Opening of Pulau Semakau - More Pics

We didn't get to do much filming today due to the rain, but at least this means I don't need to name all the equipment that I haven't been formally introduced to yet. So here's what we did in between filming bits and pieces of key moments.

Ivy & Chay Hoon seem to have gotten up on the right side of bed this morning:

But we couldn't say the same for "Mother"...

We were to be seated on Deck 3, which was supposed to be 'open-air', but instead we travelled to Semakau in style...

L-R: Chay Hoon, Bernie, Dionne, Tom, Ivy n her reflective --------, and Danwei.

Apart from a light drizzle, it was a clear and cool day on Semakau. After the Opening Ceremony, we were given picnic baskets packed with goodies:

Packed fried rice + mee goreng + sambal prawns + sweet & sour fish + chicken + vege, packets drinks, grass jelly, an apple, M&Ms and a small towel.

As pretty as they looked, the baskets were quite cumbersome, especially since we had to carry 2 each on top of all the equipment we were lugging, to feed the advance party from BWV and Toddycats who had taken the earlier ferry in. One of the Toddycats joked that we should have brought a bamboo pole to carry all the baskets and bags, and Tom regretted not bringing monopod, but some of us were rather happy carrying 'em baskets...

Chay Hoon, Ivy & I - going to the 'pasar'?

Even Tom...

When it was time to leave, we boarded the bus without Ria, thinking she was probably in the "VIP Coach". Ria however went back to the BWV booth to find everything packed up and everyone gone. I don't think we've heard the last of that yet.....