Bali, Bali, Bali

This is the first time I have ever cut a cake, I usually just treat them as bite-size goodies.

After I taught this young lady how to bust a move, I fried some chicken and read lines for the new Miami Vice, "Tubbs in Asia."

Oh, so late

First it was email updates. Then, I got bad about those. Then, it was blog updates. Then, I got bad about those. Well, I will put this one on both – and plan to rededicate to the blog updates, as well as better committed on the regime which it is profiling.

The big news is pictured above from the ceremony in Jakarta. We will have our reception gathering next weekend in Bali.

Below is a fun photo from ‘This week at work with Scott.’ This was a traditional welcome ceremony for a group of guests that I took out on a tour to a local tribal village for one of the two tribes indigenous to the project area for our mine. After this, we had a feast of live grubs, tree-eating mollusks, and local mud crab.

This week at work with Scott

For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll

June 23rd will be the big day for Iren and me. Our wedding will be at the Intercontinental Bali, about 100 yards down the beach from the location of this photo. If you are able to join us for our special day, please email me to coordinate travel and planning details for your trip.

Happy Birthday Erica!

Erica makes an early run for the cake. Certainly there was nothing about this cake that was approved for my diet plan.

Worker demonstration disrupts work at Freeport mine, workouts for Freeport employee

Despite such a wonderful start to the week – with a vigorous hike to Hidden Valley last Sunday (see post below) and a solid workout in the gym on Monday, I have had an abysmal week for exercise and not much better on diet. On Tuesday, a large group of employees stopped working and began a demonstration calling for more money. This event has resulted in work days starting in the early morning hours and ending well past midnight. Discussions continue today. I hope that a resolution is reached soon, as I look forward to some sleep and getting back into the gym.

Hike to Hidden Valley, A Walk in the Mountains of New Guinea

Starting at 2,000 meters and ascending around 400 more over a distance slightly over one kilometer. A challenging walk indeed. For fit folks, it’s usually slightly over 30 minutes, but I still need about 50 minutes to complete the journey. Typically I burn about 1500 calories.