Went on a dolphin watch today, meaning about 50 people, mostly staff and family went on a pleasure boat. We travelled almost two hours before we reached a Marine Park, sort of a protected area for marine animals. It brought back memories of the Houseboat though of course a lot more bumpy ! The sea could be considered calm, though being a small boat, we still bounced quite a lot. Since I knew noone on the boat other than GAHil and of couse GARic, it was not very eventful. However, I spent most of the trip listening to the WWF people introduce the Chinese White Dolphin. Must be a pretty good job doing what you are interested in, thought I must say, I could not imagine spouting the same speech over and over again.

We stopped at the Marine Park and 50 pairs of eyes went roving about in search of the dolphins, white in colour. Not too long, the boat captain spotted three about 30 metres away. It is not like how you imagine them to be, jumping over waves and making squeaky noises. In fact, all you see is more like a flash of white bodies. After a collective of oohs and aahs, it was all over. And people starting lining up for food. Gosh. How I hate cramming for food. Remind me not to do this again. Having a buffet line with kiasu people in a small boat is not that fun. Argh. The rocking of the boat killed my appetite anyway. I almost fell asleep in the wind, and in fact that was what I did in the end. I spent most of the trip home asleep, as did most people. Except for those bratty kids !!

By that time, I was feeling pretty seasick and ridiculously tired. So I just taxied home. But I did not dare to sleep as I was afraid it would spoil my sleep later. So I am just spending some time, cleaning the house, getting some food in, ironing...television. I am feeling sleepy...............................

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