Pak is away, so last night just Ibu and I initially, as Priscilla masuk ingin (feeling sick). Relaxed conversation. Enjoyable because conversation down mostly in bahasa. Ibu can speakEnglish, but prefers to speak in bahasa, whereas when Pak's here he likes to speak English. Last week he was in Taiwan for a work trip, which meant at home it was bahasa and the topics more general. With Pak, our conversations focus on education, pedagogy, policy, and what is done at ANU. For some of these topics I have the vocabulary, but some I don't, which means we default to English.
Weighed my luggage: 21 kilos for the suitcase, 8 kilos for the backpack. If I wear my Docs, the suitcase goes to under 20 kilos. My Qantas limit, I think, is 23 kilos. Which means when I'm in Solo I can buy 2 kilos worth of batik! Likely to send documents, books, and batik from Solo.
IPod world (Jumat)
- Lau Nau (Finland)
- Adrian Klumpes (Australia)
- September Collective (Germany)
- Gang Gang Dance (USA)
- Sultana Youssef (Iraq)
My bedroom window.
The moshalla behind the house. A moshalla is a small mosque or prayer room.
All mosques, no matter their size, are equipped with a soundsystem.
Another moshalla, about 200 metres away.
Its soundsystem. Hence the waves of the call to prayer. We're in the centre of at least 4 moshallas.
One hour to go. Time for Mister Gang Enam to quit blogging, quit Salatiga, and leave the building. Thangyuverymush.
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