A few weeks ago I slipped and fell in my house due to the unique construction of a portion of it being open to the elements. When it rains heavily, some of the tile floor gets wet and slippery. It was one of these times that I slipped. Luckily, I protected a [...]
I have finally started trudging through the 80+ midterm exams that I have to ‘correct.’ I mulled over exactly how to evaluate such a large number of students on the lectures I have given and it frightened me. Luckily, the other Fellow from Makassar came to my rescue. The only question on my midterm was: [...]
The other night, while sleeping somewhat pleasantly, I was awakened by what I thought was a fire alarm. The pulsing sound was similar to what I have heard in large buildings, but this was not a large building. I don’t have a fire alarm in my house. The piercing sounds seemed to emanate from the [...]
Since the activities of any interest have continued to cease, I’m including intensely vain photos because I can. The first photo is a self-taken picture of my waist. I bought the pants when I first returned to the US last year. Look at them now.
The second photo is what I looked like after [...]
Well, not a lot has been happening as of late. The Manado Post reported on Friday that there would be a massive earthquake here before 1.30p on 9 April. The earthquake occurred at 4a that day but wasn’t at all massive. Again, I slept through it.
I pumped around 200,000 rupiah into my [...]