Hello everyone! Just in case you didn't get enough of my crazy Southeast Asian adventures last summer, I'm back for more! I just thought keeping an online record of my experiences would help me stay connected to you all back home in the glorious US of A. Instead of sending me e-mails, please feel free to leave comments on here, and I will respond to them if I have the time! My Warnet time will be limited, precious, and quite costly.
So just in case you were not aware, I'm going to be spending the next 12 months in beautiful Malang, Indonesia!! I take off on June 16th, and during the first six weeks of my stay I will be directing that weird volunteer teaching program you've heard me talk about for the past two years. Then I will have about a month off to just hang with my Indonesians and perhaps go sightseeing around Java just a tad. Then in September I'm off to do the Darmasiswa Scholarship Program, which is offered by the Indonesian government every year to a select number of international students to invite them to come study Bahasa Indonesia (the language of Indonesia), traditional dance, traditional arts, and so on and so forth. It's really neat because not only does this scholarship cover tuition at pretty much any university in Indonesia, but it also gives me a living stipend each month of about $100 (which is one million rupiah...gotta love that exchange rate!).
So basically I will be spending the next year of my life immersed in Indonesian language and culture, and you all know how upset I am about that ;p
Start checking for updates about twice a week starting June 19th (the day after I arrive in Indonesia)...
Love you all!
2 comments:
Hi Love,
I hope you are having fun in Indonesia. I'm sure you're thrilled to be back. :) Send me your address!
Things are going fine here. Summer just seems to be flying by! Nothing exciting is going on... except that last night someone left a phone number on my door with no name.
Ok, gotta run.
Love,
Amy
Hey Tori
Great to see & hear about what your'e doing. Sorry I didn't get to hug you good-bye.
the cruise was wonderful. The Mediterrean is beautiful. Istanbul, Esphesus, Athens-all noteworthy.
Our waiter in the cruise ship dining room was named Karnadi and he is from Bali. Small World-huh??
His wife & son & his aunt still live there and he gets to see them about once every 18 months for a week or two. And we thought we had life rough........
Love ya and want to come see you sometime next year. I'm working on your mother. Love, Grandma
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