Hard to believe, that another month has gone by; even harder to believe that we still have two months and 10 days to go. Time to make and break several new/old habits. We crossed the equator this morning and I was among the polliwogs to be made to kiss a fish and have green slime poured over us in order to be a genuine shellback. I've been trying to get the green ski out of my hit and off my skin ever since. Three showers, ne mineral bath and one sauna have not fully eliminated the sticky stuff. But I'm a shellback, an that's what counts.

As I told you, we have two Sea Days now and I'm going to get organized. - any day now. I finally understood how big an island Borneo is. We kept sailing to other parts of it with different names and I couldn't understand. I think I have to take Geography 101 when I get home. It would help with the Trivial pursuit questions, too.

I slipped into the Fitness Centre yesterday to weigh myself on the scales there and I have lost two pounds, I'm happy to say. Not sure why, though I do try to stick to Weight Watcher Points. But I keep drinking. Ah well, I have two months to make or break my habits.

I can’t get into my cobwebblog so I’ll write a blog on word and paste it in when I am allowed in. I don’t want to lose any more time.

Today is April 30 and I am in Kuching, the capital and largest city of the east Malaysian state of Sarawak as well as the largest city on the island of Borneo - still Borneo, which I didn’t understand. I bought a postcard with a map on it to help me see it. Kuching is called “Cat City” because it is thought to get its name from the Malay word kucing/cat. Maybe. I took a picture of a very large statue of a cat, that I dot think turned out. There are four cat statues at a junction, each one facing a different direction, and a cat family (mom and pop and nine kittens – for nine sections of the city) presides over another square. Guess what kind of tchotchkes are sold?

The population of Kuching is about 700,000 people and it’s small enough to walk around – very hard to do in this heat. I took a Highlights of Kuching tour this morning and it was a killer. I was fine, though, and for the first time in many days, was able to walk up and down and everywhere without waiting in the bus, which I should have done because it was air-conditoned.

We went to the oldest Chinese temple in Kuching (1876) and I took a picture of a red lanterns on the ceiling that a fellow passenger admired, as if I were a real photographer!

I loved the museum, set in a large botanical garden with a bandstand that features Sunday music for the public. Christmas music is played in December, we were told.

HAVE TO GO TO TRIVIAL PURSUIT NOW. (Our team won.)