I wrote a long post that I conveniently left on my computer at home. This turns out to be a good thing because I detailed a few things that would be entirely boring and break that sheen from my life that y’all have gotten from reading this. Yes, that was tongue in cheek.
The [...]
After much ado in Bali, I have made it back to Banda Aceh. The coffee shops are open, people are filtering back to town, ready to start back up following the break. Bali was a good time. I met up with my colleagues, saw some places that I hadn’t seen before, and [...]
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.
Bali International Triathlon, 24 June 2007
1500m swim: 39m26s
T1: 2m47s
40k bike: 1h25m20s
T2: 58s
10k run: 58m06s
Total: 3h06m35s
More on all this later.
UPDATE: The swim started out wild as all 150+ swimmers had a mass start. I just let all the fast swimmers run into the water and I moseyed out after them. I’m no fish. [...]
Yesterday was Father’s Day; last Friday one of my brother’s got married (finally). The latter one puts me in a precarious position as I have repeatedly told people at my uni (students and teachers alike) that I can’t get married until my older brother is married. He always said he was never going [...]