Comfort zone

Let's just start with a shot from where I am currently working on the blog.




Now that you have an image of our rough day I will move on.

Kelly had a great idea for the next two weeks. We each had to come up with an idea of something to do that was just outside our comfort zone. We had two days to think about it and then present at dinner. The key was the other two had to vote on whether it met the "out of comfort zone" requirement. Following are the agreed and approved upon activities.

Kelly - 8:00am yoga class every morning until we leave on the 27th
Mark - No carb diet for 48 hours, with a 24 hour break after each 48 hour block until we leave. (Day two and I'm not going cray yet)
Grant - He will be our daily blog master. He will be posting our daily activities on his blog at http://blogs.saschina.org/grant01pd2021/ (He is currently working on his first post.)


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Location:Jalan Pantai Sanur,Denpasar,Indonesia - the pool

World Cup

It's 3:00am here in Sanur Bali. G and I got up at 2:45 to join 50 other vacationers to watch the game live in the restaurant of the hotel. Game on!!!






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Location:Jalan Pantai Sanur,Denpasar,Indonesia

A bit of rain

Day three here in Sanur.
A bit of rain came in whilst we sat by the pool. But do you think it bothered Grant?



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Location:Jalan Pantai Sanur,Denpasar,Indonesia

Ubud adventures

A bit of an update from Ubud.

Tree top adventures for two. This is our second trip here, it is a great time. Unfortunately the shoulder isn't well enough yet to do this but Kelly and Grant had a blast. Bet the Mitchell's will remember this place.









Lunch afterwards overlooking the fabulous rice paddies.


Then a bit of Balinese dancing to wrap up the evening.





Leaving Ubud and heading for Sanur today.

Location:Jalan Monkey Forest,Gianyar,Indonesia

Mmmm, new food

Who had frog legs for lunch yesterday in Ubud Bali? That's right, we did. Tasted like chicken.






Off to the tree top adventures and the temple in the ocean today, then back to the beach in Sanur tomorrow.

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Location:Jalan Raya Pengosekan,Gianyar,Indonesia

Stop over in Shanghai

After almost three weeks in Portland I'm back in Shanghai, briefly. Had to drop off the 3 FULL checked bags I had and a trombone at home. Watson was very excited to see me but went right out the door with Xiao Yu when she called him.

Went by the school to check on a few projects. It's amazing that the school will be all sparkling by the time staff come back after the mess I saw to day. Construction everywhere.

My key card project is going well and looks like it is on schedule.



Always wanted to play in an empty pool


Kelly's classroom is ready for its new floors. And a good cleaning


All the scaffolding is made out of bamboo. Pretty impressive how they put it all together.

I'm sitting at the Pudong airport right now, where I just was 24 hours ago. Flight for Bali leaves in 45 minutes. I'm very excited to see Brenda and Jason. Oh wait has it been that long that I have forgotten their names?????
No, but I have missed them. Will be storming in the hotel room at 12:30 am, as quiet as "I" can be. Bet they will be excited to see me.


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Location:Shanghai

Soccer Day

It has been a crazy week.
Yesterday the skies cleared up and the sun was out.  Had a meeting downtown and had a nice view of the tallest towers in China.

After school we went out for a nice birthday dinner at Grant's favorite place, Din Tai Fung.  We even brought our own homemade mini cake.  He must be getting older, it was hard to blow out those fancy sparkling candles.

Today is Soccer Day.  The skies are clear, the air pollution is way down and there is a nice breeze here on the Pudong campus.  The boys are ready to play, I think.