .. really just meat and spices (hey, I count onion as a spice) and of course chilis !!!
Sunday, February 02, 2003
Ok .. while I keep bitching about the weather all the time .. I have to admit that TODAY was a fantastic day .. very nice temperature and ONLY 62% humidity ... that is probably the lowest I have ever seen / felt here.
Sunday was nice, did a lot around the house, some shopping some cooking. Later Wayne and Vikash came over and we chatted a bit ... nice quiet Sunday.
New features: I will start collecting thematic articles on that link there, called Articles, gee wizz, so that e.g. that recurring question about the bad Online Connection here can be answered more quickly. I will also include (in time) the weekend trips and recipes. Feel free to email me if there are any specific topics you guys may be interested in.
As you may have noticed, I finally came around making a nicer title graphic ... and I just added the spanking new gallery which I only recommend to people with a broadband connection ... It will display all 100+ pics that are on this blog so far in one loooong website.
Enjoy your sunday.
Holy Bad Internet Connection !!! It is midnight between Saturday and Sunday right now and I have to type this offline since I could not get online pretty much all day ... I managed 3 connections, got kicked after roughly 5 minutes each ... barely enough to check email.
Anyways: Saturday I started with doing some work around the house, since it was sunny (yes, SUNNY) I put out all the bed stuff to "breathe". I then went downtown and saw that the guys were actually in the office working and I joined them for a bit. Later I had fun cooking an old german recipe, Koenigsberger Klopse (Dumplings Koenigsberg style) which I have not had in years, I actually think I have never made them myself, since they used to be readily available in the freezer section. Turned out quite nicely.
Later in the evening Edo and Marly picked me up and we went for Dinner at Daikoku. Very nice .. I never tried the shrimps there, they come with some "secret" white sauce ... seems it is basically a self made mayonnaise, and as everything with enough fat and salt, it enhances the flavor of the shrimps very nicely. The spicy chicken and the sashimi were great too.
We then went on to watch Gangs of New York and my first reaction was: this movie is loooooong !!!!
I am still reflecting .. but my thoughts so far:
- I do not get Diaz's character's motivation: just one fling with Leo and she turns against the guy who raised her like a father? Funniest line:"he never touched me until I asked him to" .. whaaa
- And the award for cutest tits goes to: Leo DiCaprio :)
- What's with this badly edited / badly FXed chopped up end sequence ? Followed by even worse end credits which are accompanied by a seriously unfitting song.
- It is easy and admirable to see how much work went into this movie: huge sets, many people, probably lots of detail I cannot even begin to appreciate.
- Liam Neeson, as short as his screentime is, did a great job. Daniel Day Lewis did a fantastic job. Maybe he is just that weird :) Leo's character feels like he could have been played by anyone. Let me correct that ... the way that he played it was forgettable ... it should have been played way more memorable ... by someone with a presence as Neeson Or Day Lewis had ... Leo does not have that ... Cameron Diaz felt misplaced, but always cute to look at, better than Kate Winslet.
- I have no clue about the historical background / accuracy of all this (wish I could go online and read .. but alas) .. but in the last quarter of the movie, when 2 very different fights mingle, sorry Martin, you lost me there ... and was that even necessary ?
- Again, the end sequence is just bad.
Well ... those are my thoughts so far. I doubt I would get the DVD and spend another 2.5 hours of my life on it, or go through tons of deleted scenes ... Glad I did not pay 10USD to see it :)
We were very surprised that on a Saturday night, opening weekend, prime time 8:30 PM, the screening room was only half full.
