Rich pinched MY Martlet!!

Rich just texted me about my Martlet ... err, I mean, the Tasman Breeze. I found this beautiful sea kayak on sale in Asiaxpat, was going to buy her as soon as I land in Hong Kong, and was going to christen her as "Martlet," when Rich texted me on Googlechat to gloat about it. He even told me that the kayak is too small for him but he has to buy it, knowing how I talked to Jan and was going to buy it...

I was rather cheeky when I worked for him last year, so now is his chance to pay me back in kind =_= He offered it to me though, as long as I agree to give Betty a few lessons on the water in exchange. In all honesty I will do anything for it, I will scrub his toilet for a year if I have to, so giving a few lessons seem like a small price to pay.

Moonlight Parties
I miss the hippy moonlight-explorations we use to have with Jeff and Ryan and Patric, back in the hippy town called Victoria. One of us would suddenly declare "Oh, it's full moon tonight!!" And the whole bunch of us -- roommates and schoolmates from UVic -- would drop whatever we were doing, and either head down to Caddy Bay for a canoe paddle and maybe skinny-dip around Flower Is., or, we would drive up to Mt. Douglas, and each find our route to the top with guitars on our backs and weeds in our pockets. Never touched the weed myself, but quite enjoyed the moonlight hikes.

It's a shame that I no longer live on Lamma, because Lamma to Hong Kong is truly like Victoria is to Canada.

I think I will try to organize some moonlight fests when I move to DB. But then again, DB isn't exactly known for a hippy population. Which is a shame -- we have it all. You can go for a moonlight hike in Yi Pak Au if you fancy a land route; or you can paddle to the numerous beaches in the area under moonlight and marvel at the HK lightups if you don't mind getting wet. You never know though; back in 2006, Andrew and I paddled my three-seaters out of Tai Pak Wan at night, when finished our explorations, it was nearly midnight, so we sat outside 7-11 to have a beer and something hot to eat. Another group of kids (teenagers) -- all foreigners -- were blatantly smoking pot right in front of us! You never know, maybe, just maybe, there is a generation of hippy right under my nose. I just have to sniff around harder.

That said, I am not sure if I will be very useful at fullmoon. My bloody cycle tends to sync with the lunar cycle (not surprising for a lunatic like me, I suppose.) Just this Monday, I was bleeding so heavily that I felt seriously sick -- not only was I dizzy, constantly dehydrated and had to drink like a fish, I was nausious, crammy, short of breathe, and couldn't keep any food down. What's the chance that I can organize an event...?