LJ counts that I haven't posted for 21 weeks. Right ( Read more... )

Summoned by my Chinese History lecturer who stopped by there on his way to Europe. With the premature ending of my job, last month I agreed to go there, just to meet him ( Read more... )

Well, after such long time, I enjoyed a Saturday night out with great people.

Again, they were my students.

My school had Open Day on Saturday, I came in to meet my students and teachers.

Again, the hatred and the dissent was there. We made fun of the principal (my God, just one month without me and her hair was greying? She must really miss me) and ( Read more... )

Escapism has come to its end.

One big worry for me is leaving home as I must work somewhere else. If I move to Australia or Singapore that's fine, I don't have to worry, but of course the big bad wolf is beckoning: Jakarta.

I'm spending the rest of 2007 at home. I don't know why but I always feel pushed on some kind of deadline - I have to enjoy ( Read more... )

I want to make a political blog ( Read more... )

Here are 16 of them...in chibi version. Yeah, their personalities are interesting enough to create a school life manga.


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Listening to: Do as Infinity - Heart

Just short note so I could remember this day in the future...this morning I watched a student playing piano, a fellow teacher playing guitar, and another student singing in ensemble. So beautiful.

Well, that brings me to old topic where I think I have a lot of skills to catch up. Music? Cooking? Creative ( Read more... )

I'm really bored ( Read more... )

You already know enough. So do I. It is not knowledge we lack. What is missing is the courage to understand what we know and to draw conclusion.

So I think I don't have to question the violence anymore. I already know enough. I do not need to read more books searching for the answer. It's been answered long time ago.

What I need now is to ( Read more... )

Remember my rant about being booked if I host a parents-teacher meeting? Got it yesterday.

Well it was a fun but repetitive day. I talked with a turned-out-very nice Pakistani mom of 3 whose 3 kids are my students, a very young mother with a very mature looking daughter, mother of a delinquent who apologized to me non-stop, besides two parents who ( Read more... )