Showing posts with label Suramadu Bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suramadu Bridge. Show all posts

COINCIDENCE


Good Morning everyone!
Hey - check this out. The Jakarta Post yesterday ran a story (front page) about the opening of that Suramadu Bridge I posted about a couple of days ago. The bridge was officially opened yesterday. Pretty cool isn't it? Now is that coincident or what?

A great lunch with everyone yesterday afternoon. And wow, what a lot of new faces there are here these days. And my God, I'm having a hard time with all these new names. (unusual names too in fact) Remembering names is definitely NOT my strength. Lots of folks transferring in and out of here these days. People on the move. There's a big rumor (maybe more truth than rumor in fact) - seems BHP is closing up shop and moving out of town. And so, that pretty much means, there's going to be a whole bunch more people moving on from here.

Today's photo - nothing in particular, just something that caught my eye I guess. That blue bottle is LPG. (without regulator or any other sort of safety check, and more often than not hooked up with a garden hose - in fact I heard the big fire last week was started with a gas bottle, possibly just like this) The Bahasa pronunciation for LPG is exactly the same as us. However, EL-PI-GI is way it's spelt.

TODAY: The sun is out and shinning full force this morning, hardly a cloud in the sky - and that can only mean all good things + it's going to be hot.

This morning the other Me has hit the road again. Back on his way out of town. I have the Fortnight Lunch thing to do this afternoon and later tonight a bunch of us girls are going out on the town. Going to check out a new night spot that's opened up at the Novotel.

Good to Go!

SURAMADU

The Suramadu Bridge, or Surabaya-Madura Bridge, between Surabaya, on the island of Java and the town of Bangkalan on the island of Madura. The longest bridge in Indonesia, 5.4 kilometers, and the first land link between the two islands. ................ expected to open to the public in June 2009. (I'm not certain if this has actually happened yet) (?)

Great weekend! And just like all the others blew by way too fast. Nice night out on Saturday night and a fabulous F1 Sunday too. The F1 Sunday thing that grew. What started out as a couple of us .......... well, in short - every go around now the crowd seems to grow by two. And what a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

F1 Sunday: The Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul - Jenson Button, does it again! Number 1. Good thing I've pledged my allegiance to him. He's a winner. 6 out of this year's 7 races are are now his. And I'm sure all the Brawn-Mercedes people are pretty darn happy with that. Next up - June 21, the Santander British Grand Prix.

Some good news - the AC is sort-of fixed. No more loud screeching sounds coming out of it anymore at least. Now it just intermixes with blowing hot and cold air - never quite sure what it's going to do. But we're working on it - this morning the maintenance guy has been here again and again and with any luck pretty soon things will be working just like new again. (fingers crossed)

Special Note: I figured out what that exclamation mark road sign meant from a last week post. I accidentally came across it in a children's English/Bahasa translation dictionary book. Be Careful. Hmmm - surprised I haven't seen a lot more of them.

TODAY: Cloudy day in paradise. Just have to wait and see.

Good to Go!