In Kota Agung: April 12, 2008 (Rat diagnostics)

Concerning the computer, I ran every diagnostic I could find yesterday (It took hours.) and nothing failed. But I am still having trouble switching the computer on. I think that the problem may be the power button itself. If the contact is a bit off or something that could explain the problem. I may open up the top of my computer once I get back to the forest. It should be fun. Maybe a really tiny rat crawled under there and died.

You know the rats in my room actually stole one of my sarongs one night. I made the mistake of turning off the lights when I went down to eat and in that very brief window they had dragged it across the floor and very tightly pulled it into the bottom of the only piece of furniture (other than my bed) in the room. I already no that they nest in there and run in and out of the bottom of it, which is really convenient since I cannot use it to store anything. I do use the top surface, but have fully abandoned the rest (and now the sarong too) to them. I also have managed to avoid opening the bottom doors, lest I have to see what is inside. I am pretty sure that my sarong may result in new rat progeny. They later tried to steal a shirt to add to the nest's comfort, but I decided to draw a line and take it back. I do have a giant plastic box to keep all of my stuff, but I may have to request a new cabinet or repairs on the old one. You know you are living in the forest when this is all normal. When the generator went down for a few days and the rats got a few hours in the dark alone they really tried to take over. I actually tripped over one on its desperate way out when I came back to get something from my room.