Another busy day in paradise. Jim had to go to the office at 12 midnight for a teleconference with Production Technologist meeting that took place in The Netherlands. There is nothing like an hour meeting in the middle of your sleep schedule. Apparently this happens a lot here. He said that there were several people in the office at midnight. After bringing him to work at almost 9:30 this morning, Antje (my German friend) and I headed to the Shell Outpost office to pick up laundry, which we had washed there. Then, we went to the Panaga Club for a coffee morning. There was a small craft fair there, and too many people in such a small room. It was funny to watch the muslim women taking photos with the Christmas tree. We decided it was too noisy, so we headed out. We drove out to the Miri border to see the kitties. I have been a bit concerned with Coco the last few days. I noticed he was panting, which is unusual for him. However, the daytime highs have been pretty warm the last few days. We had a nice thunderstorm last night and it cooled things off a bit today. He was not panting today. I was concerned that he was upset about something. I was looking for someone to come and trim him, but I was not successful with that, so I am doing it myself. It is a slow process, as I don't want to upset him too much. Usually when I arrive at quarantine, I close the hall doors and let the cats roam around in the hall to give them some space. The enjoy that special time for exploring and adding more smells to their data bases. Coco is not too happy that I am using up some of his special time for grooming. It's time for lunch and we head back to the big town of Kuala Belait. We go to our usual spot Marilyn's for lunch. This is an interesting restaurant, as it is half indoors/outdoors, but not in the usual way. There is actually no door on the front of the place and depending where you sit, depends on how much a/c you get. It is mostly western type foods and the big thing is that they do not use Monosodium Glutamate (MSG). The grocery stores sell MSG by the kilograms! Antje and I are staying in the same hotel, so after lunch we have some down town. I pick up Jim from work about 4:30 PM. He says that Shell has notified him that they have assigned us a temporary house in the G section. We go by and have a look at it. Hmmmm..... people are still living in it, so that means it could be a few more weeks. Something else noteworthy on this is that I sent Jim a photo of Coco and had him show the photo to Shell Housing, letting them know that our two cats will be released sometime in the first week of December. Jim received a note back, saying that the housing people would discuss the matter and get back to us. Whee! The last few weeks we've been looking around at different types of cars. We finally decided to buy a new car versus a used one, and we decided on a Mazda CX5. There are only 3 new ones in Brunei at the moment. Two have been purchased, and the third one is in Bandar (2 hrs away). We paid a deposit so that the dealer will bring the last one to KB, so that we can drive it before we buy it. Hopefully, we can fit that in tomorrow.....