day 7

Sorting my brain out today.. the future for me is so mixed. I intend to return to Java, but whether to a job or with money, I don't know.
I keep thinking of different scenarios, an island, tourism, beach bar, work, unesco, fossils, bonsai, petrified wood.... it seems endless.
Also been thinking about my friend and the future. Everything involves her, work and play. Sometimes I fancy her, but most times she is just a good friend, very confusing.

Work today is coming on very well. The lads are working till 10pm, but i am not! Another couple of days and all will be finished. Don't know what I do then, just wait and see.
I still feel confident that something will come right....

OK, picture today....ummmm. How about wife? And me, of course.

day 6

Work first, going well, being thanked for my efforts..... bit late really.
I am still leaving, as far as I know, on the 10th April. I suppose I will have to get a ticket to fly!!!

It seems as if all the women/girls I know are ill. They all (yes, all) have complained of having aches and pains, flu like symptoms and generally being run down. They blame it on the weather, saying it is so cold.
I have to admit, I have not noticed. This is obviously a cultural difference that I was not aware of. It still seems far too hot to me, sorry everyone.

My friend... well haven't heard much from her today, she is one of the ones not feeling well. I have to admit her voice sounds strained. If you read this, get well soon...

I am going to try another picture of Kat.. wish me luck. DID IT, once again, she is the one with the dark hair, the other girl is Demi, known as the blonde with brains...

day 5

Tuesday, a reasonably good day at work. Things are being done, moving forward....
Even had the Construction Manager saying he will miss me!!

Upset my daughter last night by not talking to her, then treating her like a 10 year old.... stupid me!
All ok now.

As for my friend, she is so fed up today, bored in her words. Power cuts, darkness, alone, what more? Oh yes, rain.
had a closer look at the island I want to buy, I really want to buy it, really, really...
I probably have 4 prospective customers already, and I am only thinking about it.
This is going to work, I have no doubt.

if I can load a picture you should be able to see the island. Tasty, yes? And soon you will be able to spend two weeks on it, food and drink supplied...

day 4

Monday, my work is slow but coming on.. Things will be finished by the end of this week, I hope!
Still not sure if I am going back to England on the 10th, possibly staying another couple of months.

I have been invited to a wedding next weekend, Sunday, hopefully Lawraz can come with me, but, being a girly, she has nothing to wear.... seem to have heard that before.
If she can't then I will accompany my secretary, Adel. That will get so many people confused it's almost worth doing anyway! Apparently several girls in the office think she is in love with me! Just because we talk together a lot, she is my secretary for gods sake..

haven't heard from my friend today, hope she is ok. I will be ringing her soon, after I swap sim cards again!
Must have a conversation with my baby daughter first, haven't spoken to her for ages.
here is a picture of her and Demi, an adopted daughter. Kat has black hair. That is if I can download it, having trouble, so try again....I cannot get the pic I want so here is Kat on her own, I hope...No, another security warning..WHY? no pics, sorry

day 3

Today I went to Kudus, where my friend lives.
I had to wait for her for nearly two hours, but she is worth it, x
.Even if she won't share a jacusie with me...
Actually it was great fun, I think we both know that.
We also looked for beach huts/houses/bars.
Eventually i will return here and we will become business partners in a beach side venture.
I also saw the most amazing tropical storm. Lightning from at least three different directions at the same time, and thunder to match. Stunning to see and hear.
On the bus coming back I 'talked' to an Indonesian guy, even impressed myself with the amount I can get across with limited vocabulary.

Even though it is sunday I have been in touch with work, all is going well.

day 2

Boring day at work.. I am being kept away from almost everything, unless there is a problem hahaha.

my friend is not happy today! Someone used her notebook, and buggered all the settings. No wonder she is not in a good mood.
Tomorrow I will go to visit her, hopefully to cheer her up!
We meet in her hometown of Kudus, at a really nice place. We are so well known there that the security men greet me like a long lost friend.
Oh, my Sony Ericson W705 packed up today... I now have to swap sim cards to make cheap calls.
Just in case anyone wants to know, my eldest son is 36 tomorrow... makes me sound old, but I was just a boy when he was born!

My baby daughter is 18 soon. I will be back in England for her birthday. Back here soon after, I hope...
This is Lawraz enjoying herself in Kudus.

day one

I have been here, in Rembang, Java, for one year now. I am leaving in two weeks time.
I came here to help build a power station, but it is nearly complete so time to leave.
The place has captured me though.. not Rembang, but a place called Pacitan.
It has the biggest, quitest, most beautifull beaches I have seen.
And a very nice young woman called Lawraz.
She and I have become very close friends, just friends...
We trust each other 99.9%. As she said, she is a woman and I am a man, and we are both healthy, so who knows, maybe one day...
I had thought about changing it to 100%, but decided it was more fun the way it is....