Old Man Morgan

Hi all. Its 845am on Sunday. No – I did not sleep in. Yesterday did not go at all as planned – read on.
Saturday was supposed to be a quiet day, have a massage, relax at home. Then Sunday, get up and go to 4 Seasons for brunch. WRONG.
Got [...]

Decy has decided to get two drivers licenses -one for Indonesia and one for Interational use. When she gets the International license she will be able to drive in the US. Yesterday she obtained the Indonesia license and, yes, KKN the Indonesia acronym for Corruption, Collusion, and Nepotism …. still thrives. It all started [...]

Actually, its more like “fried nerves”. Last night I went out to dinner with Decy and the girls at a Lebanese restaurant in Le Meridian hotel. Every sound, every sudden movement made me jerk and react – I’m wired with 440 Volts right now. During the course of the evening I relaxed [...]

For the avoidance of doubt, there are many good people that I work with. Its just that there aren’t enough of them … Two in my group (Hendra and Wiknes) are very good. I can always count on them to do a good job. Just like yesterday when two other managers and [...]

… how my company can make any money in some of the countries we operate. As those of you who read my blog regularly know, I am working on an emergency plan for our company in Indonesia. We (the company) are woefully behind in completing the plan. My work activities have been [...]

Woke up Saturday and was extremely tense – its hard to describe. I felt like a caged leopard that was pacing back and forth, back and forth. I tried working some, and that clearly did not help.
Visited with Decy awhile about it. Told her I felt like hashing, but it was too [...]

Ah the joys of being in Aceh. Do you know what the best part of being in Aceh is? Getting to leave ! Now don’t get me wrong – there are lots of good things about Aceh – for example the country side and scenery are absolutely beautiful (so green and lush), many [...]

In a few minutes I will leave for the airport to catch my flight to Aceh. For this trip I don’t have nearly the same level of stress about going up there as I did on my April trip. However, there is still a bit of trepidation. Nevertheless, one must learn to [...]

Ah, the joys of Monday mornings (in Jakarta) … up early, showered, shaved, dressed, 437am and ready to go to work to face a new and exciting week. Wow, sounds like I’m either on drugs or have gone wacky. Most likely the latter as if the former, I would quickly lose my job [...]

… except when you are 12,000 miles away. For the avoidance of doubt, we are all alive and doing well in Indonesia.
At work on Thursday we released the 1st draft of the emergency response plan … all 375 pages of it. Now it is in the hands of others to read, study, [...]