Inna Simpang Surabaya

... lift we found colleagues and friends assembled with copious amounts of food and drink....and more presents!<br>It was a truly memorable evening and our thanks to everyone who came along to help us celebrate.................but especially to Viki for putting the whole thing together ....you're a star! (and to Luke for letting me stay till the end.......cheers mate!) Ex-pats rock!

... several historical, political sites. I am told that it is the only "tour bus" in Java and I must say that I really enjoyed the tour. The guide explained in both english and Indonesian (we were two foreigners) which was also appreciated. <br><br>After the visit of the House of Sampoerna I continued to visit the Old Quarter by walking to the famous "red bridge" where many "freedom fighters" lost their lives. This is just at the entrance of the Chinese ...

... Mary and I lying in the sand of Sairee Beach looking at poi performers. 17) Koh Bon, Similan Islands, Thailand: Manta Ray Day: Mary and I spent our "honeymoon" aboard a liveaboard boat in the spectacular Similan Islands. Our second to last day aboard we visited Koh Bon and witnessed five of six massive 5m wide manta rays swimming all around us. After a ...

... a la gorge. Donc on a jouer les John Wayne, sortant nos foulards pour se proteger le visage. Rejean a eu la merveilleuse idee de faire le tour du mont. Je voyais que c'etait haut et escarpe. Je n'etais pas tres chaude a l'idee mais bon, on se tient et soutient, donc nous y allons. . . . Un sentier, enfin, c'est ce qu'il appelle un sentier, en realite c'est un passage de 1 metre de large au debut. De chaque cote il y a le vide. Un trou pour le volcan (qui boucanne) et un ...

The holidays in Surabaya were a whirlwind celebration. The school held a Christmas potluck dinner on Saturday. I went to the holiday concert on Monday. We had secret Santa exchanges all week. There was caroling before school on Thursday and Friday. Christmas Party: The school parties are a nice way to get to talk to teachers that I never see. The elementary staff is downstairs and on a whole different schedule. The party is a ...

... I love the learning. My task is to make sure that the students get off the stage in a timely manner. There was only one student who needed to be carried off. A little three year old boy got scared on the stage with all the people and froze. I enjoyed watching all my students in their national dress. Everyone looked so beautiful and ...

... Can't believe we are coming to the end of teaching week 3...no Bali this weekend - still in the first flush of eagerness...so more preparation and planning - these kids really do get through the work at an amazing rate...plus a bit of sun, swimming, shopping and sport. Hope to hear from some of you soon.....?

... me out as I was losing my will to live. He took higher ground and saved me as I was on the brink of losing hope. I took a deep breath and I coughed for the next ten minutes to clear out the poison from my lungs. My body had gone through a traumatic experience and I was winded and exhausted. But I saw the workers and they had continued working. The small voice told me to leave. Nevertheless, I went against it and stayed. I followed a worker who told me to go to the top because ...

... a very regular grammar and regular spelling, and it is very easy to learn some of the basics. For example, there are no plural forms. To emphasize that something is plural, you double the word: "kucing" is cat or cats, "kucing-kucing" is cats. There is no verb conjugation as we think of it; 'makan' can be used to translate the English eats, eat, is eating, are eating, has eaten, had eaten, will eat, and so on. The time frame is determined either ...

... us tickets to Surabaya for 17,500 rupiah but we turned him down, said we'd buy a regular ticket in the terminal. At that point, we were shown to the "info centre" where we were greeted by the guy from the street selling us official tickets for 8,000 rupiah! Then we were directed to follow some guy to the bus who tried to scam us, either with phoney tickets or regular tickets at air-con prices, we're not sure which, but he became awfully scarce ...