#653 Friday 27 July

Last day .... Leave the villa at 7:30pm
This morning?  Meet a BNI bank person to open a bank account ..... the accounts I have with the Commonwealth Bank are excellent for transfering money to Bali and for making payments ..... but CommBank does not allow payments to the electricity and telephone suppliers .... BNI does ..... so I can arrange a regular transfer from CommBank to BNI and then the basic utilities will be covered.
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Still trying to arrange a quote for screens to stop the wet season deluge into the living area.
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The push lawnmower I bought during the week is working well.  At first it didn't do much but after a while fiddling with the adjustment of the blades, it now works a treat.  The problem is that the gardener now thinks that all he has to do is push the mower ... then go home!  Time for a new gardener I think.
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On Monday I mentioned that I had fixed the mobile phone issues .... it has been great to have it working properly this trip.  On recent trips the phone has had no email or maps when away from the villa.  This week I've had email and maps everywhere.  The 'blue dot' in maps is marvellous .... when driving round I can always see just where we are and plan the rest of the trip.
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The villa phone system is still faulty .... I would guess that in the last year there has only been one week where the landline has actually worked!  Fortunately, the internet connection on the same line has nearly always worked ..... I'll gladly accept "no voice calls" if the internet works!
The strange thing is that the connection box in the wall (where the phone cabling meets the socket) has some sort of oily substance oozing into it ..... it is damaging the paint under the box.  It can't identify the substance by smell ... it's very strange.
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Later
Busy morning.  BNI bank account opened, employee insurance arranged, changeover of electricity and phone is now OK, automatic payment arranged,  DVDs bought (Very important), quote for banner arranged .... and this afternoon, a quote for the weather protection for the living area is coming.  I have estimated that this would cost me around 600,000rp for the materials to make the screen 7.7m x 1m
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Now it's time to pack for the flight.  
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It's now 9:30 at the airport .... it's amazingly busy! I couldn't find anywhere to sit to eat .... it took so long getting through all the queues that it was not worth going to the Garuda Lounge .... that would probably have been packed too.
It appears to be a coincidence that planes are leaving for many places at the same time.