We went to sailing last thursday.  We drove for two hours.(actually it isn't very far from John's home to there,but he drove to wrong way)  We arrived there about 6pm. Then we met John's friend on the boat, his name's Jim. Jim cooked some chicken curry for dinner. We drank a bottle white wine before we started dinner. After dinner we walked around the harbour and Jim told us about the place.  We went to bed about 10pm. The berth for two was very small and gave me insomnia.

   It was sunshine on friday morning. We decided to sail out. Before we sailed out, John cooked bacon and ham to us for breakfast. Jim is a experience sailor, he did very well for sailing. He  taught me how to sail.  But, i just understood only a little bit. We parked the boat near by the land then we had a simple lunch. Ather lunch i felt a bit seasick, then just stripped off and jumped in the water. Water was very cold, made me freezing. John took some pictures for me when i swam in the water. We spent about three hours on the boat then we went back to pontoon have a rest and dinner.

  We went back home on saturday afternoon. Drove home through the rain. John drove slowly and safely. This was my first experience at sailing! 

 There was sunshine in the morning but clouds in the afternoon!  John said that he wants to go to shopping to the carpet shop today because he was planning to change his flat's carpets (lounge,toilet and landing).

 We went to the carpet shop near his home. Then he told the shop keeper what he wants.  In the shop there were many carpets to choose from.  He has chosen some carpets, but some were not my taste. I prefer darker colours with some logo, but those were more expensive!  After he quoted the prices we left the carpet shop to go to supermarket. The supermarket's name is Iceland...

 We went to the supermarket and bought a lots of food. Like pizza, fruits, potatoes, drinks etc...  We spent about an hour shopping, then we went back home.

 That was a day in Dorset for me.

This from Dennis in Dorset UK about playing tennis here:

 Today is a sunny day! I played tennis with John.  We both wore very sexy short pants. John took 2 tennis rackets and tennis balls together! We wenta to the club in John's little 206. The club name called VIC...

  When we arrived at the club, not many people were playing tennis.  Only two!!  After putting down the bag, we started to play tennis!   In the beginning i felt a bit tired because the practice was not really interesting.  I needed to run around the court!  Then John taught me to pratice forehand, backhand and serve.  We praticed with new balls...

  We spent an hour to pratice.  About 1:00pm we went back home...  This time was my first experince at tennis, although I was a bit tired, but it was quite fun!!! 

I'm flying away to Singapore today.  Meeting my pal Anthony there to explore the sights, experience some of the saunas,  befriend some of the guys and generally have chill-out fun in the city and then throughout Malaysia . . .

But this has inspired me:

Also had email from straight friend with little story quite amused me . . .
An Amish woman and her daughter were riding in an old buggy one cold blustery day.
The daughter said to her mother, "My hands are freezing cold."
The mother replied, "Put them between your legs. Your body heat will warm them up." So the daughter did and her hand warmed up.
The next day the daughter was riding with her boyfriend and he said, "My hands are freezing cold."
The girl replied, "Put them between my legs. The warmth of my body will warm them up." So he did and warmed his hands.
The following day the boyfriend was again in the buggy with the daughter. He said, "My nose is cold."
The girl replied "Put it between my legs. The warmth of my body will warm it up." So he did and warmed his nose.
The next day the boyfriend was again driving with the daughter and he said, "My penis is frozen solid."
The following day the daughter was driving in the buggy with her mother, and she says to her mother, "Have you ever heard of a penis?"
Slightly concerned the mother said, "Why, yes! Why do you ask?"
The daughter replies...
"They make one heck of a mess when they defrost, don’t they?"

In my daily quiet time with God I've been reading St Paul's letter to the Philippians (Ch 2).  His call for us to "Shine like stars" might be a good challenge for 2007.

I wonder if Muslims, Christians and Jews might unite in Paul's declaration that "God is at work in you, enabling us to will and to work for his good pleasure". 

What makes us appear dim - and what, I ponder, will help us to 'shine like stars' in this new year?