November 11, 2006 – 4:53 pm
This just in: a bomb has exploded in a ‘Western-style mall’ in Jakarta today. One injured, or killed, depending on your news source. The police believe that one person is the perpetrator.
I spent about 1.5 hours at the travel agent today. After getting home and checking the tickets, I found out [...]
November 7, 2006 – 3:56 pm
It’s officially Election Day in the USA. The Dems are hoping for a serious rout; the Republicans are hoping to hold the majority. I’m not apathetic, but what the heck will change if the Dems win a majority in the House of Representatives? I’ll go to bed before even the earliest polls [...]
November 5, 2006 – 1:06 pm
Last Friday I was the guest of Pesantren Bukit Hidayat in Malino, South Sulawesi. The pesantren also hosted roughly 100 students who were participating in an English camp there also, not to mention the students enrolled there also.
Malino is the equivalent to a what the British called a hill station in India. [...]
November 1, 2006 – 6:41 pm
Well, I’ve been meaning to make a short comment about a few of the more interesting restrooms (as we Americans call them) in Indonesia. One that is really bizarre is the restroom in the classy restaurant, Cafe Batavia. The urinal area is akin to the dive bar urinal in the US. It’s [...]
November 1, 2006 – 11:43 am
I have uploaded this month’s photos, including my trip to Bali. They are only a fraction of what I took. I tried to experiment a little bit with my camera during the nighttime. The resized photos are a little larger than I usually upload, so I do rightly pity anyone with a [...]