the lady and the lord in orang putiville

So I met this women who is head scientist of this british ngo called greenforce (dorky name) on a island near here. they have paying volunteers come out to learn about marine biology and collect biodiversity data. so i decided to take her up on her casual offer to come out on a saturday because they always have a party. not knowing quite what we were getting into, kabir and i set out early yesterday morning, ate a large breakfast at a whole in the wall chinese restaurant by the ferry port, and set out looking for a group of "orang puti"(white people). we got to the main island of Banggi and luckily collided with a girl who is working for them, and got a ride in a speedboat out to the island where they stay- the 12 or so of them are the only inhabitants except for one lone woman who lives on the other side, some monkeys, otters, crocodiles, and wild boar. the whole scene was very"Survivoresque." Anyway after I did some quick talking, they were quite welcoming, and we spent the day relaxing while they had their diving lessons and algae identification classes. Then the night was spent playing "parlor games" with two teams- "the upstairs people" and the"downstairs people"- or the aristocracy (scientists and researchers) and the servants (the paying volunteers). Kabir and I got to be upstairs people (to balance out the teams, I assume). Lord Kabir and LadyBetony. Other characters were Stableboy Nick, who was probably the wittiest, Count Carl, Handmaid Gizelle, Baroness von Billy, etc. We played some variation of chirades, and I found them all to be slightly eccentric, but wildly animated and extremely witty. I was in histarics nearly the whole night. Kabir's take on it was slightly more reserved, thought maybe they had some chemical imbalances. Maybe I'm always drawn to slightly insane people. Anyway this morning we got a ride back to the main ferry and then back to mainland Borneo, and I'm sitting in a hot and extremely chaotic cybercafe, probably sundays draw more of the videogame players than other days- shooting war noises and countless pop songs strike me from every direction. take care all y'all. love bet