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.
Monday, September 27, 2010
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
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