The Left Foot
Today we found a supermarket that sold Wolf Blass chardonnay at only RM 27 so it is chilling in our fridge at this moment. We haven't had wine since we dined with the Australian consul on our second day here. The same supermaket sold Tim Tams, Werther's and Tasmanian milk so we bought them all. No vegemite anywhere - even a Google search failed to reveal any vegemite outlets in this city.

The Sugarbun Warriors don't scare me. They stand benignly behind the counter in their neat uniforms, doling out egg banjoes served with rice rather than fries, looking anything but warlike. They thank us for our wonderful support and loyalty and invite us to join Friends of Sugarbun. Membership will entitle us to buy, at drastically reduced rates, 30 kg bags of rice as often as we need to. We also receive a copy of "Hand-in-hand" so we can read all about the marketing activities of various Warriors around the country. Sugarbun is truly the worthy winner of the Chief Minister's Award for 2002.

This is the "City of the Cat" and has the world's first and largest cat museum. Exhibits range from the interesting if macabre mummified Egyptian cat to cute and cloying chocolate-box ornaments. Around the city are numerous cat statues which we have been photographing assiduously from every angle. The real cats are lean and mean and dangerous to touch.

Great excitement at work yesterday when an international courier arrived with a parcel for me containing some highly-prized catalogues from Raeco and S & M. Oh, such stationeries! Such dump trolley! Such display stand! No longer do I dwell in a sensory deprivation unit thanks to my esteemed colleague, Rhonda. The gals also included some photos of themselves cavorting in the Ref office and workroom. Wonderful to see them all and know I'm not forgotten but after closing the last one I was left feeling as you do in hospital when all your visitors go home.