December already!
This morning I'm meeting a friend for 'brunch' ..... the morning (at 10am) has been busy already ... I've been up on the roof checking the water proofing before the rains set in. Bad news .... the material used last year has deteriorated badly in places. I think an annual coating will be needed. Ketut is happy to do it so I'll buy a large supply before I leave.
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Evening. The day has been busy .... The Internet battle has been won ... not the war ... just the battle. It was working at midday and then I messed it up again and had to call our new friend back again to repair what I had done .
Then the day finished with difficult negotiations with a client. Phew!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Friday, November 30, 2012
#765 Friday 30 November
Black Friday! I tried moving the modem to get better wifi .... and it stopped working! Hours of frustration later I gave in and called for help .... The verdict is that a fault in the villa wiring just happened at the same time and that's why it won't work. We're now waiting for a Telkom tech to come and find the fault. I'm a jinx!
So now I just have Internet on my phone.
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I was walking near the villa and .... Plop! Down dropped a little squirrel right beside me.
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It now 10:30 and I'm eating at Sal/Pepe! I'm staying up to see if the new security man actually arrives. Security ... has been conspicuous by its absence... despite being paid for. The current guy has been fired and we'll see what the new guy is like.
My milkshake has just arrived .... it has a huge glob of ice cream!
So now I just have Internet on my phone.
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I was walking near the villa and .... Plop! Down dropped a little squirrel right beside me.
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My milkshake has just arrived .... it has a huge glob of ice cream!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
#764 Thursday 29 November
This morning (before breakfast) Kaylia began humming the tune to a kids exercise DVD ... we hate this tune as it's very monotonous .... Naomi made up some new words for the tune ... "School is good" .... and Kaylia promptly made up her own words .... "Holiday is good" !! she is quite sophisticated musically. Last night Naomi and Kaylia were alternating with successive lines of a song .... Kaylia held the tune really well.
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The significance of the "Holiday is good" bit is that despite the fact that we have been very careful to give no obvious signs that I'm going to Bali tonight, she has worked it out from the little clues. Autism is a strange malady .... she is oblivious to many cues in the world around her .... yet at the same time she is clearly taking in other cues. It may be related to motivation .... there's a lot of motivation to do with holidays .... and little motivation to behave the right way in social situations.
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You may have read of the wild storms that have hit Perth in the past 24 hours ... we have escaped any damage.
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At the airport, I settled down for a little nap ... and fell sound asleep! I woke with a start as the flight was beginning to board.
Take off was on time for a change .... I'm flying on Virgin rather than Air Delaysia! The plane took off just after sunset and was quickly into clouds.... then through the clouds .... and there was the moon! Just rising in the east, it was red ... then quickly changed to a yellow new moon. It was what I imagine as a 'bombers moon' ..... shining over the cloud surface. It's a fitting start to the trip.
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The significance of the "Holiday is good" bit is that despite the fact that we have been very careful to give no obvious signs that I'm going to Bali tonight, she has worked it out from the little clues. Autism is a strange malady .... she is oblivious to many cues in the world around her .... yet at the same time she is clearly taking in other cues. It may be related to motivation .... there's a lot of motivation to do with holidays .... and little motivation to behave the right way in social situations.
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You may have read of the wild storms that have hit Perth in the past 24 hours ... we have escaped any damage.
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At the airport, I settled down for a little nap ... and fell sound asleep! I woke with a start as the flight was beginning to board.
Take off was on time for a change .... I'm flying on Virgin rather than Air Delaysia! The plane took off just after sunset and was quickly into clouds.... then through the clouds .... and there was the moon! Just rising in the east, it was red ... then quickly changed to a yellow new moon. It was what I imagine as a 'bombers moon' ..... shining over the cloud surface. It's a fitting start to the trip.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
#763 Wednesday 28 November
The poor girl (..... can you hear the cynical tone?) .... she was very tired and sleepy yesterday. I spose I shouldn't be too hard on her .... after all, she has no control over the effect of the moon on her.
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Listen to me! A few years ago I would have laughed at the notion that the phases of the moon could actually have an effect on a child .... but now? The evidence is irrefutable. We watch the lunar calendar and plan accordingly.
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Morning: She's a different girl today .... at school she is laughing and giggling as usual.
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Listen to me! A few years ago I would have laughed at the notion that the phases of the moon could actually have an effect on a child .... but now? The evidence is irrefutable. We watch the lunar calendar and plan accordingly.
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Morning: She's a different girl today .... at school she is laughing and giggling as usual.
Monday, November 26, 2012
#762 Monday 26 November
We've been moon-struck again! The full moon is a few days away and it's all happening again. Last night she woke at 3:30am .... well behaved but wide awake. So we were all awake too .... for the rest of the night. She was able to be distracted by ABC4kids for a fair while... and then the timer for the last hour.
She wasn't much good at school today .... Not surprising!
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She wasn't much good at school today .... Not surprising!
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
#761 Sunday 25 November
Sunday mornings are pancake time..... and sleep in time! One morning each week we get to sleep a little longer. And Kaylia loves the cuddle time.
Kaylia says "Pizza Hut" (she was reading what I had written and I said "What do you want to say?" )
So I now have a new goal .... to get Kaylia to the point where she can write her own contribution to this blog! Stay tuned!
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Kaylia and I were in the car today and she was clearly thinking about all the shops as we were driving past .... "What's that? ..... What's that?" There's a lot going on inside her head .... but you never know because she refuses to talk. She has the words and knows how to use them .... she just refuses to do so!
Kaylia says "Pizza Hut" (she was reading what I had written and I said "What do you want to say?" )
So I now have a new goal .... to get Kaylia to the point where she can write her own contribution to this blog! Stay tuned!
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Kaylia and I were in the car today and she was clearly thinking about all the shops as we were driving past .... "What's that? ..... What's that?" There's a lot going on inside her head .... but you never know because she refuses to talk. She has the words and knows how to use them .... she just refuses to do so!
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