Up at 6:00 a.m. Straight back to Mama Irma. She always says she slept well. ‘Drumi dushi?’
‘Si m’a drumi bon.’
‘Hopi bon?’
‘No, basta bon!’
‘Dushi sonya?’
‘No, mi no recórda nada sonya’

I go to Daaibooi for a nice swim. They are repairing the huts. New palm leaves are being put on them.
After swimming, I want to go to Pelele and Cher, but Mem feels unwell. He wants to sit by the church for a while, where it is cooler. I stay with Mama Irma.
I have arranged to meet Annet. We have lunch at Landhuis Rooi Catootje, next to the museum. Delicious fish salad and a very pleasant chat.
I do some shopping at Centrum Supermarkt. I buy three cans of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup for Mama Irma, who likes them. For Mem, I buy a bolo di wortel.
At 4.30 p.m., I go back to Villa Kadushi to help saw under the door so that it opens a little easier.
Then it’s time for a nice swim.
On the beach, I help Jordan clean the sunbeds that are not in use, as he wants to go home early….
I also meet a lady who is studying Ayurvedic astrology there. We chat for a while, she immediately asks for my date of birth, I say ‘Virgo’, but no, she says I am a Leo, a leader. In Europe, the zodiac signs are linked to different dates. She says it has to do with the moon and can’t just be 21 August or something like that. Me, a Leo?
I tell her about Mama Irma and we talk about dying. She recommends a book to me: Journey of Souls. It’s about leaving the earth and our souls going somewhere else. I once read that someone who was dying was weighed and that the body was weighed again after death. The soul had left and the body weighed slightly less…
We chat for a while longer. She lives at Landhuis Pannekoek. Funny, I used to go there on camp with our Radulphus first-year students. She also tells me that the energy in Willibrordus is very good. I feel it every day. also when at Williwood….
I tell her that I know Donald Olbino in Pannekoek and that I often go for walks with him. She knows his wife, Dulce. Funny, everyone knows everyone…
At 8:30 p.m., Mem arrives and we have a nice chat. We drink a Coke and I also have a few pika balls. He loves them. Mem is still feeling a bit short of breath and his knees are bothering him.
At 9:30 p.m., we go to bed.