Three and a half weeks into my move and I will be traveling to Singapore next week!! Since we decided to only get my visitors visa I am required to leave the country every 30 days to renew it. Travis has some restrictions on his travel due to work and his visa so I will be traveling solo. I am very excited to see what Singapore has to offer in my short 1-2 day trip. The purpose of my trip is to renew my visa but I might as well check it out since I'm there. This first month has flown by quickly and I can hardly believe its time for me to renew my visa already.
Work at the clinic has been great. We usually go in together on Mon, Tues and Fri at least. I am training the marketing staff on how to perform spinal screenings and also helping fine tune office procedures and train the clinic staff. Travis is already busier than most docs here and as far as I know he is the only corrective care / wellness doctor in Indonesia. Most others are mainly pain relief and don't educate their patients very well. The patients are responding well to his educational corrective approach and are able to see amazing and lasting results. Just last week one of his patients Mac Yim took us out for lunch as a thank you for the care he is getting. We went to a little place around the corner for a traditional Indonesian family style lunch. They order a dozen or so meals and all share them. Lets start off by saying I had NO idea what I was eating...but they were actually putting food on my plate from theirs. I ate everything happily not wanting be considered rude if I didn't accept. Everything I ate was wonderful, however they do seem to use and extraordinary amount of spice in everything they eat which in my case will take some getting used to. The sights and smells were something to see. Everything from a large whole fish fried to a crisp with the eye, spike, bones and scales included. They showed me how to eat with my hands and assured me I was suppose to eat everything...bones included :) Next I had some mussels and prawn fritters, BBQ chicken leg, bowls of something that resembled wet spinach, tofu and of course a mandatory heaping serving of rice. We drank sweet tea after.
When not at work we have been spending time working on things for the office. One of my favorite things to do is go out to eat. There are so many amazing places to experience here. Its also my favorite because, and I'm not sure why they do this, but when Travis pays the bill they deliver the change to me :) We go out for sushi at least once a week. Last Wednesday we went to a wonderful authentic Italian restaurant. The food and homemade breads were to fantastic! We also go to a movie at least once a week. Have seen Star Trek, Terminator, Transformers, and The missing Lynx. We go to the Premier theater here and it is top notch. They have full sized lazy boy recliners with blankets and they serve you anything you want... a meal, popcorn, cocktails or even a coffee latte. But my favorite past time has to be THE SPA! I have been to the spa 3 times already and each time was uniquely spectacular. Last Thurs we went to a great spa called Puri Santi. The place was beautiful with running water, bamboo and stones everywhere. Travis upgraded us to the VIP couples massage suite so we got our own personal suite where we each received a 2 1/2 hour massage I also had a cucumber and honey facial and pedicure. They served us ginger tea outside. (yes I know my life is rough here)
I have also had the opportunity to meet some of Travis' great friends. His friend Marianna is having us over to her party tonight and last night we went out to a nice roof top club with another. Everyone I have met here has been very nice. All the people seem to be very helpful. I have been able to pick up some Indonesian but very little. I need to study it start trying to use it more.
To sum up my first month: I have been having an amazing time. We have done so much already and our trips have not even yet begun. I seriously have nothing to complain about and as you can read Travis is going a great job of spoiling me :)
Love and miss you all and look forward to seeing everyone in October!
I have included some pics from the Healthy lifestyles & Chiropractic seminar Travis gave at Danaman Bank. They have already asked us to come back.
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