The New Shower
November 10th, 2005Home to KSDC HQ, we often host Kapal Selam members at the hut for a night or two or three. So most club members from outside Bali are aware of the hut’s limitations, um… I mean charms… (We lovingly refer to our house as the “hut sweet hut”).
Anyway, for our wedding present, select Kapal Selam members (we never received a list- but we are eternally grateful) decided to chip in and get us a really great present. Lala was in charge. Since we lost two dogs in the last year, she originally proposed that they buy us three (that’s right, THREE) weimaraner/doberman puppies. Thank god she asked us first. The more I read about them, the more I was sure that this would not be a gift, but a curse. Trying to break the news gently (but firmly) I begged Lala not to do it.
She came back with a second proposal- a new shower stall for our bathroom. As most members had occasion to shower at our place, they all knew that our existing shower stall was falling apart. They further knew that Hengky and I would probably never get around to doing anything about it. The perfect present.
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