Sunday kayak….and langkau

At the last minute, I was informed that my exam invigilation duty was postponed to a latter date. As a result, my Sunday morning schedule was empty. I decided to ask Francis if there was any kayaking activity on Sunday morning and he said “Yes but we’re going on the same river with 11 other dragon boat racers!” I said I didn’t mind as long as my Sunday is occupied.

So, my Sunday morning began with kayaking down the Sarawak Kiri river, launching from Bengoh and ended up in Semedang. There were 11 people from the ‘dragon boat team’ who should be familiar with the art of paddling in the river, although I must say rowing a heavy, wooden 30-foot long boat with 10+ people is not exactly the same as paddling a 2-person 16-foot long plastic kayak along the shallow river. But everyone was happy to be on the river and almost everyone was loud throughout the 3.5-hour trip! It’s probably they are accustomed to shouting during their dragon boat races? Anyways, Francis was kind enough to allow me to paddle solo this time and I have more control over the kayak. And it’s definitely much lighter!

After the stop at Semedang, I drove to Danu to visit the people there. As usual, Sunday is their rest day and there’s nothing much going on apart from the langkau session. Needless to say, I got into their rhythm of gulping the local moonshine and left Danu at about 7pm, feeling quite content with myself and my overall state of being. It was only when I was driving home that I remembered I had accidentally dropped my sandals at Semedang! And all the while on the river, I had securely fastened my sandals on the kayak only to carelessly forgot about it at Semedang. Another pure stupidity of losing my things: last week it was the camera and yesterday it was my sandals….