The cool weather and clear blue skies are back.

Another example of how utilitarian a scooter can be.

There's even a complete Blue Ray home entertainment system in that stack.

It never ceases to amaze me how much stuff you can add to your scooter.  This guy appears to be a one man cleaning company.

3 buckets

2 mops

1 broom

2 dustpans

1 milkcrate

3 large garbage bags

I love Bali this much!

Each year Taiwan celebrates national day on October 10th.  Hmmm…  That’s quite convenient for someone who happens to have a birthday on October 10th.  We get a four day weekend for the holiday, just enough time to get out of town for a while.  Bali is a 5 hour flight from Taipei so our time there was a little shorter than we’d like, but any time in Bali is better than no time.

In front of one of our favorite restaurants, La Lucciola

We jumped on a flight first thing Thursday morning and were in Bali by lunch.  As soon as we landed we headed for our favorite beach, Seminyak, and then slept, swam and ate our way through the next 3 and half days.  Our hotel this time around was The Samaya Villas Bali.  Would we stay there again or recommend it to any of our friends?  Absolutely yes.

Our home for the next three days

Our villa and pool view from the gazebo

There’s really not much to write home about, because we didn’t really do much.  Surprisingly, we woke up each morning around 6 AM (Yes, being a 40 year-old must mean getting up earlier now).  We headed out to the beach for breakfast each day and then rolled ourselves over into a couple lounge chairs by the pool.  After the exhaustion of eating eggs Benedict and drinking fresh squeezed orange juice we were forced to take a nap.  Repeat that three more times and that pretty much sums up our October 10th holiday.

Here's my perspective on life while in Bali

Our second annual trip to Singapore to watch the F1 Grand Prix was just as good if not better than the first.  Last year we had good seats at the now infamous Turn 17, and this year decided to splurge and get seats at the Turn 1, 2, 3 complex.  With 3 support races the racing started around 3:30 each day and didn’t end until 11:00 PM each night.

The Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen entering from pit lane.

We stayed with friends, had leisurely breakfasts, lunches and then headed to the track each day around 3PM to catch the excitement.  I hadn’t spent much time in Singapore in the last couple years, so it was nice to get out and see some of our old stomping grounds.

Friends checking out the track before the racing begins

Mark Webber crashed in front of us and headed back to the pits early

Hanging out on the podium

The track invasion!