Mission Bl**dy Impossible! Grrr!

Well, I have survived my first weekend in Jakarta. Alan and I went shopping on Saturday Morning and did not realise that shopping centres here do not open until 10am (the upside is that they do not close until 9 or 10pm). We sat around the "Coffee Bean" and had some breakfast at Plaza Semanggi. I miss toast already. My 'toast' that I was presented with was a pale comparison to the good old Tip Top I am used to. Way too sweet (yes, you hear that right from Mrs Sweet Tooth herself), and not nearly toasted enough. I miss vegemite too. When we get a kitchen up and running, I will somehow get vegemite toast going in the mornings. Mmmm.

So, off we went to the Supermarket to buy household items. It's mental. Completely Mental!!! It's like Coles, Big W and KMart in one. Thankfully we went early as Alan said he and Tony went last weekend together and it was completely packed. There are some weird and wonderful things here. I had a 'lychee and soursop' Fanta the other day and that wasn't even the weirdest flavour! We then came home to clean the kitchen within an inch of it's life. The apartment is very nice and comfortable, but I think the last people just moved on out without cleaning anything. It is very musty and pretty disgusting and I am slowly working my way through it. Plus, I think Alan was alone here too long. We'll get a part time maid soon, I'm too tired at the moment to do anything but sleep and walk the 5 minutes it takes me to get to Alan's office to have lunch with him. On Sunday we then went and saw a movie. We were the only 'non-Indonesian' patrons and we really stuck out like a sore thumb. Very funny indeed as some people still look at us like we are from a completely different planet. We went and saw Mission Impossible, complete with Indo subtitles. Not bad. Best out of the three, I think.

Taxi's also are SO cheap. Flag fall is less than AUD$1.00 and each km is about AUD$0.50 or something like that. At least until the baby is born, I really don't think we will be in need of a driver or car. Plus, when Tony isn't around or needing him, I can utilise Bambang (Glencore driver). Well, best be off. Cupboards to clean out. Love to All!