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Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
 Iskandar and Hendra at Made's Warung, Seminyak |  Iskandar and Ron at Made's Warung, Seminyak | First visitors for 2008.We met Iskandar a few nights before New Year's Eve at Made's Warung in Seminyak. The original, and famous Made's Warung is on Jalan Pantai in Kuta. This one in Seminyak is much larger and has a more extensive and interesting menu. |  The Block near Pupuan 1 |  The Block near Pupuan 2 | | On New Year's day, we met Iskandar where he has property south of Mengwi, then we travelled with him, his brother Prana, and Made from his "Balinese family". We took the road to Seririt via Pupuan, and a few Km south of Pupuan diverted a few Km to the west to see a 1 hectare property that is for sale. It slopes steeply from the road on the ridge down to a creek and is currently a coffee plantation. The photos above show Made, Iskandar, Rajia and Hendra - with Chonki. |  The Block near Pupuan 3 |  Gardens at Buddhist Temple 1 | The Brahma Vihara Arama Buddhist Temple is on a hill about 4 Km from our house and has extensive gardens. From left, Prana, Iskandar, Hendra and Rajia.
| Prana with Chonki at the same spot in the gardens of the temple
|  The Gardens at Buddhist Temple 2 |  Dinner at our villa | A dinner at our house. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 January 2008 )
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
 Romulus my Father - a boy's memories | Romulus, My Father (2007)The story is based on a young boy's memories. The boy, Rai, is played by Kodi Smit-McPhee - and the performance is excellent. The setting is rural Victoria in the 1960s and the photography is remarkable. Rai's mother, Christina (Franka Potente), is somewhat neglectful, tends to be depressed and is often not there. So his father, Romulus (Eric Bana), is mostly a single parent and we learn much about the complexity of their relationship. Their lives have many hardships which makes the movie a bit bleak, but happier memories are interspersed and help to lighten it. | I loved many aspects of how rural Victoria is portayed. Two older ladies who give Rai cakes , and prepared a birthday cake for him are superb. This is a great film and I am sure I will watch it again. |  Romulus, my Father - Rai and Romulus |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 January 2008 )
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Monday, 17 December 2007 |
 A sample month from our calendar | Christmas 2007 & New Year 2008Our calendar uses the months of 2008 to review our journey in 2007. We hope you enjoy it - if you have a colour printer, print the 12 pages and make a calendar to hang. Otherwise just view it. It is a PDF file and is 3.4 MB. You will find it at Downloads/calendar2008.pdf | | Then, have a geat Xmas 2007, and as you make resolutions and plan for 2008, include a trip to Bali in your plans - we would love to see you. |  Merry Xmas |
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