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I keep writing a nice resonse , ,but the time I get too it , it makes me sign in again and all my writting is gone!!! Bert, you around???

You have automated login enabled? How looong does it take before you are finished writing?

I write for about 2-4 min. then hit enter,it ask me to log in again and goes back to a blank post,, thx ,, better hurry ,, Frog

Froggy, try writing on word (as a side benefit, your spelling will be improved) and then cut and pasting once you hit the post reply button.

Ok, one more time,,, Roy, I have the memory of an elephant (the ass end) But I do remember joking about the boys or a excited guest that may try doing a swan dive off the second floor. I wish you had some video of that awsome kitchen in action, MMMM, the food that you have been cooking up in there,,,, I'm ......If you have a party try getting someone to download some, Us Ex-Expats would love too see anything, Frog

Froggy, I think your confusion rests with the fact that we re-dug the pool twice after the first pit you saw. Anyone jumping from the second or third floor now would be hitting grass, plants, or tile walkways...ouch!

Yes, the kitchen is the most busy area of the whole compound, that is for sure. The Executive Chef from the Shangri-La in Surabaya and his wife will be house guests in two weeks for a few days, so I’ll take some photos then. In the mean time, here’s an appetizer of Balinese chicken salad and sate with peanut sauce:

Nice presentation. If the food tastes as good as it looks you will impress the chef. Mind you I have rarely had bad home cooked food in Indonesia so I think you will be on a winner.

Sorry for any confusion I created Jimbo, but this isn’t something either Eri or I created, but rather it’s a dish created the last time our friends from Surabaya were here.

In re-reading my earlier post, I should have made that more clear by writing:

“In the mean time, here’s an appetizer of his Balinese chicken salad and sate with peanut sauce:”

Ma’af!

For me, I’ve never had any “bad home cooked food in Indonesia.” Both Eri, her mom and dad are masters in the kitchen, and it’s always worth the “pay back” twelve or so hours latter!

Their best dishes are always prepared in their typical Bali style wood burning oven and stove, while we use LPG 90% of the time.

For them, they love my Italian dishes of chicken cacciatore and lasagna which I take hours to make, and add my own version of Bali bumbu...which another twelve hours latter still means more....

When I am at home Maria is constantly in the kitchen cooking up some wonderful food, I remember however in the early days when we decided to live in the UK. I would teach her some western style cooking and then when she cooked it she would always add her own twist to things.

Cottage pie would have lemon, ginger and chillies added. We are used to it now but the suprise on my face when I first tried it would have made a classic photo for the archives.

OK, I'm wading in here a bit late here (no pun intended) and the string seems to have gone a bit off subject but here goes anyway.

I'm in the process of building which includes a good size pool. There is a company doing ozone systems which apparently use alot less salt so gives it a real fresh water feel - the thing is I dont know anyone else already using this system in Bali.

Anyone have any constructive advice on this one?

I'm having a 5 x 12 meter pool built for Rp. 80 million - location in Singaraja. I think that's medium size. Pictures here http://www.flickr.com/photos/igdeyasa

Thats a beautiful house sooner!