So here it is, 9am in Jakarta, on Saturday.  What does "Amigos" have to do with Indonesia ??? Well, last night Decy, Chely, and Thasya and I went to the Amigos restaurant in the Kemang area.  It was one of my favorite restaurants in 2000/2001 because after the Wednesday ladies hash all of us would go to Amigos for dinner, live music, and dancing.

Last night was good ... good food (tex-mex), good music (lots of country western and not too bad given the accents), good fun.  Only problem ... it seemed like the entire expat population took their kids there for dinner .... 90% expats ... 10% Indonesians.  Oh well, can't have everything ... but my preference is to go to non-expat places .... B'coz .... cheaper, better food, more fun, and (in reality) SAFER !!!

PALM HOUSE.  Decy met with the owner on Friday.  Essentially they closed all the open issues ... all I need to do is type up the "to do list".   Security inspection is complete ... just waiting for the report.  Also need to do the "audit/inspection" ... hope to get that done EARLY next week and then move this to the final stage - - finalizing the lease.  Decy says the owner is really nice, very straightforward ... offered information on who to use for the A/C maintenance (13 wall units), pool maintenance, what is required for water and "community security".  Owner says he will start cleaning the place now so that we can move in just as soon as the lease is signed.

CrV.  Did not get it on Friday. That ok (I had Monday in my contingency planning).  Decy made the final payment as planned ... but it didn't clear the bank ... they said it would clear today (Saturday).   Decy told them to hold the car until Monday ... which is when Mulyono (we just call him Yono) begins work.

FORTUNER.  Decy will make the final payment next week.  Not sure when that car will be ready ... maybe a week after that.

MY PC.  URRRGGGH.  I think everything is more or less ok.  BUT, seems our hotel somehow is assigning addresses and can recognize our different PCs ... we generally use Chely's for internet access ... but when I want to use mine ... we have to call "somebody" and they have to reset the machine.  Plus, I think they have some type of special settings because my machine CRAWLS on the interenet (but Chely's is fine).  I've checked all the settings (Chely's PC vs mine) and they look the same .... but.

ciao ciao ... time for a 2 hour massage.