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, [...]
A little clean up is order as this is the twelfth month of the year and brings more than a few holidays. I have heard the midwest was ‘walloped’ with a winter storm this week. I’ve lost my ability to be able to emphathize with that. This marks my fourth years without [...]
I am once again passport-less. The sneaky guys at immigration stamped my entry/exit permit to expire 5 June. The chaps at foreign affairs stamped my residency permit to expire on 30 June. I’m leaving 22 June. This happened to nearly all the Fellows in Indonesia. This all translates into six [...]
The end of the May. Memorial Day has come and gone for most of the people who take a look at this; summer has officially started. My summer hasn’t ended for the past two years. Things could definitely be worse.
Today was commencement at UIN Alauddin. We had a moment of silence [...]
I’m shoving off to Jakarta tomorrow to (hopefully) meet my visitors at the airport. Of course, a delay is probable, but let me hope for the best.
Another Nepal tidbit: Scott has a neat photo of one of the many Nepali language/cultural facilitators that indoctrinated us into the eating of sukuuti, a spicy, water [...]