Decy and I have been slowly working into a modest exercise routine.  This is a bit challenging because with typical Jakarta traffic ... NOTHING is close by ...  unless we were to have a membership at the Kristal hotel.  Even if we did, with the hours I work, it just wouldn't work out for me.

So, over the weekend Decy did some shopping for a treadmill.  She found a pretty good one (treadmill) and an "Elliptical Bike".  The EB is like a stand-up biking machine that also works your arms in an arobic way.  The pedals travel in an elliptical fashion and are shaped more like a cross-country machine vs a bike pedal.

As for the treadmill, its a typical programmable one. Has approx 12 pre-set "courses" ... motorized inclination adjustors ... calorie burner estimates .... etc etc etc.  Anyway, she negotiated a pretty good price, which was about US$1,600 for both.  Stuff was delivered last night.

If I use the treadmill like I did back in 2001, that was when I lost 40 pounds - clearly I won't do that again.  However, when i did that my stamina and running ability increased dramatically and clearly improved my performance on the hash - which I could have used last Saturday.

Received an email from PricewatershouseCoopers, regarding 2006 taxes - which they do on my behalf (paid for by the company) because of my expat assignment. I know there will be extra work to do this year because Indonesia has a "property tax" that will likely impact me. I dread the added paperwork ... but have to begin the process this week.

Ciao Ciao.