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Wow. When I read my last entry I was appalled by the bad quality of writing. I'll try to do better from now on. (Not fishing for compliments here, some of it STINKS!)
Sorry for the sporadic updates. Last week was littered with horrible, horrible skripsi corrections that used up all my linguistic supplies and wasn't able to produce a coherent text.
I have ideas for updates in my head already but no time to write them down. Expect updates about traffic, religion, food and language some time in the future.
I wrote about how we would go to the ocean on Sunday before last in the last post. That didn't work out, we went around the city instead and did some more work. Last Sunday we managed to have another look around the city. After getting lost, paying too much for a used Lonely Planet and spending too much time in malls we managed to visit a Hindu temple. Sadly we weren't allowed to take pictures inside but the outside and the courtyard were pretty impressive, too.
As mentioned above last week was as stressful as expected. This week is shaping out to be a little bit more relaxing. First, the head teacher is away for a conference somewhere on Java, I think. That means nobody is piling up work on heads right now :P Also, since exams are over we have a lot less corrections to do, so far just one 8-page proposal each.
We even found some time after university yesterday to visit another Hindu temple. Got lost again (on foot this time) but managed to find it before sundown and witness a Hindu ceremony, even though we were the only people there beside the priest(?) and had no idea of what was going on.
After that we had dinner at a really classy looking but cheap place in a mall (seriously, I'm beginning to grow sick of malls...) and celebrated the 25th birthday of one of the international students there.
This weekend we're planning on going to Berastagi, Sumatra's fruit basket, and hiking up one or two dormant volcanoes there. That should be fun :)
In case you forgot, here is the link to all the pictures: https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=289888&id=527312356&l=4068983032
Sorry for the sporadic updates. Last week was littered with horrible, horrible skripsi corrections that used up all my linguistic supplies and wasn't able to produce a coherent text.
I have ideas for updates in my head already but no time to write them down. Expect updates about traffic, religion, food and language some time in the future.
I wrote about how we would go to the ocean on Sunday before last in the last post. That didn't work out, we went around the city instead and did some more work. Last Sunday we managed to have another look around the city. After getting lost, paying too much for a used Lonely Planet and spending too much time in malls we managed to visit a Hindu temple. Sadly we weren't allowed to take pictures inside but the outside and the courtyard were pretty impressive, too.
As mentioned above last week was as stressful as expected. This week is shaping out to be a little bit more relaxing. First, the head teacher is away for a conference somewhere on Java, I think. That means nobody is piling up work on heads right now :P Also, since exams are over we have a lot less corrections to do, so far just one 8-page proposal each.
We even found some time after university yesterday to visit another Hindu temple. Got lost again (on foot this time) but managed to find it before sundown and witness a Hindu ceremony, even though we were the only people there beside the priest(?) and had no idea of what was going on.
After that we had dinner at a really classy looking but cheap place in a mall (seriously, I'm beginning to grow sick of malls...) and celebrated the 25th birthday of one of the international students there.
This weekend we're planning on going to Berastagi, Sumatra's fruit basket, and hiking up one or two dormant volcanoes there. That should be fun :)
In case you forgot, here is the link to all the pictures: https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=289888&id=527312356&l=4068983032