I’m typing this up via the wifi connection on my campus. The only question is: how long will it stay active?
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…
This week, I got a big stack of mail–Christmas cards, birthday card, letters postmarked since 7 Nov 2007. At least I got them. I’m wondering where the jam was at as a watch my brother sent as a Christmas gift arrived just after the New Year. Hmmm. I guess I should [...]
Last week, I observed my first thesis defense here. A requirement for graduation for all undergraduates here is the writing of a thesis. Most of the students in the education department perform some sort of classroom research, write it up, and make a defense with three faculty members grilling them. It’s quite [...]
Another excessive holiday post (unless you’re going to north Sumatra, then you might be interested):
Once again, I found myself with a gap of days in which I wasn’t going to teach, so I arranged to meet up with some colleagues in Medan to head to places as yet explored by me. I met up [...]