Trying to be Blogger.

Who has time for blogging, I mean I am trying to get some work done. (My big excuse for not being a steadfast real blogger).  Cry me a river but work can be hard here.  Other things come into play in Bali besides work.  You are thinking like what; sun bathing, swimming in the ocean, shopping?  Well yes, except the sun bathing part.  But in Bali you spend a lot of time just surviving.  Have you ever heard of kutu rambut?  Well that is my first solid Bhasa Indonesian phrase, it means, “ I have lice lady, please help me” or “ lice hair”.  Which is what we have been doing for the last three days.  After shopping for lice help for 4 hours and stopping at 15 apoteks (pharmacies) and super markets how could I think of work. Then it was a matter of applying the treatments to the girls, myself and the next-door neighbor girl from Australia.  I am loving the illegal strength chemical they sell her for 50 cents.  Everybody in Bali has lice, something you only learn once you‘ve got it.  A friend of mine here who is in High School told me, “ when have I not had lice?”  Imagine sitting on his airplane chair after he changes seats.

OK but besides all that,  my preoccupation with the rats at night because they are taking over our living room and basically feeling stoned all day from all the heat and humidity, we do work. Mark seems to think we work really hard.  We have been finding new vendors with great strengths in ceramics, embroidery, and hard goods.  I find myself playing manufacturer too.  I have found a sweet tailor who also runs an Islamic religious school for little girls and boys next door to his house and sewing machine. He works on my stuff at night after his factory job, this way I can see my ideas come to life.  Tailors are everywhere here and I buy fabrics from the wholesale market, both so accessible to everyone.  I was in a button and accessory store the other day and I looked around, it was filled with designers from everywhere, Brazil, Australia and Indonesia to name a few.  Bali is a huge designer experiment and it is very inspiring. Come on, you should try this.