Part 9 -
March 3, 2008 – March 22, 2008-04-13
(Translated from Hungarian by Pali)
„Nobody’s monopoly is Buddha, no one has a
copyright on Him. This is the most inner truth of everybody. You do not have to
be a buddhist, to be Buddha. Buddha’s existence stands over all religions: it
is the birthright of everyone. Allow to permeate your everyday deeds, this way
it will become meditation, mercy, beauty and blessing in your life”
Osho.
(Translated from Hungarian text.)
March 3, 2008. (Day 526)
In case
somebody wants to buy a boat, look up a basic link: www.yachtworld.com.
During a big
storm the boat can be damaged. The sails, the mast and the stationary lines are
the most frequent wind casualties. The damages to the hull and other structural
items are caused by the waves – the sea, the repair of those can be very
complicated. The main sources of these
are the tall waves and the storm.
Scrubbed and
painted the boat the whole day.
An article
on Osho:
http://www.napfenyes.hu/szellemi_tanitasok/a_
megvilagoshodott.html.
Videos on
Osho:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5905392519578421195&q=osho&hl=en.
According to
some, his best book is: One Earth One Humanity.
Lots of
people asking me, where do I sleep. In the ship, naturally. My ship is my home,
has only one cabin which is really a bed. Simple life.
Evening:
film in the Club, then film on the ship: Macbeth – a modern adaptation. Evening
reading by Sever Ganonsky: Comes The Man.
March 4, 2008 (Day 527)
„.....if you have seen once the light of
unconscious, if you once stepped out from the cave of the unconscious mind, you
will be surprised to find that what you have known till now are all untrue,
because they were only the shadows of reality.
As you become conscious, the transformaton of your life will not the only thing that will happen. You will immediately be active in a new mode
also, you will help others in the transformation. As soon you will see the
light, you will want to share it with others.”
Osho.
(Translated from Hungarian text.)
Scrubbing
and painting the ship before noon.
Went to town
in the afternoon because received an e-mail from Asco Motors informing me that
the part arrived for my ship motor. Since David is my motor mechanic, I got a
larger discount – I paid FD50 only. Bargained with David and his son Dan –
reduced the cost of the motor repair to FD90. Will replace the motor parts
together on Thursday at noon.
Purchases:
Medicine;
Vitamin
powders;
2 shorts
(FD2 for each) – this is the first time during my sailing of buying clothes;
Ordered 4
liters of algae killer (FD63).
Evening:
Sean Connery films, then Gerhard invited me for beer drinking on his ship
named: Baloo 1.
He is
sailing with his wife, Elisabeth for a few years now. Started out of Croatia and their goal is to
circumnavigate the Globe – as mine.
Their web site: www.Baloo1.at.
March 5, 2008 (Day 528)
Went to swim in the pool, it
is 254 steps from Carina. I am there virtually every day.
Many people wrote to me that
they want to buy a boat and want to sail as well. I am encouraging them
vigorously, encouragement is wahat they need in the first place. Have some
useful advices in connection with a boat purchase. This is my subjective
opinion J:
1. In my opinion, the speed of the boat is of
secondary importance – it is important though, that it
should be strongly built;
2. Again, in my opinion the new/beutiful look
is unimportant, the boat should be simple and
uncomplicted, lending itself to easy
overview (for instance, the electronics in some boats are
overcomplicated to the point that
troubleshooting and repair requires a lot of time and labor);
3. Selection of the boat depends on what the
boat is going to be used for;
3.1 One can
find harbors on the sea within 300-400 nautical miles;
3.2 Ocean
crossings (2000-3000 nautical miles sailing without stopping);
3.3
Circumsailing (minimum 30.000 nautical miles of sailing);
3.4
Circumsailing (Cape Horn without Cape of Good Hope, 25.000 nautical miles of
sailing, most
of it around the „screaming fourties”.
The majority of the sailors
find the charter sailboats inadequate for around-the-Earth voyage due to their
weak construction. In my opinion, however, there are some well-built charter
sailing ships too which are becoming adequate for the trip after sufficient
preparations.
’Not size is the essence” – in
my opinion. A ship under 40 feet can be comfortable for 1-2 people, but some
like the big sailing ships. The maintenence and operating expenses are double
for a large ship. (As an example, the replacement of a large metal part on a
large ship costs twice that for a small ship).
The big dividing line is at 50
feet. Over this size one man can handle the ship only with difficulties, in
that case an older sailor pair is insufficient when the wind is strong. This is
well known and for this reason usually 2-3 crew members are hired (the crew
gets no pay, sometimes the food cost is shared).
Used to meet ships under 30
feet. The 28-footers are the smallest ones in use for circumsailing. One person
can handle it, maitenence and operating costs are small, they are comfortable,
in my opinion: toilet, kitchen, sleeping cabin, salon ..... they have
everything, small – but for two, still adequate.
Evening
film: Lucky Number Slevin.
Meditation
portal: http://www.tminfo.hu/
March 6, 2008. (Day 529)
Called Bebi Electronics (http://www.bebi-electronics.com/)
in the morning, want to buy LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights to replace the
normal bulbs (they use less power, I could not operate the mast light the whole
night with the normal bulbs).
Went to Lautoka with the #11
bus. The motor mechanic (Dan) is getting married on the 22nd, consequently he
fell behind with the work – he has other things, not the motors on his mind J.
Got involved in another motor
repair, the repair on my motor will start on Monday morning. The ordered algae
killer did not arrive (Reddy Dimond Hardware Limited).
Purchases:
FD12 worth
Emerkit (a two-component epoxy), it is used for underwater work;
A few polo
shirts and food (oil, milk powder, cereal, candy).
Rain in the
afternoon prevented me from working.
After the
rain stopped, went to run, did 5 kilometers. Started running regularly from now
on.
In the
afternoon listned to OSHO speaches from casette tapes: Themes of Our Times,
Compassion.
Evening:
films – The Island, Doom,
Reading:
Cucui – Round Branching.
March 7, 2008. (Day 530)
Hitchhiked
to Nadi, wanted to obtain Australian Tourist Visa (ETA visa, can be requested
electronically), but it is not available to Hungarians.
http://www.fiji.embassy.gov.au/
http://www.migrationexpert.com
This means
that it will bre more difficult and lengthly to obtain it.
Purchases:
Fishing hooks,
lure, for FD8;
Silicon
rubber – FD12;
Balsams:
Vicks Vapo Rub, Yee Tin Medical Oil, Zandu Balm, Pain Balm;
LED lamp for
the mast light - FD80:
http://www.bebi-electronics.com/masina.html.
(I did this
in the bank with money order, then faxed the receipt.)
LED Specification
Coverage
Sector: 360˚
Total Number
of LEDs: 30
Number of
LED Rows: 2
LEDs Per
Row: 15
Vertical
Light Cone Angle: 30˚ - 1st Ring, 50˚ - 2nd Ring
Input
Voltage for Rated Light, output: 11-16VDC
Drop-Out
Voltage: 7,5V
Input
current: <0.160 amps
Water
resistance: >1 hour submersion at 1 meter depth in 25°C sea water.
Early
evening walked 3 kilometers, instead of runnig.
Then beer
drinking with some of my buddies in their houses. They are farmers, Jim (works
in the marina, always helps if asked), his brothers and nephews grow kasawa and
marihuana. They like very much this life style – they have no bosses and the
work on the fields is not hard.....
Of course,
one can meet them too in the Cave in evenings, you can meet everybody there.
Who ever counts, is there J. Then with Filipe
and wife, Sam and his girlfriend and a few friends we went to the Cave for a
little enjoyment, we found quite a few acquaintances there. The place, as usual,
closed at 1 a.m. but then we went to the Zone for a little loosening (after
party, the club is open only for the inner circle).
March 8, 2008. (Day 531)
Rain before
noon.
Always find
birds around my ship. The reason: food scraps, what I put in the cockpit in the
evening. According to Hans, they bring luck, he feeds them in this spirit
daily. I don’t like the smell of decaying food in the cabin, so I place the
items in the cockpit, they go fast in the morning.....
Went
swimming and loosening up at the pool at noon. These are the occasions when I
meditate, and in addition, swimming too – it can be done J.
Went to run
in the afternoon (6 kilometers), then played soccer with the Indians next to
the neighboring settlement. (This is part of my physical preparation). They are
a soccer team, training daily and are faster than I am, they have no serious
technical knowledge. Am no big star in dribbling, but 20-30 I can handle, they
can not.
I am here so
long that I know most of the local gossip. I know so much about the locals, it
seems I am at home. A good example for this is that I know who is the marina
manager’s (Mili) lover J. It is a bit of a secret too, because most people don’t
know it. I find it interesting that evey Fijian female has a lover.
Evening
book: Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle (1963):
The
’bokononism’ is a religion of a fictive Caribean island, San Lorenzo Republic’s
people as described by Kurt Vonnegut in his book. Bokonon, neé Lionel Boyd
Johnson is the founder of the religion, who suffred a shipwreck near San
Lorenzo, consequently established the religion on the island. His family name pronounced by the
characteristic accent of the islanders as ’Bokonon’ – the reason for his new
name. The holy text of bokononism contained in the ’Book of Bokonon’ constantly
updated with explanations and poems by Bokonon. Bokononism is based partly on
non-justice, on innocent lies, on other words of commonplaces. Using these
methods, the object of the religion is to lead the San Lorezoans suffering in destitution
and political dictatorship out of the everydays and provide healing
self-misleading ideas for their spiritual wounds. All this is mirroring
Vonnegut’s social ideas, according which the human communities are detrermined
by the duality of dictatorship and self-delusion, each mutually presume the
existence of the other. The conditions on the Isle of San Lorenzo look like
this: all of the population follows the teachings of the Bonokon religion, what
is attacked with fervor by the holder of the power, the very old dictator, Papa
Monzano. Anybody caught practicing the religion is executed by the ’hook
method’: he will be put on a gigantic iron hook, pushed though his body. The
absurdity of the situation, as elements of all dichotomy: Papa Monzano may supports
the popularity of the prophet Bokonon, and the popularity of Bokonon gives
legitimacy to Papa Monzano’s bloodthirst. But at the end of the novel it turns
out that Papa Monzano is a bokononist. On the other hand, the object of
bokononism is to make it obvious that the understanding of the reason of our
life is an useless attempt, but we must be aware that God, or the will of the
freaky fate ordered us and the people belonging into our karasun (see the expressions of bokononism), on-by-one and
together, we are traveling toward this unknown purpose. A bokononist does not
believe in free will and never says: „Happened, that.....”, instead, he
expresses his belief: „It had to happen that way that......” (see chapter 39).
Therefore bokononism is fatalaist, furthermore is a defeatist religion, as
defined by the Fourteenth Chapter of the Book of Bokonon: „What can the
thinking man hope for humanity, based upon the experiences of the past millions
of years?” (Chapter 110). Thirdly, the
teaching of bokononism in the final analysis contains an important chistian
element: it encourages us to the undivided and unconditional love for human
kind. As any worthwile religion,
bokononism also has genesis history, however, in that theory man has already
populated the planet beginning right from its creation. According to this, from
the marriage of Sun and Pabu, cold children were born. Borasisi anticipated hot
generations, so, in his anger, he threw them away – these became the planets,
then turned away Pabu too, who went to live on his favorite child, the Earth
populated with people. Bokonon’s explanation for the creation of the World:
„Formality! Lie! A heap of formalities!” (chapter 85).
March 9, 2008. (Day 532)
Went to swim
and dive for an hour. It was tide with a
pleasant slow current with good visibility. The fish trap was empty, the reason
was that I did not check it for 10 days.
Ship
painting, applied the last primer layer.
From now on,
I keep the old sails in the front compartment (the great and the front sails),
where previously the biscuits were stored. Will have less biscuits from now on.
Had to wash the sails brecause they were full with ants, having them stored in
the shower room....
Took some
swimming in the pool in the afternoon, played with Barry the ’stone paper
scissors’ game under water with one breath. I invent games like this nowadays J.
Replaced the
mast stiffener crossbar to its place plus one-one aluminum crossbar around it
for fortification. Will place rags on the ends to avoid rubbing against the
sails.
Dined with
Judy and Hans in the evening – finally ate something normal. It was a
vegetarian menu.
Evening
film: The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror.
(A film
depicting the sad reality, against which we should do something).
I am writing
a little about the Yin-Yang because it is a fundamantal symbol, can be seen on
the wall of my cabin too.
YIN-YANG I.
The Yin-Yang
(simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pidgin: yīnyang) dual conception
describing in the ancient times already known cosmic powers which despite being
positioned on opposite sides, still complement each other and can be found in
all static objects or processes of the Universe. This seemingly contradictory,
paradoxical approach toward the Chinese philosphy and to the traditional
Chinese medical healing represents the multidirectional cornerstone for those.
The Chinese Yin – Yang symbol represents the harmonic unity of the World’s
division, the affinity and the harmony based upon the balance of the
contradictory elements. According to the Chinese philosophy not only the
earthly life, but ultimately the existence of the whole Universe is based upon
a dualistic principle. The Yin and Yang are two dynamic powers which’ combined
co-operation is the origin of everything what comes into existence in the
Universe. This concept expressed in pairs: light – darkness; sky – earth; warm
– cold, man – woman. Yin connects to the cold, the darkness and wet notion,
while the Yang is warm, light, and dry. Yin is tranquil, static, inactive,
while Yang is dynamic, active, and expansive. The beginning with the end, the
darkness with the light stand in opposition. The daylight is the product of the
night. We see the white color only because black exists. The condition of sound
is the quiet. The warmth of the summer is followed by the cold of the winter
and the death of Nature. One can measure sadness by cheerfulness. These
opposites constitute a real and whole unity created by the complementary motion
created by the Yin and the Yang. Yin – Yang: Earth - Sky, Moon – Sun, round,
oval – square, sharp – dull, woman – man, rest, passive – active, motionless –
movement, shadow, dark – light, cold – heat, rain – sunlight, uneven numbers –
even numbers, water – mountains, winter – summer, Tiger – Dragon, lazurit –
aquarium rosequartz, moonstone, death – life, quiet – noise, velleys, rivers,
waters – mountains, elevation.
March 10, 2008 (Day533)
4 months on
Fiji.
Link
recommendation: http://www.lehetmasapolitika.net/
- (Hungarian) - My answer: NO.
The hobby of
90% of sailors are the repair, upkeep and refurbishing the ship. Virtually
every day, but at least 2-3 hours daily are spent on those. Considering that
they do nothing the whole day, this has significance. This way they still do
something.
Interesting:
the Pacific Spirit (a 32-foot ship) was sold for USD37.500 by a 65-year old
American who lives for 40 years on the Pacific Ocean.. The first time he
crossed the ocean was in 1969...... Now he starts a land life with his wife in
Argentina. What could be the reason for this? – he said he got tired of it.....
Hans, after 30 years at the age of 76 still did not get tired of it. What is the
difference? I know, but it is a secret J.
Shopping in
Lautoka in the afternoon - a lot of things, like hazelnut cream, Vegemite,
preserves......
Smoothed the
primer paint in the afternoon, then the rain started and could not paint the
top coat on the ship.
Instead of
working, copied the music of Ana on the machine in the Café. Finally have a Pavarotti! (I like the serious
music but until now, had no Pavarotti.)
Then copied the music onto Ana’s machine.
Evening:
runnig 6 kilometers, inbetween playing soccer for an hour with my team. Became
a team member today. The trainer and the boys are taking it seriously, so must
I – the local championship game will take place on Sunday. Warming up and that
is needed for training. The discussions are in Indian-English, but there is
always somebody who translates for me. To keep up with the 18-22 year old boys
is difficult, of course – they are faster. So, I am doing unexpected moves on
the field, trying to use some ingenuity, but it is not easy.
Evening
films: „What a Way to Go”, „Life at the End of Empire”.
YIN-YANG II.
There are
countless theories about the meaning of this peculiar symbol. Some see a raindrop, others associate it with
the tadpole. In reality the symbol shows
the two opposite sides of the World, the contraction of the good and the evil.
Neither one can exist without the other, they can not be separated, they can be
interpreted only in relation to each other. The unity of the conflicts of the
occurrences present in the world is the Yen - Ying. Everything in the World
contains the possibility of a change. Consequently, the World consists of the
changes of Yin-Yang-like powers. Under normal conditions the powers equalizig
each other, they are in equilibrium. Every deed has a good and a bad side. In
taoism, this is expressed as the „tai chi”, generally using the Ying -Yang
sign. The basis of the taoist belief is the existing continuous equilibrium
between the opposites (i.e. something is „under” or „over” – depending on where
we are). In accordance with this, any trend to upset this equilibrium can
merely be temporary, useless, and a self-destroying experiment. The secret of
the success is in the help to re-establish the equilibrium, to allow the good
to turn bad, the bad to become better, as the ebb and tide flows, the daytime
and the night, the winter and the summer flows from one to the other, and
vice-versa. With other words: the wise understands the reality of the good and
the bad, while the foolish concentrates on the concept of the good and bad. The
wise knows that whatever presently bad will be followed by a new good, while
the foolish undertakes an eternal pursuit in trying to exterminate the bad. In
our system of thinking similarly to the the buddhist „Suniata ~ emptiness”, the
good and the bad is merely conceptual abstraction which have no permanent,
independent existence. The Yin and Yang expressoions appear in the first time
in „Yi King” – the Book of Changes in about 1250. The meaning of Yin is the shadowy side of the
mountain, the Yang sign means the sunny side. These pictograms not only depict
the forms in a total juxtaposition, but at the same time express the
transformation from one extreme to the other, like the changes of the seasons
of the year.
March 11, 2008. (Day 534)
Went to Lautoka in the moring.
Was from 8:30 to 11:30 at the motor mechanic to get the repair moving.
Completely disassembled the motor, one of the cylinders did not work, the other
was completely covered with black soot.
Lunch at a
vegetarian Indian restaurant (FD3.1): Idilli, Dhokara, Saina, Bread Pakora.
Idilli
recipe: rice powder (plus salt) cooking in boiling water (smaller balls/oval
forms);
Idilli
sauce: coconut shavings, garlic, salt, ginger;
Saina: dalo
leaves, garlic, chili, salt, saina base.
Afternoon purchases:
2 energy
drinks (skaskora, guarana+taurin, guarana+ginseng+vitamine B) - FD2.5 per
piece;
Promite
(vegetable extract spread, www.promite.com.au)
– FD12;
200 grams
date -
LED lamp –
FD70;
A small LED
lamp is good to have on the ship what I bought on Tahiti – have a small
blinking lamp too. This is now serious, the parameters: 1.2 Mega candle power /
1 Watt Luxeon / Weatherproof / LED bulb – I can charge its battery from the
cigarette lighter socket (and of course from 220 Volts).
The LED mast
lamp arrived I ordered last week
Late
afternoon: 7 kilometers running and soccer playing for an hour with the team.
Have to work hard to be a real team member. 1-2 good playes still did not
accept me. Just like at home, it takes a few weeks before they accept you. This
means I get fewer passes.
Evening:
banana preserve cooking – unfortunately fell asleep and it burned. Could save
only less than a half kilo, but it tasted really good.
YIN-YANG III.
Ancient
Chinese wisdom states that the merging of Yin and Yang creates the life emergy
– chi. The Yin and theYang are the two powers which move the World and their
existence, one without the other, is senseless. There is no light without
shadow and there is no shadow without light. The symbol of the taoist
philisophy is the Yin -Yang Circle, symbolizing the equilibrium of the opposite
powers which maintain the World. To achieve completeness and harmony, the Yin
-Yang power duo must be in equilibrium, because if this condition changes,
problems will arise – sadness and grief. Of course, life is not just black and
white – the black Yin symbol contains the Yang in the form of a white dot, ad
the Yang likewise carries the Yin germ. Not only the outer equilibrium must be
found between soft and hard, round and square, dark and light, woman and man,
but our inner equilibrium between the Yin and Yang energies as well. Women must
seek equilibriun not only with men, but with ourselves also – beside female
energies, we contain male energies also, and we have to find harmony between
those. The suppression, the lack of acceptance of ourselves, that is, can bring
a tormented, unhappy life for us. Love starts with the inner peace and with the
desire for the opposite pole, not with an external miracle, upon which we have
no effect. The love between a man and a woman – as any other relation – appears
as the relation between the two opposite poles (Yin and Yang). These two
energies simultaneously aid and moderate each other. The prerequisite for a
complete and perfect love is the equilibrium between the two operating powers.
March 12, 2008 (Day 535)
Got up early morning - there
is work to be done!
Removed a
small fixture from the ship, the original fastener for the bimini – have no
bimini. This place always leaked water – will fix it with epoxy;
Tying rags
these days to the mast stabilizer crossbar to avoid damage to the sails;
Arranging
and categorizing of the clothing: 1. never wore it, 2. in good condition, 3.
acceptable, 4. working polo.
Almost the
whole day burnishing and painting the ship – top coat. Applied the paint mainly
to and around the side slats beacause that is the place where the old primer
and coat came off. Found other peelings too, painting them over continuously;
Painted the
bottom of the cockpit which is a rotting board J.
Late
afternoon: running 7 kilometers, then play soccer with my team. Shot a goal,
this was the first one. My position was midfield attack. Started to accept me
more, but is difficult, because I speak no Indian. Everybody speaks English, of
course, but using the Hindi more – hopefully something will stick to me J. They are faster and more technically inclined, but occasionally I have
some lauck too J.
Was in the
company of the security guys in the evening. Later went to the Baloo1 salon
with Gerhard and Elisabeth for a little beer drinking. Gave me a lot of
ship/pilot guide books around the world - and music.
YIN-YANG IV.
The origin of the Yin -Yang
symbol could be found in the ancient Chinese wold view where the changes of the
environment, the creation of the world was described with abstract symbols.
According this, originally there was a „great emptyness”, as the symbol of the
completeness and purity of nature.
The life energy permeating the
Universe was born of of the constant transformation, dynamic tension of the
merging of the Yin -Yang energies. Both give space to the other, since both
contain part of the other: in the the black „drop’, the white dot is present,
while in the white, the small black part is contained. The name of the circle
in Yang is „Yin-in-Yang”, while the Yin circle is „Yang-in-Yin”. All life
originates in them, both are present in all what exists. The World – we can say
– consists of the constant changing of the Yin -Yang-like powers. Neither can
exist without the other, since they keep each other in motion. In the Book of
Changes – the I Ching, or you can meet with it in the Yi-king, what was created
by king Wen – Yin means the white side, Yang the black one.
The Yin is portrayed by a line
with a gap in the middle, the Yang as a continuous line.
Comparing animals with plants,
the animals represent the Yang, the plants the Yin energy. Why? Because the
animals are in motion, while the plants are not, relatively speaking. But if we
compare the plants with stones, then the plant will be the Yang energy and the
stone the Yin, because the plant is alive, the rock is not.
For this reason it is an error
if we simplify the notion of Yin and Yang to a good-bad, white-black
proposition. In the table below you will find several examples from which you
may understand the mutual actions of Yin and Yang. This is, as you could see in
the examples described above, is relative.
The Yin and
Yang are a constantly changing combination: daytime is followed by night, the
Moon is exchanged by the Sun, the spring by the summer, the fall is overtaken
by winter, the fluid solidifies, the exhaling is followed by the inhaling, and
there is no light without shadow. Basically, our life’s disharmony can be traced
back to the uneven distribution of Yin and Yang. The same happens when we get
sick for istance, because we overdrove ourselves. But the equilibrium can also
be upset if we do not move enough.
March 13, 2008. (Day 536)
Tommy, the
diving center chief took me to Lautoka in the morning. Went to the Immigration
Office, FD93 was the price of the visa extension (after 4 months, I can get a 2
month extended visum). After this I went to the Local Bureau District Office
where obtained a sailing permit to the Western Islands. The permit stipulated
that I can take local citizens with me, but no tourists. Then I proceeded to
the Post Office. The package arrived: one of my friends, Poór Jóska sent me his
new book. It arrived on the 2nd of January to Lautoka, but they mixed it up in
the marina, only the second inquiry produced it, was almost sent back.
Went for
paint in the RD, then to the motor mechanic. The project stagnated and will not
get started until Tuesday next week. Maybe we will be able to finish it together.
Bought pineapple – will make preserve from it.
Lunch:
Vegetarian restaurant. Spiced yoghurt juice; piesam: milk, sugar, suttana, sao
seeds; Bhaia – snack; 2 roti khata with zhaji (onion, chili, spinach,
eggplant); chutney (coriander leaf, chili, onion, garlick); pickle: special
vegetable in hot sauce.
Purchases:
Hazel nut, pear and strawberry preserves (always buy on sale :-).
Afternoon:
Went to Ruben in Banaras.
Copied music
to my machine: Cesarea Evore (Cape Verde), Pavarotti, Salif Keita, Tinariwen
(Sahara), Afropea (Telling stories to the sea), Debussy, Dub side of the moon
(regge) – and other regge music.
Drank coffe
the whole evening with the usual neighboring crowd.
The conversation always starts like this, the end
is of course different:
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From where did you start?
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Koper, Slovenia.
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Where is it?
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Europe.
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Near Russia?
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No.
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................
Rambitu is a
farmer who rented 10 acres for 30 years for FD10.000. He is a sugar cane and marihuana farmer.
Never left Fiji.
Watched Israel Vibration in Holyland, Ghiemse
Raggae koncerts on my machine, then a document film on Civilization.
The common opinion of half-kas is that it tastes
like coffe and milk mixture, of course the milk-and- coffe is the best.
I slept at
Ruben’s in Banaras.
YIN-YANG V.
The primary
symbol of the taoist religion is the Yin -Yang circle (taj-ki). It also plays a
significant rôle in certain branches of Confucianism. According the tao two
opposing forces create and direct everything in the Universe. They consider the
Heavenly Might simultaneously as male and female, what the taoist T’ai Chie
depict as a curved line dividing a circle into white and black halves. The Yin
is negative and passive power represented by the female principle of the black
color; the Yang is positive and active power, symbolized by the white color of
manhood. Yin symbolizes the soul, the wetness, the cold, the night, the Moon,
the darkness, the Earth, associated with the broken line. Yang is the spirit,
the light, the daylight, the Sun, the Creation, the symbol of dynamism
associated with the unbroken line. The effects of Yin and Yeng can be sensed in
the changing of the seasons, and actually in the whole order of Nature. Harmony
can only be materialized if the equilibrium of the two forces are balanced. The
Yin -Yang circle supports this thought. The two parts are divided by the curved
line suggesting dynamism. Both parts contain a dot from the other color
indicating that the male-principle and the female-principle do not exist alone,
only in a mutual effect.
March 14, 2008. (Day 537)
Had my breakfast at Ruben, he
makes the bread with honey well. There are always friends at his place, one
thinks this as a continuous home party J. After a little chat took the bus back to the marina.
Afternoon:
1. Attached
a new hinge to the bottom of the cockpit, so I can secure it (see the picture
museum);
2. Affixed
rags to the ends of the mast stabilizer crossbar – this is important to protect
the sails;
Spent an
hour in the pool with Barry and his father – chatting, loosening up;
After
running 7 kilometers, one hour soccer with the Indian team.
Evening:
Made
pineapple preserve, made drinks from the juice.
Film: The
Tattooist (I am interested in the subjects involving tattoo. The film showed
mostly the Samoan tattoos.) Was no net in the marina, could not get on.
Human rights embody the
fudamental values of human civilisations:
The people
are different, and so are their cultures.
People speak
in a varienty of languages.
People are
guided by different reilgions.
The people
are born in different colours,
And many
traditions influence their
Lives with
varying colors and shades…
But despite
these differences,
All people
have one single common
Attribute.
They are all human beings
nothing
more, nothing less.
Shrin Ebadi (2003. Nobel Peace Price Winner)
March 15, 2008. (Day 538)
I always
felt a special kind of connection with ships. With CARINA, of course, this kind
of connection is much deeper. I think that if the captain is sensitive enough,
he can sense this what means really the connection on the spiritual plane. A
little like a marriage, in that case a divorce – the selling of the ship is
difficult and is virtually impossible.
Burnished
the ship from morning till evening, applied the last top coat (Gloss 343).
Sewed up my sleeping bag. Ran 4 kilometers but due to the strong rain, did not
go to the field. Got acquainted with Lulu, who is a 23 year old farmer near the
marina. Later on I played card with Suzy, Bobby and Barry. At night we went
with Barry and with a few locals to the Cave for a little partying.
FAO
http://www.fao.org/ - Food
and Agriculture Org. of the UN - ”Helping to bulid a world without hunger”
March 16, 2008. (Day 539)
”Nor law,
nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men,
nor cheering crowds,
A lonely
impulse of delight
Drove to
this tumult in the clouds. ”
William Butler Yeats
Went to the
soccer field, but at 11 they were still setting up the tent. So, I went to
Ruben’s for lunch, he invited me earlier. Fresh water oysters, lolo (covered
with coconut cream), plus a few other desserts. Drank a little beer but afer 3
started back to the Bazaar. Unfortunately missed the soccer, got there only at
the end.
Late
afternon picked coconut on the strand for preserve, broke them open, carved out
pieces and cut them into small pieces.
Evening:
coconut preserve cooking. Of course, I tried the compote and the syrup versions
as well. If the ship were bigger, I would place a larger emphasis on cooking
preserves, but here I have no place for storing several preserve bottles.
The coconut
preserve is really the ensemble of sweet coconut pieces swimming in sugary coco
oil. Taste good, but not much of a preserve constitution.
Copied music
at night to the machine.
March 17, 2008. (Day540)
Before and
after noon:
Applied
epoxy to the hinge under the cockpit, to the middle bed and to a lamp;
Sharpened,
cleaned and lubricated the harpoon;
Sharpened
the knives;
Letter
fixing on the boat – half the letter ’H’ was missing;
Motor
holding screw locations cleaning.
Possible
places for the radar reflector:
1. The rear
mast stabilizer rope (the usual place, but it would not be high enough, would
endanger the
large sail);
2. The front
mast stabilizer rope (it may interferes with the front sail);
3. On top
(lends itself to a difficult solution);
4. The
largeside stiffener (maybe the best solution over the crossbar height);
5. The
smallside stiffener (the original place – not high enough and interferes with
the large sail).
So, it will
be higher than before (it gives a stronger signal on the radar) and presents
less interference
to the large
sail. (Glued polyfoam to the edges of the reflector to protect the sail).
Dinner:
coconut-in-rice –an absolute invention of mine.
At times of
serious talks, sometimes asking me of my background and the reason. My connection with the ocean is also an
interst to people. Spiritually more
opinions exists. Summrizing in short, I
like the ocean. Part of the sailors are afraid of the ocean, like Bobby, he
is very cautious for that reason – which is advantageous – they say things like
„the ocean wants to kill me”. Some time
later I wil write about this in length.
March 18, 2008. (Day 541)
Went to the
city by bus to the motor mechanic. Assembled the motor with the apprentice and
replaced the seals before noon.
Lunch in a
vegetarian Indian restaurant: dhal, curry with potatoes, and roti.
Purchases:
6
rust-resistant screws (M6) for the skeg (Ajax Spurway Fasteners Limited) – FD5;
Vinegar –
FD2.50;
Contact
cement – FD11;
Machine
grease – FD8;
Zulu (man’s
skirt) –FD6;
Coconut file
– FD3;
Koran – FD5.
During the
early morning rain yesterday the 220 Volt cable of the laptop got wet. Today it
stopped working, had to take it to the familiar service in the afternoon.
Evening
film: APOCALYPSE NOW.
UNFPA, the United
Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes
the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal
opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and
programs to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every
birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman
is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA
- because everyone counts.
UNICEF: is the
largest child protection organization with a presence in 160 countries with
their programs. Are present at every place where there are wars, natural
catastrophes, wehere hunger or epidemics are threatening children, where no
healthy water is available and where the prerequisites for elementary learning
are absent, where children are living in inhuman environments. The UNICEF with
its programs creates better future possibilities for more than a million small
children around the world.
March 19, 2008. (Day 542)
The radish
seeds completely germinated. Hans advice worked concerning germination (i.e.
plastic preserve bottle covered over with mosquito screen, for instance, laying
on side. Consequently my breakfast was noodles with radish germ.
Took the
morning bus to Lautoka. The motor is about OK, but the starter motor does not
work. It was OK when I took the motor to the shop in February. Therefore it got
damaged in the shop.....Dan promised that he will fix it. As a result, the time
of putting the boat on the water bercame uncertain. When will my motor be OK?
Purchases:
1 kilogram
washing powder – FD3.7;
A few small
items: plastic box, trash bags (for watertight packing);
2 kilograms
papaya (will make preserve with it) – FD3;
1 used anode
(Nationwide and the Ba Motorsba did not have it, found a faily good one at the
Offshore
Marina mechanic. At the marina shop or at
Yamaha it would be expensive.) – FD4.
Went to
Kasmir with bus in the afternoon to visit Sam and Sai.
Evening:
cooked papaya preserve. Started to germiante the sunflower seeds today. Got
some Fiji music from Ilias, copied them
to the machine.
Watched
Travolta films in the evening.
March 20, 2008. (Day 543)
Fiji weather: www.nadraki.com
Was raining
the whole day, could not work. Sewed my torn clothes, cleaned.
Before noon
watched a film: The Illusionist, and got together with my buddies (the marina
workers).
In the
Afternoon went up to the main road where I met with Asisi – gave me a 220 Volt
laptop cable.
Unfortunately
he had no time for testing. The
connector was not good for the machine –fixed it the next morning.
In the
evening went to Bobby for a chat, his girlfriend Suzy is also here now, she is
a police woman in London.
March 21, 2008. (Day 544)
Replaced the
steering with Barry in the morning, then bolted the metal parts belonging to
the skeg. Affixed the radar reflector to the big side stiffener and the mast
top.
The new
computer power supply 220V – 18.5V, gives only 12 Volts. Don’t understand what
the problem is, sent an SMS to the service, but of course, they did not answer.
Then I
soldered 2 cables for the new LED lamp (plus vulcanizing band) to the mast top.
(Will have to treat this part with fiberglass tomorrow.)
Afternoon:
Glued back
my shoe sole J, it fell off during playing soccer;
Polished the
steering rod but could not apply the lacker because started to rain;
It can rain
– went swimming to the pool, met a few sailors as always – had a nice talk with
Barry.
I like the rain because I don’t have to work and can go to the pool for
a little loosening.
Evening
movie in the Yacht Club: Death of The Funeral.
Osho: My
declaration of Human Rights... reading his writing, of course I agree with him.
March 22, 2008. (Day 545)
Ran out of
the biscuits from Hungary. I was eating them until now, hardly ate bread.
Fixed the
mast light with epoxy and glass fiber. Then reviewed everything once more.
Started the installation of the mast, Barry helped.
Purchased
vegetable in the afternoon: toroi, okra, sumusumu, and some minor items for the
holiday lunch tomorrow in Lautoka. The Indians had a bazaar/festival the whole
day today in Lautoka in the large park.
With a
conceited thought I established that I arrived to the level where I am not only
cook the Fiji food, but improved it J.
Then in the
evenng I went to Ruben’s in Baranas.
One of the
conversaton items: what did the TV on Fiji? They were not prepared for it
culturally ..... religion took the back seat and the youth copies everything
from the tube. Everything got turned upside-down..
Evening
film: Sicko (Michael Moore).
In short: 50
million Americans have no medical insurance. The health system looks only at
the money, not the people.
Who is the „intersting” man for me?
For instance
Paul Coleman, the 53 year old nature protector activist. „World Wide Walker”:
walked more than 27.000 miles, touched 39 countries in 19 years without money.
”Every day
something hurts when you are carrying 20 kilo backpacks and walking up to 40
km.” ”But when there’s thousands of people cheering you on, it gives you the
strength to continue.” ”I carry on every day because I love this planet. I know
what’s happening to it environmentally, in terms of global warming,
deforestation, the devastation of the oceans. Spreading the message is the
least I can do, and the most I can do. ”
The mission: By walking the Planet, I deliver a message of the need to preserve
the life of our beautiful Earth and through my actions encourage people to
become involved. As well I have set myself a goal of seeing one hundred million
trees planted; one tree for every man, woman, and child killed in the last
century of war. I`ve experieced war and know its terrible consequences, not
only on humanity but also on the natural environment that we all need to exist.
It`s time to stop the killing and start
the surviving. Time to put our
human resources into living upon the land in sustainability and harmony with
the natural environment. Time to develop a global respect for all life. And
time to invest the energy and money spent on war, into creating a new world.