After a lazy Sunday morning sleep in, I paused my coffee brew so I could Skype-call the Girls. We had planned to chat all together once they had completed their weekly Swim Squad session at the Aquatic Centre in Albert Park. We had just established a reliable connection and I was giving them a tour of Wisteria Lane (our accommodation in Dili, Beach Garden Hotel), when a colleague walked past me and notified me that a Mass Casualty Exercise had been called. When we receive a call-out, we have less than 30 minutes to arrive at the base and so whilst I was excited to attend my first exercise at the base, it was a shame about the timing and I felt bad when I had to abruptly end our call, without even saying good-bye properly. Sorry babes. Hopefully we can chat again together next week.
The Mass Casualty Exercises are always interesting and dynamic. After a few hours at the base and a formal debrief; a few of us stopped off at a restaurant on our way home to have coffee and breakfast - and made the most of the disruption to our lazy Sunday morning plans.
It is now mid afternoon, and I have just returned home after having a fabulous deep body massage, exfoliation and mud wrap at Lorosae. A local Timorese establishment in Dili that is serene, relaxing and clean. Last week I had a deep massage and hot stone treatment, which was as wonderful. Both treatments have been wonderful and allowed me to relax, restore and day-dream. I also love their signature gesture of warm lemongrass tea sweetened with honey and sugar.
Now I'm at home, listening to Norah Jones while I reflect, capture and record some impressions of Dili. The clouds out side look ominous. We have been hoping for rain and the first sound of thunder just began rumbling.
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