The Last Day of Summer

If you have kids in school, the next time that they complain that "there's nothing to do" or "I'm borrrrrrrred," sit them down and tell them that they're lucky, that they could be going to school say, tomorrow, like Matt and Abby. Today was our last day of summer holidays... if that's what you call them in a climate where it is continually summer.

the Olympic pool

Unfortunately, today was "final shopping for school supplies day." That wouldn't have been so bad except that today was also a holiday and so everybody and their lizard (can't say dog...if you've been reading our blog you'll know dogs are not appreciated in this muslim country) was at the Supermall. Fortunately for our kids, we sandwiched our day with swimming in the Olympic pool in the morning (they did laps!!!) and the Family pool in the afternoon.


A funny thing happened to Tris today while we were at the mall. Let me begin my story by saying that Tris may never let me give him a home haircut again. We stopped by a barber in the mall, a very manly man place amongst a bunch of stylish salons, where Tris waited for a 50,000 rp haircut ($5.00). I left him there, expecting to pick him up in 10 or so minutes. About 30 minutes later he falls out of the front door of the barber's in a daze, with a rather guilty/stunned look on his face. Because he took so long I expected all ear/nose/back hair down to the ankles to be gone, but apparently all services focussed primarily on the top of his head. When he sat down, his head was covered in a nice soap and his haircut took only a few minutes. The barber then proceeded to cover Tris' head with a warm cloth and massage his head, face and neck. After the massage Bapak Barber grabbed Tris' head, cracked his neck both ways, cracked his EAR LOBES and then cracked the point right between his eyes. Needless to say, Tris is definately going to go back for a well-spent 50,000 rp. Apparently this is going to be a weekly regime for him.


Dinner's ready...thanks for reading!!