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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Vacation
We are about to go on vacation again. We are excited. We are heading to KL tomorrow and are going to have dinner with our friends James and Malia. We taught with James in Cambodia. He now teaches in KL which is where he met his fiance Malia. They were kind enough to house us last year when we came through KL.
Friday afternoon we are headed to Phnom Penh for a bit to catch up with friends and visit some old haunts. It should be a blast! Our friends James and Anita are super cool and have a son just the same age as Q. They met once when they were super young so it will be neat to have them meet again.
Then we are headed to Bangkok for a bit. We plan on taking Q to the hospital were he was born and if possible dropping in on the doctor who delivered him. The aquarium, a boat cruise, and maybe a water park are also in the cards. For sure we are going to hit some of our favorite restaurants and we'll definitely get some shopping in.
Then we are on to Krabi to catch up with friends with whom we taught with in Korea. We are super stoked to visit with these folks in such a pristine setting.
Friday afternoon we are headed to Phnom Penh for a bit to catch up with friends and visit some old haunts. It should be a blast! Our friends James and Anita are super cool and have a son just the same age as Q. They met once when they were super young so it will be neat to have them meet again.
Then we are headed to Bangkok for a bit. We plan on taking Q to the hospital were he was born and if possible dropping in on the doctor who delivered him. The aquarium, a boat cruise, and maybe a water park are also in the cards. For sure we are going to hit some of our favorite restaurants and we'll definitely get some shopping in.
Then we are on to Krabi to catch up with friends with whom we taught with in Korea. We are super stoked to visit with these folks in such a pristine setting.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Vespa
Here are a couple pics of some of the Vespas we looked at this weekend.
Here are a couple pics of some of the Vespas we looked at this weekend.
Here are a couple pics of some of the Vespas we looked at this weekend.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Bahasa Indonesian
Tonight we had our first Bahasa Indonesian lesson. Bahasa means language so we obviously had our first Indonesian language lesson. We are both taking a language class with a couple other teachers. We are staggering classes so that couples can split times and one can go to class while the other stays at home with the kids. It seemed to work out really well, at least for the first time. As far as languages go it seems to be pretty straight forward. No difficult tonal sounds or tenses to figure out. That said it's still going to be a lot of work to become at least conversational.
Today we bought tickets to the International Food Fair this Saturday night. It is supposed to be a good time with plenty of tasty treats and free beer. Free beer, how could you go wrong?
I dislocated my shoulder this week on our Tuesday ride. It was a freaky incident. I went down and my shoulder made a crunching cracking sound. I was sure I broke my collar bone because when I righted myself I couldn't move my arm and it was hanging at a funny angle. It almost immediately popped back in so I was lucky in that respect. I took a couple minutes to gather myself and then was able to get back on the bike. Luckily it was happened close to a main road and in 25 minutes or so we were home.
I rang the camp Dr. and she said to come right down. She had a look at me and thought that everything looked fairly normal and sent me on my way with a couple anti-inflammatories. She rang me up the next day and asked if I wouldn't mind coming down for some x-rays. They had just gotten in some new equipment and she said I could come down and get some x-rays taken if I so desired. I thought it would give me some peace of mind after such a hard fall. The sound my shoulder made was like nothing I had ever heard before in all my years of crashing.
I was standing with the x-ray technician in the x-ray room 3 minutes after showing up at the clinic. I think the time I waited to be seen was less time than It took for him to figure out how to properly set up the equipment. They took a couple x-rays of my shoulder from different angles and everyone of them looked good. It seems it's just going to be a matter of waiting for things to heal.
There's a Vespa show and sale this Saturday that I might try to check out since I will not be able to make our Saturday ride. I might take the camera, well see.
Today we bought tickets to the International Food Fair this Saturday night. It is supposed to be a good time with plenty of tasty treats and free beer. Free beer, how could you go wrong?
I dislocated my shoulder this week on our Tuesday ride. It was a freaky incident. I went down and my shoulder made a crunching cracking sound. I was sure I broke my collar bone because when I righted myself I couldn't move my arm and it was hanging at a funny angle. It almost immediately popped back in so I was lucky in that respect. I took a couple minutes to gather myself and then was able to get back on the bike. Luckily it was happened close to a main road and in 25 minutes or so we were home.
I rang the camp Dr. and she said to come right down. She had a look at me and thought that everything looked fairly normal and sent me on my way with a couple anti-inflammatories. She rang me up the next day and asked if I wouldn't mind coming down for some x-rays. They had just gotten in some new equipment and she said I could come down and get some x-rays taken if I so desired. I thought it would give me some peace of mind after such a hard fall. The sound my shoulder made was like nothing I had ever heard before in all my years of crashing.
I was standing with the x-ray technician in the x-ray room 3 minutes after showing up at the clinic. I think the time I waited to be seen was less time than It took for him to figure out how to properly set up the equipment. They took a couple x-rays of my shoulder from different angles and everyone of them looked good. It seems it's just going to be a matter of waiting for things to heal.
There's a Vespa show and sale this Saturday that I might try to check out since I will not be able to make our Saturday ride. I might take the camera, well see.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Stag
Our friend Ben back in Korea is getting married in a couple weeks. His friends are throwing him a Stag party tomorrow night. I got an email asking me to make a short movie telling the groom to be that he needed to do something. I was at a loss so I asked Q to help me out and this is what he came up with.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Settling In
Well we finally feel like we're settling in our new house, job, city, country. We've gotten word that our shipment has arrived in Jakarta and are waiting to hear that it is in transit to Balikpapan. Our house still feels a bit like a hotel with bare walls and bland furniture. We are looking forward to making our apartment more homey by adding all our little trinkets, pictures, books and such. Many of the things that will be arriving were in storage for two years so it's almost like getting them for the first time.
I haven't gotten out to take many pictures as it's been pretty busy since we got here. I plan on getting out and snapping some pics of the extended neighborhood sometime in the next couple weeks. We are heading to Bali in about three weeks and you can be sure I'll get some pics there.
The MTB riding has been great. I have been getting out most weeks at least two days. I've taken the last week off due to a shoulder injury. I hope to be on the mend and plan on getting back out for a ride tomorrow afternoon.
We had a nice summer visiting with family and friends. Q and I were able to head to the east coast where he was able to spend some QT with his cousin Gray and I was able to spend some QT with my sister Steph and my brother Otto and his wife Nancy. My other sister Siovhan and her two daughters were able to come to Tucson for a visit as well. As always it was great to see everyone.
Last Friday a bunch of us went out for a night on the town to celebrate a coworkers birthday. It was a good time but we were all a bit groggy the next day. It was the first time I have hit the town since arriving in the first week of August. I haven't been out that late in a long, long time. The birthday boy happens to be the music teacher at the school I work at and therefore is Q's music teacher. We all piled in the car to go from one bar to another when he told this story.
The other day in class right in the middle of things Q raises his hand. I asked him what he wanted and he said this " Um um... my dad says that I rock.......... the party." To which Adam said "Well I bet you do".
The music teacehr got a kick out of it and so did I.
I haven't gotten out to take many pictures as it's been pretty busy since we got here. I plan on getting out and snapping some pics of the extended neighborhood sometime in the next couple weeks. We are heading to Bali in about three weeks and you can be sure I'll get some pics there.
The MTB riding has been great. I have been getting out most weeks at least two days. I've taken the last week off due to a shoulder injury. I hope to be on the mend and plan on getting back out for a ride tomorrow afternoon.
We had a nice summer visiting with family and friends. Q and I were able to head to the east coast where he was able to spend some QT with his cousin Gray and I was able to spend some QT with my sister Steph and my brother Otto and his wife Nancy. My other sister Siovhan and her two daughters were able to come to Tucson for a visit as well. As always it was great to see everyone.
Last Friday a bunch of us went out for a night on the town to celebrate a coworkers birthday. It was a good time but we were all a bit groggy the next day. It was the first time I have hit the town since arriving in the first week of August. I haven't been out that late in a long, long time. The birthday boy happens to be the music teacher at the school I work at and therefore is Q's music teacher. We all piled in the car to go from one bar to another when he told this story.
The other day in class right in the middle of things Q raises his hand. I asked him what he wanted and he said this " Um um... my dad says that I rock.......... the party." To which Adam said "Well I bet you do".
The music teacehr got a kick out of it and so did I.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Christmas Eve Day
On the day of Christmas Eve we decided to go to have lunch at the Tanjung Rhu Resort. The resort is located on a pristine beach looking out towards Thailand. One of the unique features of this particular beach is the artificially created sandbar that you can walk out into the cove on. After a super tasty lunch we walked out on the sandbar for a bit before heading up the beach to find some shade and toss the frisbee. Here are some pics from our disc throwing session and one from the entrance to the resort looking out toward the beach. I'll have more pics of the beach up in a bit.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
More Langkawi Pics
Today we rented scooters and decided to zip up the coast to the Langkawi Cable Car which takes you up to the top of the second highest peak on Langkawi. Upon arrival we were surprised to find a two hour wait to get into a gondola and head to the top of the mountain. It was really hot and we didn't fell like sitting in the hot sun for two hours so we decided to try our luck again on Thursday. It looked pretty awesome though. The gondola takes you right up the side of the mountain which I think would be more accurately described as a cliff.
Since we postponed our gondola trip we decided to check out the petting zoo instead. There were two kinds of animals, deer and rabbits. You could by the same food and feed it to both, which we did.
On our way back Jen got into a little fender bender with a car which lucky enough turned out to be quite minor. One of the pics in todays lot is her sitting on the hood with the owner of the car she ran into. Lucky for everyone we were laughing about it by lunch.
If you notice in another pic Liz is sitting by a sign that warns of jellyfish. She was stung last night and had to go to the hospital. It was a brutally painful ordeal but she is finally recovering. What a bummer!
We finished the evening in the same manner in which we have since arriving; having dinner on the beach while the sun set into the ocean.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
First Day in Langkawi
Here are some pics from our first day in Langkawi. From the looks of it I think we'll be able to tough it out here for the next week.
Friday, December 18, 2009
KL
An article on visiting KL while we're visiting KL:http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/travel/20hours.html
Batu Caves
Here are some pics from our trip to Batu Cave today. To reach the cave you must climb 272 steps. It was well worth the climb even though we had to deal with some mischievous monkeys.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
New Inner City Bike Design
Interesting looking bike design: http://www.jruiter.com/jruiter/conceptsLatest.php
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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