Open House

7th October, me and the Sabah gang set up our "Orang Puteh Corner" (White People Corner) and helped to fundraise in the annual Open House event in Kinarut. Despite the half 5 start, it turned out to be a very pleasant day. We were selling homemade flapjacks that we had all made the day before, and were selling fresh pancakes with a variety of toppings. In retrospect, buying 20 lemons was a bit of an over- estimate as we only used one and a half, but other than that our margins were good and our products were being snatched up. The last 3 years of watching the Apprentice finally came into it's own- as front of house salesman and pancake toppings man, my salesmanship charm and desire for a quality product steered me well clear of the board room. With killer lines such as "this is very popular in the UK" and "sadap! sadap!" (delicious), we were never going to fail. After a long, hard day of grafting and other business jargon words to indicate effort, we managed to sell out of everything, making about 750RM from 130RM. Margins margins margins! A satisfying effort, and the ultimate reward was to go up to the jumble sale to find some outstanding local garments which cost me less than a pound. Happy days all round! Finishing the day with a Doctor Who session and some air con was possibly the finest way to end an otherwise tiring but rewarding day.

Bonnie Tyler- Total Eclipse of the Heart

We are just over a month in now, and I feel truly settled in now. Life is good and there are plenty of things for me to look forward to in the coming months, including camping on the beach, white water rafting, travelling to Vietnam and Cambodia, Christmas on the beach and climbing Mount Kinabalu. So many more blog entries to come, don't worry about that.