A few minutes past midnight another shake woke me up. Then the power went out. Then I began to sweat and the mosquitoes started to buzz. All this after I went to bed early to catch up on some sleep.
There have been some nice earthquakes on West Sumatra. Fortunately I was somewhere else when the 7 pointer hit. I don’t think there was much of a problem in Aceh as it was far away; however the last three have been close to where the last tsunami started…
With the exception of the earthquake near Padang and Bengkulu that I did not feel, the past days have gone by without incident. My counterpart took me to look for bicycles that I did not buy. Instead, he offered up an old clunker that looked perfect to me. The air in the [...]
No, I didn’t feel the earthquake that happened yesterday and gave a great shake along the western coast of Sumatra in the south. A colleague of mine happened to be in an affected area. Welcome to Indonesia. Thanks for checking;)
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Virginity test idea withdrawn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 [...]