I’ve been a busy bugger here as of late. Between that and the worsening phone line in my house, the internet just hasn’t been as fun as it should be. Blogging has been frustrating. Anything online has been frustrating. C’est la vie.
I’m off to the Big Durian (Jakarta) on Thursday. [...]
I was sitting at the photo lab in the mall because my photos were not yet done. I was waiting. The photo lab also has a back room with special equipment for those special photos of kids and couples. This time there were four women in the room. They must have [...]
I was walking out to fetch a taxi a few early mornings ago and came across another foreigner on his morning walk. What he was doing walking down my dead-end street, I don’t rightly know. The other man looked up and, with shock on his face, said, “Amazing.” I thought that was [...]
Last weekend, I went up to Manado for what may be my last brouhaha in the north of the island. Some things were changed in Manado since last year. The warung on the Boulevard were removed; traffic lights and roadsigns were installed and a few one-way streets were found. Two malls were [...]
This week was the traditional Tax Day in the United States. I can very well tell you all that the subject was more than a little discussed in the list serve for ELFs. That’s the acronym for my fellowship position. Yahoo! I, being the thrice fellowed Fellow, was able to give [...]