I’ve made it back to Jakarta after hours of planes. I will depart for Banda Aceh on Friday with my counterpart whom I will meet tomorrow. I’ll write more after settling in.
I woke up to an email sent around 1.30a this morning. It was my flight itinerary. I’ll be leaving Saturday night and arriving in Jakarta on Monday. The only thing that changes this time is the carrier. The past three years I was booked on United and have banked up some [...]
Since The Jakarta Post doesn’t archive its posts, I’m including a summary of a recent article.
Virginity test idea withdrawn
A controversial proposal to conduct virginity tests on female high school students in Indramayu regency, West Java, has been dropped following strong objections from students, parents and activists.
The rest of the article goes on to say that [...]
Yesterday, I completed the last of my summer fun–a sprint triathlon in Petoskey, MI. The results:
500m swim: 13:02, pace: 2:37/100m
T1: 4:44 (this included a 400-500m run from the water to transition area)
20k bike: 40:18, 18.5mph (this had some big hills)
T2: 0:53
5 mile run (~8k): 41:53, 8:23 min/mile
Overall: 1:40:48, 2d in my age group (9min [...]
I arrived at the airport an hour early but, alas, my flight was canceled. After waiting in line for several other to rebook, my turn arrived. I was then informed that I was rebooked for the earlier flight but unable to be notified because I didn’t book the ticket and there was no [...]