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LE SCANDALE DES PRISONS POUR ENFANTS EN ASIE
... qu'on croyait révolu ? Et pourtant, elles sont parfaitement visibles, exposées à la vue des passants, sans doute pour servir d'exemple aux jeunes générations et les dissuader de sortir du rang, de s'écarter de l'ordre social. Ces sociétés scélérates, après avoir plongé leurs parents dans la misère expédient leurs enfants en prison parce qu'ils ne pouvaient survivre qu'en commettant ...
La création de l'univers
... plus sophistiquées en hauteur, pour les dieux et les ancêtres on déconne plus!
Tout cela tombe assez bien donc, puisque nous sommes à Ubud, la capitale culturelle de l'île. Ce n'est finalement qu'une succession de boutiques d'art balinais et de restaurants peuplés de touristes Français qui s'offre à nous, mais on s'y sent bien quand même, dans cette ambiance de fête. Nous logeons chez ...
The first week of school!
... planning and organisation, we were promised more children on Friday. We had 52 children on Friday. They were literally climbing ontop of each other- three children sharing one chair. I suppose this is payback for causing a stink on Thursday. This was my last week of teaching at this school and the children bought me some turtle toenail clippers and a keyring with grapes on it- bless them. All in all- culture shock! I loved getting ...
A long way round
... Luwak is named after the animal - a sort of civet cat - which eats up the raw coffee beans, digests the skin, and then defecates the remaining coffee bean which will then be 'harvested', cleaned (thank goodness!) and then roasted to make the most delicious coffee you've ever tasted (if you believe the adverts). I'm no coffee drinker so I'll take their word for it. Kopi luwak is the most expensive coffee there is, on account of its 'nasty' origins, I suppose. Abah had tasted a ...
Earth, Wind and Fire
... meditative ventures this last year, the vast comparison of our mother India’s beauties to Indonesia’s tasteful handicraft talents that have defined our eyes of artistic Balinese luxury . She was ending her journey to a summer trip back home to re-fill the accounts for more fall departures. We said our last good-byes before her airport departure, and listened to comforting soulful live jazz and as we ate sushi that brought me back memories of home. I now sit ...