Yes, the title tells of the official time left in Indonesia under the aegis of so-and-so. I don’t know what or where I’ll be doing next and I’ve given up thinking about that for now. These days I need to concentrate on the platefuls of work I have. It seems that the [...]
As I was jumping around the expat blogs for Indonesia, I found a link on Jakarta Guru (linked in the blogroll also) to myself and an Indonesian guy I’ve worked with in the past, Jalu. I worked on a parallel session for the workshop that took place at UIN Alauddin in November. Lo, [...]
Warning: This post is EFL related and many may find it excessively boring.
While I was in the taxi on the way to work this week, I happened upon a banner in front of the State University of Makassar, or UNM. It was advertising an International Conference on Bilingual Education. Wow, I thought, [...]
Last week was the rousing grand opening of the English teacher resource center at the university. We had several kinks that dearly need to be ironed out for things to run smoothly, but I hope that the next workshops or trainings will keep them coming back.
The semester started this week yet my classes weren’t [...]
The following are excerpts from a press release of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta:
U.S. Embassy Jakarta
Warden Message
February 5, 2007
The U.S. Embassy informs Americans in Indonesia that several days of heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in and around Jakarta. As of February 5, 2007, more than 400,000 people have been left homeless by flooding. [...]