Building a New Clubhouse

Building from scraps of recycled materials the  Boys got to work every evening to erect a new  Pondok  where it is away from the rest of the group of pondoks. Man's basic instinct to find his own space away from the rest of humanity or the society he has grown to abhor.

Notice how the long roof beams are nailed together pieces of timber. Will it all hold together/? Insha' Allah they will all agree, if not well we can all take a swim or as the fishermen in Alaska would say 'Its deep six'. They all know that this is all temporary as sooner or later the land hungry developers will arrive at the door step to tear the thing down and relcaim the land to build more low cost housin or even a condominium for those foreigners looking for second homes.

The ad hoc carpenter who owns a cafe close by stand with confident up on a make shift ladder. You are looking a another group of die hards, men who have been through life, done this and that in their lifetime and they are the types who do not take any nonsense lightly although theymay seem simple and laughs easily.

Tok Wan! Grew up along the water front in Weld Quay and most of his life spent near the sea.

He holds his dream in that bag, his own invention that he is still working on getting sold to the right man.

They all have their own stories to tell but every evening  they get together to work on the construction of this home on the water- a five star hanging out space.

The zinc roofing was donated by friends and needed allot of patchings.

The Portuguese Mac Guyver who is a Jack of all trades and a wizz with engines.  Yester day he brought me a book which he cautioned me as a book of 'Power'. The book is called 'The Power of Genuine Ancient Magick", by Carl Nagel. Somehow he believed it is up my alley.