The Good - Cars:  Progress on clear-coating and rust protection on the cars is going well ... Fortuner returned / CrV in the shop  ... security stickers for school and work are falling into place.  Overall, this process has worked pretty well ...and the foreign exchange rate movement has resulted in a savings of about $3,000 ... while Decy's good negotiations have saved us probably another $3,000 ... YEAH ...

The Bad - House: Delays continue on the Palm house.  The various groups responsible for the inspections on the house just don't "get it" ... apparently they think it is fun living in a hotel, family of 4, with teenagers, for months on end ... we just learned the 2nd inspection STILL is not done ... any hope of signing the lease and moving in by 7-Oct have pretty much disappeared ... barring divine intervention ....

The Ugly - Traffic.  Yesterday's weather was just fine, so that was not an issue.  But traffic was absolutely horrid last night ... frustrated over the lack of progress on the house ... I walked out of the office at 5pm ... had to wait 30 minutes for the driver to get out of the garage [due to traffic] then it took another 30 minutes just to get out of the parking lot ...  so ... 1 hour later I'm just leaving work .... got home at 655pm ... after my [very good] driver named Yono (nickname) took a jalan tikus ["shortcut" ... or literally "rat road"] and recovered 15-20 minutes of travel time.

Well ... today (Wednesday) is a new day ....

ciao ciao