reason is the reason

Freethinkers in a meeting have a weird sense of humor. Though we had a little serious business to undertake in our meeting last Sunday, there were a few lines that were bound to get the group giggling.

“I think we should start with a prayer.” Snort, giggle.

“I called you here today to talk about Jesus.” Snicker, snicker.

We didn’t start with a prayer and we didn’t preach - in fact we moderated our voices when a particularly old and religious-looking person would happen to pass by, which happened about three times.

We were there, sitting in a Starbucks on the top floor of Shangri-La Plaza, on the invitation of Red, to meet and to figure out if we had enough in common to create a more lasting fellowship.

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If you’re arriving here from a link on Pestablogger.com or some other Indonesia-related site, you may be wondering what the hell I wrote in here to deserve a free trip to your beautiful country.

Don’t worry, I have another site, Southeast Asia Travel at About.com - that site is the reason I was able to join you last Saturday. I’ve contacted the blogs that link to this mchronicles site for a much-needed correction. I’ve also posted new blog entries on my travels in Indonesia on the other site, please check in there!

Am I going to write about Pestablogger on this site? Fer sure! Just give me a day or two to put my shit together. Terima kasih!