1)Ants - they're just a part of life here. There is absolutely no ant-free zone. At any time, any place, fair game for aunts. Pillow. Toothbush. Shopping mall. In the bechuk or car. And there's so many different kinds. On my porch in Ubud there were 2 main kinds - tiny blackies, and big red soldiers. The reds were deffinately the cast for the animated film 'Antz'. Long-legged, expressive head gestures. Would frequently look me up and down, and ocasionally take me on. They staged 2 main porch invasions a day - and they have sticky feet - hard to sweep off. I would counter-attack with vigorous sweeping, though often a few brave marines would make it up the handle and bite. Fair enough, i thought. (Right after I wrote this i went upstairs to find my new bag of cashews crawling with ants. I set them on the table for a second, then decided to go to the kitchen and pick out the cashews-not willing to surrender the little jewels to them. But, I got them downstairs and and, mystery, no ants. hm. interesting.)
2)I LOVE riding the train! I dreamed of seeing java from the seat of a train, and that dream was realized. I rode from Bandung (West Java) to Yogya (Central Java), and from Yogya to Malang-though that one started at 3am, so I missed out on a chunk of central java. Travelling by train in indo is almost as safe as flying. there was a train wreck the week before and 2 wrecks 2 days after i rode. Tidak apa apa, dong. (no problemo).
3)I eat exactly twice as much as Misi
