#1095 Monday 9 February

Today the men will add a layer of concrete on the roof.  The surface has been prepared and sealed ..... now the cement.  The new layer will be sloped so water runs off quickly into the drains. Once the cement has cured, the surface will be sealed.
I had thought to spy on the process .... and then get Ketut to do it in future ..... but Nara was quite open about the work ..... and the formulation of the cement hardener and the sealer is sufficiently complex that I wouldn't want to have an inexperienced person doing it.  It's clear that the water proportion in the mix must be right or the cement will not be waterproof.

Also the cost of the materials is much higher than I expected .... so the 7mil Rp per roof is quite reasonable value.  His workers do a very thorough job.




Last night I caught a taxi to Hardys for tea .... the driver had no English ..... we still had a good talk and he said I had a good accent in Bahasa.  With the removal of subsidies on fuel, the taxi price has gone up .... it used to be about 12,000 Rp for a ride to Hardys from the villa .... now it's about 15,000Rp  .... still amazingly cheap.

1pm I've been to Lottemart and restocked the crockery and the cutlery.... now we're on the way to Batubulan to look at a "kulkul" to see if it's feasible to have a villa one.

Yes ..... we now have a villa kulkul! It has a lovely sound .... it's a wooden drum .... sort of.  They are used for music or to call people to meetings ..... or warnings.

I'll work how to put the sound here ......