Sunday was Chinese New Year, and today is Islamic New Year. We were at school yesterday, with a surprisingly large number of students. Last night ten of us went to a Chinese restaurant. The food was good, but the waiter was vying for the “worst waiter in Indonesia” title eg: He brought a tray of […]

Sunday was Chinese New Year, and today is Islamic New Year. We were at school yesterday, with a surprisingly large number of students. Last night ten of us went to a Chinese restaurant. The food was good, but the waiter was vying for the “worst waiter in Indonesia” title eg: He brought a tray of […]

Feeling good, despite having only 5 hours sleep. I forced myself to go for a walk. This morning, it was out through the village of Lakarsantri, and back through the back of the golf course. Everything was (relatively) fresh and green. There are a lot of kids around at 5.30am, because the local schools have […]

I should be feeling wonderful this weekend, but I’m tired and not really motivated. I think it was triggered by the realisation that we’d planned an Australia Day dinner at the same time as an evening parent meeting at school. On Friday we had what is probably the best Board meeting in nearly 4 years, […]

It’s not everyone’s “cup of tea”, but, having made the effort, going for a walk, ride or run at 5.30am is really nice. Yesterday, the volcanoes in the distance stood out impressively, and they were visible still today. Everything is lush and green, although the smell of things about to rot is present. Early morning […]

Three days back at work, and it’s as though we’ve never been away. It’s good so far, with the teachers being pretty positive, and the kids being excellent. I’ll have to get out of the office and into the classrooms a lot more. I went to an OSIS (student council) meeting yesterday, and the two […]

It’s been a relaxing holiday so far, and I find myself “being present” a lot more than usual. (I don’t worry about school and other stuff.) We had a nice day in Sydney yesterday. We met up with Barbara at the Sheraton, and interviewed a young man about a pre-elementary job. We then had lunch […]