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[BaliLife]

I'm sitting in a pub, alone at a small table.. My colleague is upstairs in his hotel room with a certain professional girl from the bar.. He's asked me to wait - meanwhile my other friends have had to go on ahead to secure a private room at another 'club' we're heading to afterwards..

Entertaining single colleagues in this country is torture for a married guy - not only do you need to refrain, you're left sitting alone

Oh well, my little angels are asleep at home waiting for me to snuggle up to them.. My son turned 4 yesterday, and we had his party this afternoon..

I love rubbing my face in his hair..

Ct

[Bert Vierstra]

Oh, busy with a few websites (I have more than 60 registered, sigh), had a video chat with Dewi today, going to Amsterdam grab, something to eat...

Congratulations with your son!

Where are the pictures?

[BaliLife]

hey bert, 60? I'm dizzy just thinking about it..

Thanks for the congrats, I will post some of the many tomorrow - I'm still sitting in a club but am pumping down vit C (redoxan) at the moment coz I just got spiked.. It wasn't with bad intentions, just friends of friends trying to share the fun - just not my kind of fun..

It's been a very long day..

Ct

[froggy]

Im sitting here, wondering if I should sell everything again, and leave for Bali,,,, I do have about 20 computers with 19' flatscreens, could be of use in bali? but customs may tear me a new ass on duty. A little office with a few computers should do me fine for a travel agent office or ?, any thoughts? Oh no, here I go again!

[Jimbo]

Reading this forum and relaxing in my home in Makassar. Short of visitors now. The first of the day arrived at 7 am this morning

I had just finished my morning exercise and sat there sweating and smiling at the same time

[FreoGirl]

Having a lazy Sunday morning, had dinner at Djimbaran Bali restaurant last night - they do make very nice Satay Ayam.. just about to clean the house and start getting ready for the week.

[BaliLife]

Having a lazy Sunday morning, had dinner at Djimbaran Bali restaurant last night - they do make very nice Satay Ayam.. just about to clean the house and start getting ready for the week.

Djimbaran in Myaree right Freo? My wife when at uni used to work at what is now the family karaoke / entertainment center alongside it.. At that time it was a food court.. St Louis Ribs & Chicken... Mmmm... Anyhow, have eaten there a few times (Djimbaran I mean) - my mother-in-law is a fan.. It used to be an overpriced Japanese restaurant back when we were at uni - as it happens a lot of my friends (mainly Malaysian & Indo) worked in and around that complex.. I used to buy groceries from the Yee Sang there.. Dam, I'm homesick

I know i promised to post pictures today, but after reading the following, I think I'm going to have to pass:

you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor images stored behind authentication mechanisms, e.g. hotmail or yahoo mailboxes, password protected sites, etc. To display the image use the BBCode [img] tag.

ct

[FreoGirl]

Yes, that's the one. It has changed ownership, the orginal owners have returned to Surabaya as their kids have all finished their studies and also moved back to Indoensia (so I'm told) apparantly the cook bought the restaurant. The food is pretty much the same, with a bit more variety, an improvement I think. It is the best Indonesian restaurant in Perth we believe. Much better than the sparrow in northbridge, which is dreadful these days.
I don't remember it being a Japanese place, but that may have been when I was not living in Perth. The groovy cave design was from when it was a cook your own grill type place. We also buy stuff at Yee Seng, and at Chans up the road. One of the other usually has kang kong when in season, which is the only sayor we can't get at the freo markets.
We had our wedding reception at Djimbaran restaurant.

[SteffandShaz]

Having spent an exhausting day in the garden, we've had dinner and are now veging in front of the TV...trying to find something other than the Olympics (or Olympic re-runs) to watch.

Might be time to get out the few DVDs we haven't yet seen from our last batch brought home from Bali

Cheers,
Shaz
P.S. obviously I was surfing the forum first though

[Sanurian]

Hey, froggy

...Im sitting here, wondering if I should sell everything again, and leave for Bali,,,, I do have about 20 computers with 19' flatscreens, could be of use in bali?...

I've forgotten why you left in the first place? Second thoughts now, huh?

For sure your computers would be useful for somebody. You could try and send me one of them and we'll see what happens. I'm even prepared to deal with Customs if it becomes an issue. (Don't get me wrong here - I don't need another computer, but send one anyway as an experiment. PM me if you're up to it. I promise to give it back to you, if it arrives).

I saw an ad in The Bali Advertiser recently placed by the Save Orangotans in Sumatra (SOS) group. Someone in England has donated them a laptop and they're looking for somebody to physically bring it to Bali. I would have thought they could just send it here with a reasonable chance of it arriving in one piece. Or maybe I should wash my mouth out with sabun.

Any thoughts?

[Sanurian]

Hi, SteffandShaz
Vegging out in front of the tellie doesn't become you. I'm somewhat shocked.
And what's this:?

...now semi retired! YAY!...

You mean you're still "semi retired"? How long is it going to take to do the real deal?

I'm recovering from from my big free Hatten's wine-tasting scenario at The Sanur Village Festival. I missed the night-time kite flying spectacle (with fire-works). Loved the Crazy Horse band...knew some of the members years ago in Lovina. Talked to them for a few minutes after their set until I tripped over a few cables and nearly damaged some very expensive equipment. It wasn't all bad - they invited me to their next gig. Trouble is, I can't remember the venue. Hatten's wines are to blame (IMHO).

We've recently moved house. Send me a PM when you're coming back to Bali.

[BaliLife]

Haha, funny that you mention Sparrows - I hate that place too.. I get dragged there all the time by my in-laws, at least once a week when in Perth. The uncle there (who's actually vietnamese) is a sweet guy but he's got a few screws loose and the wife cooks everything in advance (sometimes way too in advance) and the microwave it before serving it. The last time I was there in late april, his wife had been out of the country for the last week, and you could tell the food was prepared before she left. My wife's ex and his cousin (who's my best mate in Surabaya - we literally go out every 2nd night) and many of my wife's friends worked there as students. It's funny, all these kids had their parents credit cards with no scrutiny on spending, but yet they all grouped together and worked at these dive restaurants - they used to think it was fun.. Another place (not Indo food but chinese) where almost all the staff were indo was Prince Of China in mt. Pleasant / Applecross, on the cnr of Sleat & Canning.. It sold a few times and is now a vietnamese restaurant called Vu's, and the original owners moved to a little place further down on canning hwy, where that hill always has a speed-camera (what did we used to call them in australia, a multi-something??).. Anyway, when I first met my wife at uni, her and a bunch of her friends used to work there a few nights a week - funny memories..

Have only been married 7yrs in december - the perth years (before marriage) were the golden years for us.. Vancouver the silver and I fear now, here in surabaya, we're in the lead period She says I've become like an asian husband and she's ok with it because she feels more like an asian wife than she did before.. I hate it, inside I long for those perth days, when life was a little simpler.. It seems as though our lives in perth were so overlapping - and here they're almost mutually exclusive with the exception of the kids

Sorry to ramble on, its been a crappy day - a crappy month and in fact a pretty crappy year. I used to think choices were the greatest thing one could have in life - but I've learnt in the last year or so, that choices can be a curse and a sentence for the type that's never satisfied.. that type being me

Ct

[froggy]

Well they are all DELL 120v 2.8gz 2mb ram with flat screens, im thinking of having a go at it in the travell industry there, just a thought, I only left because my wife wasnt fond of BAli ( it was ROY) hahaha just kidding Roy! Dont beat me up! and money was running a little short, wifes gone and money is back ,hahaha at least enough for a ticket or two,,, Im really thinking about it,,, what could I do with 20 computers and a main server there to make a living , Im really open to ideas, send me a pm with any ideas, i will ship a few of them.. Hell, i 'll even dissasemble my scooter and have it shipped,, any one want a new Harley?..Frog......

[froggy]

Wife didnt like Bali (Roy) hahaha, just kidding Roy, Dont beat me up! I was also running out of money ,,, wifes gone and I have enough for a ticket or two!!! Sounds like a plan! I will ship a few of them if you have any real ideas what to do with them, I was thinking of trying out the tourism industry a bit, they are all Dell 120volt 2.8 gz, 2mb Ram with nice 19" flatscreens, pm me with any ideas or an address. Heck I will also dissasemble my scooter and send it! Any one want a new harley, dissasembled? hahaa, Frog

[Tim]

Balilife, you aren't leaning over an empty whiskey glass are you? You sound very, very down..

[Tim]

Frog, are you really going back? and if you are, do it right this time....( leave Texas in Texas)