Chit-Chat About General Things

I missed the election vote process. Did I regret it ? I am not sure what should be the answer. Maybe in some way I regret the fact that some lowlife will be using my vote to their own advantage and try to do something with it, but on the other hand, what do I care ?
I have seen so many bad things happened in Indonesia in the past. The situation is not likely to improve in the next 10 years and by then I will be too old to do anything meaningful.
The presidential election will be around 2 months away from now. Who will win ? It is very likely that we will have or elected the same person again, i.e.: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono or more widely known as SBY. He is not bad, although I would say that in the last period of his reign, he did not do very much and most of the time under the influence of his VP. Enough talk about the politic...

I left Jakarta to Toronto about 3 weeks ago, just in time for the friendlier weather. Although as usual, I still have the chance "to eat the snow", but this time there was no shoveling..... (this activities really hurt my back lately, a sign of becoming too old ???). However, no shoveling means that there is something else to do. With the end of winter, spring in coming and summer to follow; which means that we have to a lot of maintenance and repair on the house. This year we are planning to fix or to be more exact to replace our roof. This is something that never been done in Indonesia. You buy a house including the roof and you don't replace the roof of your house unless the typhoon hit your house and take away your roof. Unfortunately, that is not the case in Canada. Every once in a while, you have to replace your roof (unless you have a metal roof for your house, which they say will last a life time) because apparently the shingles that they use for your roof do not last a life time. Some may last for 5 years, other may last for 15 years, but always there is a time limit. This time our house has reached it's limit on the roof....

Another project that I was planning to finish or to start, whichever is last; will be our tool-shed or garden shed. It was a long time plan, but there is always something to do before we can start our toolshed. However, this year; my resolution is to have the toolshed build and hopefully in good working condition. I've tried to recruit some help, but it is very likely that the person will not be able to help me because he is too busy. Without his help, I doubt it very much that I can do a proper job. I simply do not have the knowledge and the skill to build something so big (at least this is measured from my skill level)...