Sunday out

Went kayaking yesterday.........only paid $2 for 1.5 hours. it was good exercise. i can't believe that i've waited so long to try it out. i guess having a willing companion made a difference. S was willing to paddle out far away with me. the water was really clear near the bend before Cristo Rei but when it got rougher the two of us chickened out and paddled back! when i laid on my front on the kayak, it reminded me so much of my days in Hawaii when i would go surfing every other day! wowo... those were the days man! i miss Hawaii! i miss the surf! Had promised C that i would join in the frisbee session, even brought my own frisbee but somehow those pumped up guys with their testostorone overflowing (!!!) seemed too intimidating for me. Maybe it's my sad little inferior self, but i knew that i wouldn't even get to smell the frisbee if i joined in. Hee hee. so i just threw my frisbee with a few others.

Oh and to cap off an exciting day, just as we were taking off, there was a loud crash and I saw that outside the Sol de Mar (???) a motorbike had crashed into a car and an old Malae Mutin had jumped INTO the car after forcing open the driver's door,-from afar i could see the car actually shaking about as the two men went for each other. Suddenly, a swarm of big beefy guys all in sexy tight shorts rushed towards the scene and extricated the old man out of there. He was rabid. He was shouting accusations at the chinese timorese guy who had by then gotten out of the car too. The malae mutin had blood streaking down his face and shirt - probably a broken nose - but the younger man looked unhurt. The best thing - the police commissioner Antero Lopes was there - enjoying his sunday (oh the weekend had been quiet by the way - no gangwars whatsoever) - when this happened. There were many GNRs around too. So it was not a real well planned attack really. Too many witnesses saw the old guy jump the young one. It was really a dramatic end to the day. AS the sun set, the crowd melted away, leaving a few 'kaypohs' hanging around for the last morsel of juicy gossips. Haha, does that include me? Anyways, i learnt that it was really a family feud, the 2 men were actually related and had some court case between them, and money was involved. The old man must have been so furious and felt so unjust to have jumped this guy infront of everyone - using his own body & bike to stop the car. It's hard to say who's right or wrong.

I've learnt in Timor, at least, the black and white isn't so clearcut all the time. Mostly it's gray here.