It has come to my attention that another major earthquake has occured off the north coast of Sumatra. I am nowhere near Sumatra. I would like to put your geographic knowledge in perspective. The distance of the quake from where I am at is equivalent of an earthquake in LA while I [...]
I was thinking that for Easter in Manado I’d do much the same as I did in the US; I would sleep in late, eat some heavily salted pork product, and find an angle of repose to sleep away the afternoon. Of course, I was wrong and it only took three hours into the Easter [...]
I talked with my overlord last week and got some news. It looks like my contract will be renewed; it also looks like that I will not be able to return to this city for work. Mixed blessings at best. Anyhow, I have first crack at a posting in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, [...]
There are two three-day weekends this month, and I took the first one we had to fly to the south of Sulawesi and meet up with another Fellow in the vast sprawl known as Makassar (or Ujung Pandang). The sojourn highlights are as follows:
Banti Murung: Upon arriving at the Makassar airport, I was picked up [...]
Being a citizen of the United States and registered with the appropriate diplomatic agencies gets one email ‘warden’ messages. The most recent follows:
Wardens: Please distribute this message to the Americans in your organization. Thank You.
U.S. Embassy Jakarta
U.S. Consulate General Surabaya
Warden Message
March 11, 2005
The U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Consulate General are aware of a [...]