Three flights (Banda Aceh—Medan—Jakarta—Pontianak) Total mileage: 2,553km. As the crow flies mileage: 1,663km. And three flights back.
Luckily, the travel was all work-related and for a two-day workshop in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, famous for being settled on the equator. The workshops went well and our hosts were magnificent, taking us out for a [...]
A few weekends ago, Indonesia put together a four-day weekend due to Maulid (Islamic holiday commemorating the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday) on Thursday, and Good Friday (Christian holiday that I think you can figure out). Pack those two into the weekend and you have a weekend getaway from wherever you are. I chose to [...]
I went to the classroom to teach first period yesterday. A sign on the classroom door read that I (and anyone else teaching in that room) have been reassigned to another due to a faculty and staff table tennis tournament. The tournament is now in its second full day.
March 17, 2008 – 10:26 am
This weekend I caught up with an old colleague who still pounds the pavement in the Big Durian. He’s a bit older than me with a great story to tell about his worldly travels, his ups and downs. The point is this: while talking to him, I realized that looking for a job [...]
I don’t know what it is exactly, but getting a good night’s sleep here is not possible. And it’s been that way for the past three and a half years. I can’t say why though. Even if I’m sleeping in a posh hotel, I can’t seem to sleep like a log. [...]