Sama setiap hari

Again, no photos. No exciting news. Computer is dead and life is continuing around here as it does every week. Up at 5:30, everyone off to school while I get ready for my day. Everyone home from their various activities around 5, delicious dinner made by Sri on the table by 5:30. American Idol has become an attraction once again around our house and we try to invite someone to watch it with us. This inspires me to bake a little, too. Kind of like lifegroup without the commitment, study, discussion and worship. Hmmm, I guess it's really a tv night with friends and baking.

I've often commented on the beauty of our village that we live in. It's quite a classy looking place and it's quite pleasant to drive within central Lippo. Unfortunately, that is not quite the case anymore. A few months ago the heads of the village put into action a plan that was rumoured around for a while; they began building a car race course out of Lippo's main roads. New roads have been cleared and paved, main roads have been barricaded off with big cement barricades and traffic has been detoured from the main road. Today my friend and I were in a 2 lane strip, merging into a 3 lane strip, heading towards and area that bottlenecked into one lane...traffic lately has been quite frustrating. The big race was supposed to be this weekend but due to various events has been postponed until late this year. There will still be racing between now and then, and the first race is this Saturday. The exciting buzz around is that on Sunday the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be in Lippo. Students from SPH are invited with their parents. Not sure if we're going but it would be a neat experience. Rumour has it that because of all the races, the barricades are here to stay. Our main question, one that will be answered within the week, is how will we get anywhere while the races are on? They race right past the front of each taman. It'll kind of be like getting caught in the snow...if you have enough food, water and propane it should all be fine. That and friends to hang with.

Thanks for reading.