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Entries from October 2007

Rainy season is here

October 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The other night as we sat on our porch and watched the first serious thunderstorm since we’ve arrived, we both remarked that we couldn’t believe it was 5 months already. I told Denise “here we are!”
It was really relaxing to watch the hard rain fall from the dark clouds to the green landscape below, […]

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Tags: Bandung

Spelling Bee this weekend

October 18th, 2007 · 9 Comments

This weekend I am headed to Jakarta as the only competitor from all 3 of our Bandung schools, to participate in a Bahasa Indonesia spelling bee for teachers whose first language is English (i.e. Westerners).  The spelling bee in Jakarta pits me against representatives from our schools all across Indonesia, although it’s possible most of […]

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Tags: Bandung

The end of Ramadhan and the beginning of Idul Fitri

October 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

It’s a little after 2am on Friday night, and every mosque in the city is still going at full volume. The mosques began their vigil at around 6pm and have been loudly broadcasting prayers ever since. I’m told they will continue non-stop through the night until the morning. It is an amazing […]

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Tags: Bandung

The Simpsons Movie on DVD

October 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Yeah, that’s right.  I’ve got the Simpsons Movie on DVD already, complete with fancy packaging.  It’s a very good bootleg, completely watchable.  Watched it on my laptop last night, in fact.  And it cost me all of 80 cents.  Don’t hate.

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Tags: Bandung