In the house....Taman Bayshore

It’s Friday and I am sitting here listening to 5 Live on the internet. Its late night radio in the UK but it’s my morning entertainment! Thank goodness we have internet. It took a couple of days to sort out but having it has helped with feeling "connected". The satellite TV man has just arrived and is in the process of adding a satellite dish to the house, so we are well on the way to getting back to "normal"!

I’ve taken some photos of the (quite empty) house, with only the loan pack of furniture. There are 2 single beds upstairs for Howard and I, and downstairs a rattan suite and a table and chairs. The TV and DVD player works fine and we are awaiting a washing machine and table lamp. The lamp would be good as the only light so far is the 3 sets of neon lights set in the very high ceiling!

Anyway I’ve taken some photos inside and out so have a look …..

It’s all looking very empty of course. I’ve been looking at tables and chairs to buy and we might order them this week. There is only a limited selection on offer. Teak, imported from Indonesia, has a very rough and ready look and I am not be sure it comes from a renewable source either…. I think we are going for the ubiquitous rubber wood, much to the disgust of the shop assistant!

I must also go and look at rattan furniture today. It is locally made in a tin–roofed factory run by a Chinese lady called Jennifer who seems to rule with a firm hand! Anyway, you choose what ever you like. Turn up with a photo or something from the Argos catalogue and it will be made! (Consequently the furniture stores here say “No Photos” presumably to stop folks getting copies made!)

Rain

I was driving yesterday when it decided to rain heavily – the first time since I have been here. All I can say is I am happy Howard has bought the Prado – it is scary when that amount of water comes out of the sky all at once!