night out in Bitung and world cup semi finals!

Last night one of my new dive guide buddies took me out for a tour around Bitung, the closest port city on the 'mainland'. I caught a ride on the evening staff shuttle from the resort and met my friend Andi at the pier. We went for a ride on his motorbike- the transportation method of choice in Indonesia- out through the suburbs and back into town. On the way back we stopped for some grub at an Indonesian restaurant, I think it served traditional style from Jakarta, and met up with some friends from the resort. After food and drinks we went to a nearby karaoke bar and enjoyed a riotous infusion of badly sung english, indonesian and japanese songs.
After karaoke Andi took me to meet a family he stays with from his village in south Sulawesi. (He's got his own place, but the family's perspective is that it's nicer to live with friends than alone:)
We probably get to our friend Dimpy's house around midnight, but the game doesnt even start until 2am.. so what do we do but sit around and bullshit, smoke (they do) and laugh. Indonesians loove to laugh! Everyone's always smiling, always nice, especially around town, seeing a foreigner is sometimes somewhat of a spectacle, so extra smiles all around. Anyways, back to the game. Someone goes out for snacks and comes back with a sweet treat that is basically two thick pancakes stacked between a layer of yummy cheese and/or chocolate, and drenched in maple syrup and butter, yuuuuuum!
Finally the game starts, but first the important issues: pre-determining the games winner.
Indonesians use a highly sophisticated method of predicting winning teams by placing two connected boxes into an octopus tank. Each tank has an identical piece of food, and which ever the octo chooses is the winner. And whaddya know, octo got it right! I knew they were smart little buggers, I think I'll try this method of decision making in the future...

After all is said and done, I think finally passed out for a short hour on Dimpy's floor before getting up for the 7am shuttle back to the resort this morning. Needles to say I'm a little tired!