“Momma I’m coming home”

Well…I’m tired, I miss my wife, my dogs, my friends, am a bit homesick (rugby is not a substitute for some good ol’ American football!!!!), tired of hearing “Tak Tahan Lagi” playing on the tape deck (so what that I have it on repeat….it is the only “decent” song on the tape), and a Toyota Kijang IS NOT a GTO.

I’ll be home Sunday afternoon from Indonesia and I have alot of TV/sports on the DVR to catch up on…

Not sure I’ll write much more. I’ve said it all before. See the related posts links below if you have forgotten…

If I remember, I will at least post a link to “Tak Tahan Lagi” on here so you can all suffer too. If you are bored, search for it on YouTube.

Here are the pics while I am in Indonesia…

I am trying something new, so bear with me. As I add pictures to the album, the slideshow will update…I think…

The Sakura Lounge in the Tokyo Narita airport has the coolest machine! You take a glass and put it on a stand. Press the magic button and it tilts the glass, gently pours in a half glass of beer, tilts the glass back to the original position and fills the glass to about 3/4 full. Then the stand shifts the glass and positions it beneath another nozzle where it adds a bit of head to it. Once it has filled the glass, it again shifts it into position for you to remove the glass and enjoy the frosty beverage. I think I will go try to find a make and model number!

You may be wondering what the hell I am doing in Japan. It is just a layover on what is yet another trip to Indonesia. It will be much like my previous trips except this time I get 1 full day in Bali before heading off to the job site. More fresh seafood, cheap DVDs, etc…

I will try to do a few updates while I am over on this site of the world, so stay tuned…

I will be home and ready for celebration just in time for Tasha’s graduation.

Congrats babe!

- peeps

Well, in case you weren’t aware from the previous couple posts, I went to Indonesia again for work for what was supposed to be 2 weeks on site. I won’t re-hash the issues with the flights; you can read it below….

Other than getting in a round of golf the first Sunday I was in Soroako, the rest of the time there was pretty uneventful. I have highlighted the exciting events below:

My co-worker that I was traveling with had scheduled his arranged marriage to coincide with our trip, so I got to go to an Indonesian wedding reception. He had kept it quite around the office and I didn’t even find out until we were in Bali. Quite a surprise! All I can say is I am glad our wedding decorations were not selected by an Indonesian Basically, they line a walkway with all the family members, have the wedding party up on a stage decorated with bright colors and other decor, with food lining the exit aisle. So you have this huge receiving line with local food at the end. I guess if you know all the people there you might work up an appetite by the time you get to the end of the line. I didn’t stick around for the dancing, but he said that it went on for a few hours. I think he even left before the dancing ended….Now he gets to deal with all the Visa requirements to get her back to the US.

I think because its life would be short with any decision it makes and no decision is a realy good one….on the same side, the other side, or while crossing. I think during the 9 hour drive from Soroako to Kolaka last sunday, my driver almost hit about 10 chickens while passing through the villages. And then maybe 3-5 on the 3 hour drive from Kolaka to Kendari last night. So that covers the middle of the road. Now on either side, the chicken must know that one of the locals will be snatching it up soon for dinner, so it better not hang out too long. I think just constantly crossing the road makes the chicken feel that its life will be longer by avoiding being eaten. That is if it can avoid the cars….

Sometimes it is scary to see the chickens pecking at scraps and whatever it can find to eat on the side of the roads or the fields….especially after you were just next door having chicken for lunch. Perhaps the chicken I ate was running around trying to get run over the day before Oh well! It was all pretty tasty and I didn’t get sick.

Finally back in civilization (Jakarta Airport) and headed towards home after departing home on January 30th and adding an extra week to my trip to visit another client on the same island.

More to come when I have time to jot it all down….and tons of pictures.

- peeps