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While perusing a used bookstore in Bandung recently, I came across a “Los Angeles Retired Fire & Police” membership roster.  It had the home address of every retired police officer (and firefighter) in Los Angeles.  The book also had an index sorted by city for easy reference.
Roughly every 50 pages there was a bright neon [...]

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New Year’s Eve is my favorite holiday.  It can’t be commercialized by business - not to the extent of Christmas and Valentine’s Day, anyway.  New Year’s is celebrated by people around the world, regardless of creed or religion.  And it has different meanings for everyone.  For me, New Year’s Eve is a chance to say [...]

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I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher, he wears dark glasses
Things are going great, and they’re only getting better
I’m doing all right, getting good grades
The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades,
I gotta wear shades
(Timbuk 3)
Let me just say for a moment that I have the best job in the [...]

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My work/life situation in Bandung is much different compared to other times in my life. I actually work with most of my close friends, five days a week. Then I hang out with them on weekday nights, at the pub, having a beer and some dinner. And then we hang out again [...]

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Sorry, I know I haven’t been posting with any regularity lately.  Part of that is because my desire to blog has been flagging lately.  But part of that is also because there’s not much new to report.  Not much excitement is really happening here.  I haven’t been on any vacations since we’ve been back.  I’m [...]

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Denise, Russell, and I also made a hilarious song using my laptop and keyboard.
Pump up the volume! “The Experiment”

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Sorry I haven’t posted in so long.  The last few weeks have seemed like a whirlwind, as we get adjusted back into a work schedule and numerous social events.
The first week back at work, I helped with a spelling bee at an elementary school for grades 1-3.  I also started teaching this American Culture & [...]

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After about 30 hours of total travel time (including a couple solid hours of turbulence) we’re finally back in our house in Bandung.  Our house is nicer than I remember.  It smells clean and airy.  Our Internet connection appears to faster than usual, too.
It was sad to leave behind family and friends in Seattle, even [...]

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Argh - frustration. $#%@$%#&!!
We got “waitlisted” for our original flight home. Basically our reservation got cancelled for some reason. So we have two possibilities. Possibility #1 - we fly home a day early, provided our passports get processed and returned to us in time. Possibility #2 - We [...]

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As you probably know from reading Denise’s account, she broke her collarbone during an otherwise fantastic beach vacation in Batu Karas. She also received two incredibly painful massages on the broken bone - not a hairline fracture either, a proper break - before we knew what the problem was. She is an extremely [...]

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