updates

Its been over a month since I blogged. Not that I was particularly busy..just wasnt' a very productive month i'l say. So anyhow before I take off to Bali & Melbourne for a long awaited girl trip with my sis. Here are some quick updates.

Puk puk is making leaps & bounce... literally, we had a trip to the retreat last weekend after 1.5mths of quarrantine at home. & he cauldnt' stop jumping around.

The new chalets are coming up fast.. In fact we need them to be up desprately fast... so Anton has been working like a mad - man during the day & replying endless email enquiries late into the night while I slide some obscenely smooth cheesecake & watch by the sidelines....oh yeaaa, I AM secretly enjoying the show just this wee bit.

The Combi is down again.This time .. not a whimper when we turn the key.

When my gf grace ask for my plan of attack on Melbourne.. I told her, first of all I need a good hunka steak! then some oysters shooters. Then we can sort out the rest while a sip me cappucino made with real fresh milk...not some funky UHT long life stuff.

OH YES! I received a snail mail from Sydney yesterday, dated 19th Jan 2010. The Envelope was covered with ( Care Bear stickers..There's a card inside ... also with stickers,naturally its an enquiry about room availability but with no check in dates, just a request for a possible discount if she stays long. Whilst the care bear stickers creeps d shit outta me..its so sweet to receive snail mails nowadays. ( will post a pic soon )

& i tot Willy was weird - Our guest who had raw food diet of garlic,carrots & a pinch of salt on the side everyday.

This aint' no punk'd on april's fool

On the 1st of april, Around 5.45pm I received a call from Anton saying " There's been an accident." & instantly I thought Oh no,are you ok? where are you now & blah..then he continued. "I ran over puk puk". & my heart just sank'd. The world stopped & I thought to myself.. its ok he is just a pet ,.. he is just a pet. we can get me a new pet. As the rest of the conversation unfurl itself nervously, It seems he'd survived..except he was lifeless from the waste down. I quickly rushed home, he was in the pen, his lower back n legs flat out, he looked like chubby seal.

To cut the long story short, He survived a multiple pelvic fracture,fermur breakages,a closely meeting spinal cord, 2 uncomfortable man handled x-ray sessions,a 5hrs bumpy car ride anesthesia via IV drip ( Usually pugs dont do well in this department.) Waking up with a strange pin stuck up near his butt, 3days of stuffy hospital ward full of other strange broken dogs. Pooping 4days worth of shit in 1 go with us holding his back up & 3weeks of serious boredom in compound.

My pug is not just a pet, he is a robocop pug! with pins sticking outta his teeny weeny frame he is now able to walk,pee , poop, attempt to steal food after 3 weeks. Most dog his size would've been smothered or at least paralysed. So I guess life is a box of chocolate,you never know which puppy you picked from a litter will change the way you live.

I guess you guys wont be seeing him at the retreat till end of this year or so.HE WILL WALK AGAIN! keeping our fingers & paws crossed.

We are expanding

We are expanding!! Adding some Duplex stilt houses.Past two months we've been rejecting way too many request.Anyways, Similarly we gonna let nature do its thing..minimal landscaping & cut down whatever we need to cut only. Its on an adjacent hill, much more private & exclusive neck of the woods. & the view...the view is just breath-taking. Cuz you get a close & unobstructed view of the nature reserve situated 50m or so.

Hoping to finish by June. So guest coming after june,be sure to ask about the new stilt houses.

All the single ladies/gentlemen.

This is 1 of those entries that probably got nothing to do with Paganakandii...well if you count music an important part of your travels..then this entry cauld be relevant to you. I just discovered Jorge Drexler.An Uruguayan musician that made me feel like im threading on air. I just realise he did a track from my all time favourite movie " Motorcycle Diaries." So when i popped in the cd.. & it felt as if "Ting!" the lift doors slid open..& there he was, my long lost mi amor...the greasy haired foreign dude fantasy crush that .....- I think i should stop watching "Glee"

Its amazing how music can set you up in the right mood. Thanks to the world most ingenious fruit company - Apple. My itunes " genius '' helps me make better choices when shopping for music.Man! have you seen the wish-list they generate based on your existing playlist?

Anyways , I always thought music was a great mediator to self discovery, especially if you are curiously foraging undiscovered territories.Music is probably your best company. Imagine how a travel mate from hell can ruin everything. Just when you almost had had enough , they blow your toilet apart after a dreadful asian meal & give you a woops i didnt mean to do it smirk! & you my fren...you ... my ... fren..and every ounce of your romantic escapade is left to drown under the overcast of lingering curry fart.

For me its almost an out of body experience, when something really good comes on my ipod, coincedentaly matching whatever I was thinking to myself,it becomes as if I was watching myself thinking to myself as the music rolled along with percision like the movies... again i really should stop watching "Glee". But shouldn't everyone practice talking to themselves, Its amazing how little people know themselves these days.Having the time to do that, has become a luxury to everyone..which is why everyone should take selfish holidays. Go all out, let go & act like a lunatic.. just dont stay with us while you are at it!

So to tie my probably sensely rant back to Paganakandii & even though I did say dont stay with us.... Our Longhouse dormitory are great for precisely doing the above.Open up the window at the foot of your bunk bed,plug in some great music & float away in your sea of idiosycrasis.

Happiest Place on Earth ( Pun absolutely intended )

Our friend's in Sweden just told us the are suffering from the longest + coldest winter of the decade, Meanwhile here in Borneo, we are dry as a rag. No rain for the past 4weeks now.The weather forecast dude is saying we will be getting a short drought.

Anyways we took puks out to the new duplex site. for some reason he seem to be possessed by a pig! He just cauldnt stop sniffing,..as if we had truffles in the area.

Im home alone tonite..woohoo..i'd off all the lights, put on King's of convenience & maaann..its flowing in me.

I stumbled across a new perspective of earth.I was just walking around the compound,the streamers of light came through the foliage... & along came Mr happy bug. Strange creatures make me happy.

Random Purging.

I've got lotsa random thoughts flowing inside me tonight/2.30am in the morning.I feel the need to purge.So I crawled out from bed & wrote these things down.
I made a new friend, I made closer ties with some existing friends...I had a meaningful chinese new year, I want to go to Rome.. I want to check out King's of Convenience Live in KL..I want to put on a superman cape.. I think my whimsical alter ego is dying to get out. I think i might be losing my mind..I think I should stop reading weird literature,its planting weird seeds in my brains. I think maybe a cat woman body suit might work better than the superman cape.

Night~

The real Eco Deck

So I started 2010 with a short sabatical back home.Even tho it was too short for me to sit in lil corners back home to think.I realise I no longer fear being left behind in timbaktoo. Because as civilised as any civilisation may appear. Honestly they are just a bunch of Barbarians. So I pretty much rather stay where the simple people are.

We just reworked the shade for the Sun Deck thats overlooking the canopy...Where we had our wedding 1yr plus ago. The Cotton Linen Shade idea was really nice & romantic at first. then we realise it just didnt work.The day after any stormy night. The tattered bits of fabrics scattered around the area, the storm seem scarrier than it really is.

SO... we decided to build a shade outta living bamboo! It just clicked! Trees have always been natural shelter for animals & humans alike .. its so obvious! why didnt we thought of that earlier! This is genuinely ECO. not only did we not use extra material or chop any wood... the bamboo is actually ALIIVEEE!!! HAH! take that you fakey eco resorts who claim to charge people extra for your biodegradable shampoo????!! I have nothing against their shampoo but using it as a selling point or rather extortion point while the entire resort is built from illegal timber is just so wrong.! Not naming names here. just look out for their shampoo.... I;ve got loads more angst & teeeeeenyy weeeeny bit of jealousy when it comes to the topic of Eco resort & their blaah list of self' -acclaim awards.we'll save it for another day as for today..
its back to conquering the world with 1 less tooth! ( Just removed 1 of my wisdom tooth )

Lesson No.1 2010

On the 1st of Jan 2010. Roses our Manager had her wedding in her Kampung.. Telupid..It was a wet & trecherous drive but it was all well worth it.

We had simple kampung food & took lotsa pictures. She looked really gorgeous & Happy...as always.The simply put together Canvas Gazebo was surprisingly cosy inside. I love those colourful paper tissue streamers.. brings me back to arts & craft class. They've got the Karaoke set going with some serious sound system all hooked up. I bet her Bus load full of friends & fellow villagers rocked it out all night after we left.

According to her its morning prayers, then blessing back home.. then sitting on the "throne" all day for others to take photos with.. hymm & then we got some eggs as a thankyou gift.. its a tradition on muslim wedding.. Fertility perhaps? Since they always seem to have a bus load of brothers & sister.

Its comforting to be at her wedding. That means I'm not a bitch to work with! PHEW! More importantly 1st lesson of the year was clear. Simple can be beautiful & Love is literally in the air if you are willing to see it.