Our time in Jakarta is drawing to a close, and what better way to celebrate than with a 70’s party?! The drinks flowed, the disco hustled, and – of course – the clothes got swapped.
Linsea caught a lizard in the yard today, so we put it in a bottle for her to “play” with but not injure. She had quite a lot of fun!
A group of ’87 BAHS graduates got together in Jakarta yesterday to share memories, stories, and plans for the future. We’ve not seen each other in nearly 30 years (!!), and have been talking about doing this for quite some time, so it was wonderful to finally make this happen. It is a great reminder that, wherever we may be in the world, the Crusader spirit lives on!
Had our Puncak cabin crew over to help break in the new Groovy Gecko bar, say goodbyes for the four of us leaving, and not-really-celebrate Susan’s birthday.
Thanks to Alea for all the help with organization and taking great pictures – we have such great friends and such super kids!
Great Fourplay party this afternoon, with super food and drink, slippery floors, and even the muff bag! Our group has had a few members move on over the years, but also gained a few babies, so all is good.
We’re inaugurating the new Groovy Gecko bar today – it came in time for all the end of year parties, and will travel with us to Poland this summer! We had it custom-built here in Jakarta as a memento of fun times around our outdoor bar: curved face, folding wings, glass top, and even engraved Indonesian geckos. A great gathering place, and Susan’s combination going-away and 50th birthday present!
We are selling our family’s vehicle as we prepare to move from Jakarta. It is an automatic transmission, gas (not diesel), seats 5 comfortably with 2 additional “fold down” type seats in the back area, full AC, power windows/locks, radio/CD/cassette(!) player, and is black. When we bought it, there were 77,000km on it; the mileage after our 4 years is now 92,000km, as we live fairly near school and haven’t used it for much more than going back and forth and shopping.
Asking price is $11,000 $10,000!! Pictures and info below:
Exterior and trunk views
Interior views, including opometer
March 28, 2015 – 11:28 am
Our final spring break in Indonesia, and we went to one of our favorite places for a week of diving and relaxation.
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Come into the deep blue see for some diving pictures!
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Alea and Breck will be your guides today…
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Mom and dad just try to keep up…
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Susan took most of the really cool pictures.
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And Dave just tried to figure out our new camera.
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Spotted ray
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A school of fish – we ran into tons of “swarms” during the week.
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Bright light!
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Yes, this is fish butt, but I just liked these guys a lot.
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Nemo says “Hi!”
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A turtle and his remora friend take a break to savor the view.
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Hmmm…
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Chilling in the shade.
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This guy almost smacked Susan in the face.
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Know what that is? It is an octopus!
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Octopus hanging from the rocks.
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Octopus hiding in the rocks.
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Octopus coming out of the rocks.
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I like eels. Except as meals. And the way they feels.
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Swirling in the current.
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First nudi picture (don’t worry, there are plenty more).
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Two shrimp.
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Another nudibranch.
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Another moray eel – we saw more eels of all kinds on this trip than ever before….
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A little porcelain crab.
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Another porcelain crab.
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Pygmy seahorse – that”s our guide”s hand, so everything is ok. No great close up…
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Wonder why they call these sweetlips?
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Just a fun scene over an anemone.
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Met up with a guy at our dive shop who gave me some tips about playing around wi…
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Met up with a guy at our dive shop who gave me some tips about playing around wi…
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Peek a boo.
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Two cuttlefish in this picture. We saw lots of them on this trip (and Alea spells them “cuddle fish”)
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Another cuttlefish.
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I really like scorpionfish. There are a couple more shots in the album where they are even more hidden than this one.
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Lionfish.
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A turtle resting among some coral.
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We were told that “baby sharks don”t count,” but I don”t care. Here are two baby sharks hiding uder a rock.
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Here”s an adult swimming around.
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There were actually 2 of the adults in the area, but I wasn”t able to get them both in the same frame.
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Again, just a lot of fun to try to get fish pix.
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This baby fish is about as big as my pinky.
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A little puffer fish, hiding from me. It reminds me of a little cat sitting in a corner all curled up.
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Another nudibranch – really cool!
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So wiggly and fun to watch.
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At the end of one of our dives, we came across this huge swarm of glass fish. I love the pictures, but am not sure they do the fascinating scene justice.
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Another view of the glass fish.
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This was so cool!
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Just an all around fun place to be.
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Mantis shrimp.
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Another one, out in the open.
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Oh hey – time for another Nemo shot!
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A school of unicorn fish.
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Big, bad, triggerfish.
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Leaf scorpionfish.
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Go home turtle, you”re drunk!
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Funky textures.
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Lionfish – love all the little horns and things.
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Hi, porcupine fish!
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Hi, puffer fish!
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Another nudibranch – this is a kind our guides really liked and said they hadn’t ever seen before.
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I actually got some video of this one crawling along the bottom.
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A couple other nudis hanging out.
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Nemo’s family at home.
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Lion fish in full regalia mode.
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A clam being illuminated by our guide”s flashlight. Gives you an idea of what things really look like deep underwater.
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A very cool velvety purple nudibranch.
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A close up of this one”s antennae.
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A crab hanging out.
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Brain coral grooves.
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A pinnacle full of sea life.
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Cuttle fish face.
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Here”s the cuttlefish with his buddy the nudibranch in the corner.
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Lobster and shrimp. Two great tastes that taste great together.
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Seascape.
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Turtle in a seascape.
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Two little crabs in a coral.
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Blue ribbon eel upset at being disturbed.
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Alea and Breck explore the deep blue.
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Another turtle in full resting mode. Never had seen this before, saw it twice on this trip.
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“Hey dude”
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Scorpionfish – a face that only a mother could love!
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I really do like these guys.
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These guys, though, are the real deal!
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Here”s a spotted moray checking us out.
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A couple of shrimp.
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Totally cool colors – I dig the red and yellow together.
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Another cuttlefish.
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Probably my favorite nudibranch picture – and Susan is the one who took it!
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Zoomed in view of the previous shot.
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So this is apparently a ribbon of nudibranch eggs!
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Reminds me of those little troll dolls with the funky hair.
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Cow boxfish – saw these on our first ever muck dive.
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Black ribbon eel.
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Another first for us – an Indian Walker (aka the Devil Stinger). He’s “hiding” behind a plant.
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Another scorpionfish.
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Action around an anemone.
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Another kind of lionfish.
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Glass shrimp.
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Here’s a squid guarding its bundle of eggs (the white clump on the right)
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Another cool nudibranch.
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Another cool ray.
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Another Nemo face.
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Another nudibranch.
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Ninja divers Breck and Alea really did a great job, and we had an all around wonderful time. Thanks to the whole family for a great final week in the Indonesian sun and surf!
December 13, 2014 – 3:16 pm
Breck’s catnap today with Linsea and Dori…
December 1, 2014 – 9:45 am
We are missing mom, as she’s back in the US for the month, but are grateful to friends here for hosting yet another spectacular Thanksgiving dinner. Dave and the kids were all excited to get dressed up for the occasion!
November 28, 2014 – 7:11 am
Breck and Alea are all set for their high school UN day. Breck is sporting good ole cowdude duds, while Alea’s got a USA neck kerchief, bangles from India, a Serbian hat, Indonesian skirt, and Honduran scarf/belt – all the places she’s gone to school!
November 26, 2014 – 6:15 pm
Alea and I got home from school – after a mongo rain, wind and lightening storm – to find that one of the biggest trees in our yard had broken! While it fell on our roof (and reached almost to the top!), there was no damage inside or outside that we could see. Wow!!
November 23, 2014 – 2:36 pm
Our back yard is currently in ‘fruit harvest’ mode, and we are treated to green mangoes and red palm fruit on a daily basis. Alea and I were treated to quite the show of birds zipping around this afternoon, feasting on the fruit flies that enjoy the treats as much as we!
November 2, 2014 – 8:13 pm
Halloween is finally over – that means the Christmas tree can go up!!
November 1, 2014 – 5:10 pm
Spent the day collaborating with local teachers, helping out with a workshop about “Applications of Mathematics in the real world.” Susan set up a whole series of activities revolving around math problem solving strategies, and I was able to lead a couple of small group sessions on gathering data and displaying/interpreting graphs.
Lots of smiles all around, and a reminder to myself that A) Susan and I are really are a pretty awesome team together and B) living around the world affords us some astoundingly unique life opportunities.
October 23, 2014 – 10:07 am
(Maybe) our last time in Bali 🙁
Dive pictures coming soon – for now, how about some beautiful breakfast flowers…
October 12, 2014 – 3:00 pm
Our party this year had a dedicated guest list – our men’s softball team. The Gurus showed up in force for Oktoberfest, celebrating the night away in fine style!
September 20, 2014 – 12:50 pm
Math department dinner last night – great colleagues, super food, and a late night in the pool! Thanks to all who made it (including our principal party crasher)!
And here they are: Breck and Alea finish off their freshman and junior year!
Saying goodbye is never easy, but a get-together with friends makes it that little bit easier. Marcia is off to find her way in the world, and we were glad to send her off in style!
Awesome Threesomes party tonight at the The Stutz Family’s Groovy Gecko Grill – good times despite the crazy times!
Had a visitor at home yesterday – thought he’d make a nice desktop wallpaper.
April 20, 2014 – 11:42 pm
We hippity-hopped up to JIS’s cabin in the mountains for the 3-day weekend with a group of friends who we’ve done this with for the past 2 years. Despite some early issues (like a 3-hour traffic jam), we made it up and spent a few days eating(!), drinking, and conversing. Good times!
March 17, 2014 – 11:15 am
2 volleyball tournaments this weekend – 1 championship and 1 3rd place. Great job to all the JIS MS girls’ teams members!!
Check out who showed up for dinner at the Groovy Gecko last night? Don’t worry, no escargot was served, and the kids named him “Gustav.” New family pet, I guess.
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