Odd day in Jakarta.
1) Traffic was unusually light until we hit the home stretch in Kemang. Kemang Raya, the main road through this south Jakarta suburb, was backed up. A uniformed officer, as opposed to the typical weird guy with a whistle, was directing traffic. Something big was going on. Then I notice these huge, six foot by three foot flowered congratulations announcements - a typical Indonesian courtesy. Huge tents with catered food, crowds of well dressed people, bouncers, red carpet, a television camera crew. What the heck is going on? A new gas station. Seriously.
2) We've always had lizards in our house. They have replaced cockroaches as the creepy things that scatter when the lights come on. They have these big, suction cup feet so they can grip the walls and cling to anything. They are ubiquitous and harmless. At night, we'll often hear them chirping. Our yogi informed us the noise we hear is actually a big, ugly, scary lizard. We laughed....then, tonight, one showed up on the wall of our patio. They are huge. They are scary. Had to use my Super Zoom lens to get the close up.
3) This isn't new, but I thought of it again today. I'm not sure what this falls under. My wife's driver has started using her discarded Starbucks cups - the clear plastic ones they serve coffee in - to make his drinks. I'm not sure if he should now fall under Creepy Stalker or Captain Recycle. Whatever he is, I find it odd.
1) Traffic was unusually light until we hit the home stretch in Kemang. Kemang Raya, the main road through this south Jakarta suburb, was backed up. A uniformed officer, as opposed to the typical weird guy with a whistle, was directing traffic. Something big was going on. Then I notice these huge, six foot by three foot flowered congratulations announcements - a typical Indonesian courtesy. Huge tents with catered food, crowds of well dressed people, bouncers, red carpet, a television camera crew. What the heck is going on? A new gas station. Seriously.
2) We've always had lizards in our house. They have replaced cockroaches as the creepy things that scatter when the lights come on. They have these big, suction cup feet so they can grip the walls and cling to anything. They are ubiquitous and harmless. At night, we'll often hear them chirping. Our yogi informed us the noise we hear is actually a big, ugly, scary lizard. We laughed....then, tonight, one showed up on the wall of our patio. They are huge. They are scary. Had to use my Super Zoom lens to get the close up.
3) This isn't new, but I thought of it again today. I'm not sure what this falls under. My wife's driver has started using her discarded Starbucks cups - the clear plastic ones they serve coffee in - to make his drinks. I'm not sure if he should now fall under Creepy Stalker or Captain Recycle. Whatever he is, I find it odd.
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