Let it be known that instead of turning in any forms to the IRS, I spent my second day at the pool and continued to get a sunburn. I hope everyone had a return on their income taxes in the U.S.
Yesterday was the first time I saw Ibu X without jilbab. I had been invited to her home with the coordinator of the ELF program in Indonesia. We had dinner with several people from the community. I can’t explain how strange it felt to see this woman who I had always seen [...]
Many of you know that I served in the Peace Corps in Nepal. Currently, there is a civil war capped by the king taking authoritarian rule by sacking the parliment. The sh*t is hitting the fan but I thought I would let you read an email I received from a Nepali friend:
Anthony [...]
I forgot one thing: the Hugh Hefner dynasty has reached Indonesia this week with the publication of its first Playboy. From what I have gathered, it is toned down to meet censorial decrees.
The Foreign Service Written Exam ran the gamut for questions. Some were complete jackass questions—I couldn’t believe they would actually lower themselves to ask such a basic question—while others, the first one particularly, where kicks in the head. The results won’t be available until late July.
In Surabaya, I didn’t do a whole lot. [...]