Today was a day of mixed emotions. I will come clean right here and now and admit that I was the agent of death for a certain duck. It was feeding time at a crocodile zoo, and live duck was on the menu. I threw this duck to its most certain and eminent death by the jaws of hungry crocodiles. Do I feel guilty? Insatiably. But as I have eaten duck on previous occasions, I have had to tell myself that whether I had eaten it or the crocodiles had eaten it, it was going to be eaten. Its death was most certainly swift and there is do doubt that it was thoroughly enjoyed by those who dined - which is all I have ever asked for from a duck.
When I wasn't tending to hungry crocodiles at the expense of my peace of mind, we ate Sushi to celebrate Joanna's upcoming birthday, and Shana's recently past birthday. Shana and Jay are dear friends of Joann's who have four fantastically animated children, and one on the way.
For dinner, we went to Jay and Shana's, where Joanna, Abbie, and Caroline played with the kids, and Jay and I talked to each other and with a Batak Indonesian man who was working on their air conditioner. I had a crash course in Indonesian history, which barely scratched the surface, and got to use the little bit of Indonesian I have learned, and listen to conversations, trying to pick out the few words I know.
Tomorrow we are going to bathe elephants a few hours away, so be looking for pictures of that! I promise, I won't feed any more ducks to any more predators...unless that predator is me.
The Dragon Roll!
Some kind of fruit drink that Caroline ordered.
This guy was 40 years old and was HUGE!!
This is my look of guilt.
These are the enjoyers of duck.
The fruity drink looks amazing. You sir, are a duck murderer and you don't look sad AT ALL. :-)
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