Today marks the one year anniversary of being in Indonesia. It is hard to believe I have been here this long already and equally hard to believe I have a […]

After In-Service Training, and the uncomfortable bus ride back to my site with my counterpart, I had a turnaround in my attitude towards almost everything. When I arrived and walked […]

I had just gotten back from the hospital. It was the first time ever being in the hospital, period, and in a foreign country thousands of miles away from my […]

Turning another year older, away from all your family and friends, is not as bad as it sounds. Although, it made me pretty ding dang dong homesick. It doesn’t matter […]

Many of you have been asking me what it is like to live here, in Indonesia. What is like to be in Indonesia? This is a question that encompasses so […]

The Stranger (or The Jerk) I have been at my permanent site, Haurgeulis, Indramayu, for over a month now. It is certainly a change of pace from PST where everything […]

Suka dan Duka. *Note: the following cerita is about my experience with amoebic dysentery. I try not to be graphic or crude; however, I would like to note that pooping […]

On My Way, I am. Let me clarify, as in the words of some of our most inquisitive PC trainees, that only having one true outlet in which to charge […]

I think it’s safe to say that I feel pretty comfortable here in Indonesia, and in my training village, than I did on day satu (one). I feel completely fine […]

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are” -Theodore Roosevelt So what is PST? Not to be confused with PTSD, of course; although, I seem to be […]