I woke up a few days ago with a bit of heat rash. First, it was around my lips, then I started scratching my neck. The eyes came on next with some other places that don’t see daylight too often. Right now, it looks as if I received a few good punches [...]
It’s a warm Christmas Eve in Makassar. I’ve got a fan blowing straight on me and the humidity from the rains is kind of nice after months of beating dryness. I don’t know how long such a welcome for the rains will be. Last week, I was driven home by my counterpart [...]
Things in my refrigerator prior to shopping today: two empty jars of honey, two bottles of hot sauce, two half-used bricks of butter, three onions that are over three weeks old, an empty bottle of tamarind concentrate, and minced garlic. The cupboard wasn’t much better.
The first one worked well, so I’m putting up the second podcast. You can finally hear my house caretaker, Safir, and he teaches us how to say, how are you? in Indonesian, Buginese, and Makassarese.
I’ve been exploring the use of podcasting and have started by using a new plugin. I’m not sure how long it will hold up. Click on the triangle to listen from this page; click on the hyperlink to download the mp3 via podcast and hear that long lost voice.