The end of the May. Memorial Day has come and gone for most of the people who take a look at this; summer has officially started. My summer hasn’t ended for the past two years. Things could definitely be worse.
Today was commencement at UIN Alauddin. We had a moment of silence for the earthquake victims on Java. The Rector (university president) reminded us all to donate and announced his donation amount. I stayed on for the diplomas handed out to the Masters students and left with my counterpart. The exercises went on til past 2p; they started around 9a. Phew!
I went to a couple graduation parties with the office denizens. Plenty of chicken soup and rice was had. I was asked for photographs with the proud grads and a bit taken aback when a female student grabbed my arm and hugged it close to her. For various reasons, cultural or otherwise, I don’t get a lot of physical contact with women, and it felt strange, maybe even *wrong*. Gasp!
Finally, I’ve been adding a couple links in the right column. For those of you who are really into computing, check out Matt Guthaus’ page. He writes scripts for things I don’t understand. Also, a former traveling companion, Jess, has just started up a blog for those who wondered what dorm life is like on the adminstration side. Kara, a fellow Michigander and Peace Corps/Nepal alum, will be heading off to Afghanistan for her own reasons (work). Yikes! Not much there yet.
Ok, the interjection crazyness is related to work. I visit another university that houses an American Corner. It’s a place that the US government funds and has all types of periodicals from the US, books, CDs and DVDs. Anyhow, they have the complete set of Schoolhouse Rocks!, and I made the students there for my discussion time watch one of the grammar songs–interjections!