Last Saturday was fun.
We decided to try out a water park that's locate only 10 minutes away- right next to the Pondok Indah Mall. We've lived here for 2 years now and had never tried this place on several EXPATs negative recommendation but it actually was great! I guess some people are just a little more cautious. Slightly dated but no safety hazards that I could see and the water was clean. For five hours the girls scampered up the stairs to the top of one of the platforms and then Wheee! slid down of of the four slides. Quyen and I joined them of about half the slides but by the end, they were comfortable "all by themselves". My favorite slides were the two outfitted for riding on inner-tubes. Sometimes the girls rode in a single tube together- pretty cute. For about an hour it rained- HARD but we were wet already so didn't let it phase us. It was actually more pleasant to have overcast conditions and deal with a little downpour than the over-hot conditions that come with a fully sunny day here.
After so much activity, they were very willing to have a relaxing movie evening and let Ibu Anis get them to bed.
That evening Quyen and I went to a Shrimp Boil sponsored by the Petroleum Engineering Society here in Jakarta. Lots of familiar faces and table after table covered with yummy shrimp, baby potatos, and corn-on-the-cob. There was two live bands and we ended up dancing til the band shut down. Fun. Fun. Sunday was a quiet day of relaxing around the pool and finishing some homework. Sunday is our no-driver so quiet by nature.
