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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: September 2013
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Thursday, September 12, 2013. Celebrating Three Years Of Having Three Kids. Well, I believed my head and my heart were firmly attached in the right places, but it didn't take long before I was beginning to wonder if the rules I had been told about adopting here were actually. Indonesian kids are beyond adorable! Then, there was this one little boy who grabbed my heart. I watched him play and interact. He reached over to feed me a bite of his Lego block. I pretended t...I feel li...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: Now, That's The Stuff
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Sunday, November 10, 2013. Now, That's The Stuff. Lainie's first visit- This is a group of older students who are working. Hard on their high school/middle school studies. Note the Indonesian bunny ears thing. Then came re-enactments of Bruce Lee movies, tackle the "monster" and everything else possible when a smiling giant is in town. It was panic in the streets for awhile. You can't imagine how good it was having just one more person to sing with in those circumstances. Always...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: October 2013
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Monday, October 7, 2013. How Did the Chicken Cross the Road? The picture to the left is a typical Jakarta surface street on a Saturday morning when traffic is light. What the picture cannot tell you is that the speed limit here is basically, "How fast can you go? Cross the street. What to do? 1 DON'T look at the drivers, only your destination. If the drivers see you look at them, they know you can see them and should avoid them. This can be hard to do if you are only 1/3...2 DON...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: August 2013
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Tuesday, August 20, 2013. It's Christmas in August! For those of you readers who have been overseas for the State Department before, this blog post will seem like very old news. But, hallelujah, our UAB arrived! This was 800 lbs of stuff that we sent airfreight from Virginia very shortly before we left for Jakarta. It took a few weeks, and things were delayed by the Lebaran/Idul Fitri holiday, but it came! Well, it's all here now. And this is just a downpayment on when the n...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: July 2015
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Saturday, July 18, 2015. 1 We have made good friends here! People we will keep in our hearts no matter where we are. 2 Indonesia is simply amazing! Jakarta's traffic is horrendous but other than that the physical land and sea of Indonesia is beautiful. The places we were able to visit were pretty much post card perfect. 3 Volcanoes are really cool! 4 I liked it more than I thought I would (our 11 yr old son). 6 The Triangle of Doom: Don't do it! 15 Vacations off of the usual tou...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: Long Absences and State Brain
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Sunday, February 9, 2014. Long Absences and State Brain. So, obviously we haven't written in a while. Christmas Season at the house for L and Christmas travel season at the consular section for me made for a hectic end of the year. So, yes, we are still alive, still in Indonesia, and still gainfully employed. To which I can only say, "Welcome, L, to you your new brain.". February 9, 2014 at 3:28 PM. I totally agree. All that plus managing your career on top - ay carumba! Wear th...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: July 2013
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Friday, July 26, 2013. At Post- Hello Jakarta! We've arrived at post! I would say things are going quite well so far. Jakarta is a very busy modern city. Getting around is tricky but there is a lot to see and do. The people are awesome, the food is good (and I was worried) and the temperature is cooler then I had assumed it would be primarily because it has been raining more than we expected. You basically asked the young man to be your friend and give you money! Or maybe Louis ...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: June 2013
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Friday, June 21, 2013. It's Almost That Time. With apologies to General Eisenhower's message to the troops on D-Day, things are starting to feel like that around here: Diplomats of the United States- the great undertaking for which you have been training these many months is at hand! Friday, June 7, 2013. Rules For Packing Out (Without Freaking Out). Reliving last summer's pack out. Who the heck knows! I need to establish what will be made clear to everyone who reads this (and w...
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus: March 2013
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All Aboard the Crazy Bus. Thursday, March 28, 2013. Language Loser No More. Well, it's certainly been a long time since I've been able to blog! Or read a book, go to a movie, drive into the city, or anything else that was not eating, sleeping, and studying Indonesian. You see, back in late February I went in for what at the time I thought was The Great Test, but which turned out only to be Language Test I. I'll just work harder! Here are the results:. Percentage of Hair Now Gray- 65%. It is over.). The A...