Entries from April 2007
Hello 13-hour flights! Yeah! Whew, that was a tough one. They had the air conditioning going full blast the whole flight. The seats were different on this Airbus, but our conclusion is that they were overall less comfortable. Slept in fits. Oh well.
Denise and I are [...]
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Tags: Elsewhere in Asia
Well, technically Denise’s stuff is in there too. So everything we currently own fits within a 5-foot by 5-foot space. Crazy. Of course it’s like 10 feet tall…
I have never “moved” like this in my life, and it is an experience I’ll not soon forget. We sold things for pennies on [...]
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Tags: Leaving Seattle
We gave our cats to Adam last night. Tragic… very sad. We will miss Romeo and Sophia incredibly. We poured so much love and affection into those cats, and they gave it back in spades. Always trusting, looking for a pat on the head or a scratch behind the neck, sensing [...]
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Tags: Leaving Seattle
These last few days have been very surreal as I close up my life and say good-bye to Seattle. I’m moving to a place with great natural beauty, but I’m also leaving a place of great natural beauty. Seattle is an incredible city, vibrant, and surrounded by incredible vistas and evergreen forests. [...]
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Tags: Leaving Seattle
Okay, here are my Top Ten reasons in favor of moving to Indonesia.
10. No more rat race. Apologies if this offends anyone, I’m not trying to sound smug. But I’m really not going to miss budget sheets, status reports, goal-setting sessions, HR nonsense… I could go on…
9. Mmmm, tea. I love tea, [...]
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Tags: Leaving Seattle
Went bowling yesterday. Just something I wanted to do, on a Monday morning, to help it sink in that I’m really unemployed right now. It was okay, but wasn’t quite as fun as I expected. Maybe it was because Denise kicked my butt. Or maybe I let her win… yeah…
It’s really nice out today.
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Tags: Leaving Seattle
Wow, eight thousand miles. That’s even further than I was expecting. Holy cow.
Here’s a Wikipedia article about Bandung.
Be sure to check out my brother’s travel blog and my wife’s travel blog.
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Tags: Leaving Seattle