(This one's for Anna, who lovingly reminded me it's been a whole month since I last posted ;) )
I rang in the New Year with some friends who stuck around Bandung for the holidays. We didn't do anything really fancy. Just went out to sushi and then watched a movie and toasted together as the clock struck midnight. Lots of people were out and about the city with noise makers and shooting off fireworks. I decided that 2009 is going to be a good year. Not sure all that it's going to hold but I just have an anticipation that it's going to be good. For one thing I know that I will be back here in Bandung, Indonesia next fall. Don't think I've made this public on my blog yet so in case you are wondering and haven't heard I decided to sign on for another year teaching at BAIS.
Two days after 2009 started, a group of us headed for the beach to rest and relax before heading into second semester. We had a lot of fun. It was my first time going to the beach here on Java. We enjoyed sleeping in and staying up late. We ate lots of fresh, delicious sea food. We swam in the ocean and hung out by the pool. We played games and read and and watched the sunset and did all the things one should on vacation. At the end of it all I was only a little sunburned and was ready to head back to Bandung, welcome back my roommates who had gone to America for Christmas break, and return to my normal school routine.
For the full trip details and pictures, click on my Picasa web album link: http://picasaweb.google.com/clauson.emily/PangandaranBeachTrip
Otherwise, for those of you who don't have time for all the pictures (but still find time to visit my blog once in a while) you'll find a few of my favorites below.
