LIVING LARGE ON RAINDROPS?

LIVING LARGE ON RAINDROPS? If that was the case we'd all be rich.

Oh, some days - you just can't help but love this place. Only in Balikpapan. ........ and I'm certainly not talking about the tea either.

Ok, so how does this happen?

You start out getting a kitchen cupboard door fixed - that's half fallen off. Yes, we spent the whole weekend wedging the thing back into place and every time we went near it - the darn thing would fall off. And so, first thing this morning we got on the phone (no, sorry cross out phone - it wasn't working this morning either - to boot). Ok, so we tried to phone maintenance but ended up sending our favorite girl over to the office instead.

And so along came the maintenance men. Rather quickly, I might add - these guys must like us I think. So while I was frantically working in the office, desperately trying to get some work I need to get done, done - a whole lot of hammering and banging and cursing was going on. (Turns out Sh*! is the same in Bahasa as it is in English) Well now we have NO water tap. And it's going to take 3 days to get a new one. Are you kidding me?

Wholly smokes - imagine what it's like trying to get real work done. Ok, other Me - I get it. And for that reason ............. we're going on a holiday this week. Right?

Count down is on for the holiday too. Need to photo copy a whole bunch of stuff before we can go too. Passport, tax ID card, and marriage certificate. Yeah - the rules have changed here a little bit - unless you want to pay about $250 each for the Fiscal Exit Tax. Not.

Me and the other Me made an executive decision regarding this holiday over the weekend too. Lap tops, will not be coming with us. And for 2 reasons in fact. #1 - a lap top on a holiday means work. And #2 - the places we're going don't actually have any Internet.

We had a splendid weekend by the way. Splendid, splendid. It was just plain great! And I think a lot of people had a whole bunch of fun at Mardi Gras too. ............ just a little mishap with the experimental roast beef we tried to attempt last night.

TODAY: Definitely heading out to do something about the hair. Time to fix up that bad hair day thing that's going on. And maybe just a little massage while we're at too. .......... I love this place.

And later tonight ............. bulls eye, more darts.

Good to Go!