TGIF IT'S HARI JUMAT

TGIF. Friday. Yes, it's Friday.........but not quite the same effect as the rest of the world. Or at least some of the world. This is not the end of the week. Or rather not the same sort of end as you'd expect. I think maybe, Saturday noon, is when the real official weekend starts. There's no real clear answer to that. There's still school tomorrow. Some offices are open till noon and some are not.

Fridays, are BATIK days. All the school kids wear the batik shirts part of their school uniforms today. It looks pretty neat. All different colours depending on the school they go to. I especially like the PINK. And in Balikpapan, the boys (men) are not afraid to wear pink.

Last night was BILLIARDS night. The pool competition is back on. Need to get back up to speed on that. Things were on hold for the month of Ramadan. Was nice to see everyone again. And it sure looks like some people were practicing.

TODAY: Need to get to the pool .............. like right away. I can't believe it's not raining.

Today - need to get out and pay the phone bills. Due on Monday and there is ZERO grace on that. No late fees, or overdue here. If it's not paid on time ........... it's gone. So need to get down to the offices, different office for each phone of course and get the fancy little stamp on the bill. Now here is something that will amaze ......... The house phone (land line) is like 56,000 Rupiah a month - that's like $5.60 US. And my Hand Phone (cell) bill this month is 89,000 Rupiah. That's less than 10 bucks. Can you believe that?

Ok, well. Time for me to HURRY, HURRY, and get over to the pool.

TGIF! Good to Go!