Majapahit Hotel and Spa
This is from walking back to the Spa I have been to the spa at the Majapahit Hotel three times and once to Sarkies restaraunt. I have to say it is my favorite place in Surabaya. I would like to go...
View ArticleEast Java Tour
Purwodadi Botanical Garden A man who has lived in Surabaya for around 24 years does tours of different parts of East Java on weekends. They are just day trips. I signed up for the Discover East Java...
View Article6 months in Indonesia
Pool at Ciputra club I have now lived in Indonesia for 6 months. I decided since this is my second country overseas instead of blogging about all the little differences I have noticed I would just...
View ArticleLetters (more thoughts from the Pen Pal post)
Yesterday I got a handwritten letter from back home from a a friend and it was so exciting. Even though I have been playing around with how to combine the old and new, handwriting and technology when...
View ArticleMelanie
I got this idea from Ms. Paula http://negotiatingmeaning.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-short-message-and-poem-welcome-2013.html?spref=tw My Where I am From Poem. I am from Rapid City My paternal grandma...
View ArticleIndonesian-Chinese Wedding
On Saturday, March 2, 2013 I went to the wedding of a relative of one of my colleagues. It was another wonderful experience that I will never forget. I got to be included in the family part of the...
View ArticleLoss
Loss happens in everyone's life. It is an inevitable part of life and no one is exempt from it. My paternal grandma passed away my first year of teaching. It was hard because even though I was out to...
View ArticleWeakness is a Strength or Not?
I read this blog post about weakness as a strength and it has been tumbling around in my head ever since. I thought it was an interesting perspective and at first I thought I disagreed. I really...
View ArticleChopsticks and My Favorite Part of the Day
Chopsticks California roll (front) Last Sunday April 21st I went with a friend to Sushi Hana my first time really having sushi. I tried a California roll once but I don't know that it was really...
View ArticleBali & Purple
We have been working on poetry this week and it has been awhile since I have really sat down an written a poem or two or three. Most of the time I like to start out by handwriting the poems. These are...
View ArticleRhymes of Mel
There once was a girl named Mel She liked exploring quite well One day she decided to stay longer overseas so she moved to Malaysia with ease The culture was very different from her own and it was hard...
View ArticleBali
Sanur beach behind hotel I have been putting off going to Bali for a variety of reasons, but decided I better go soon so that I didn't put it off too long and never go. Especially since I am living...
View ArticleThree Years Later-Home
Lots of beautiful sunsets here It has been almost three years since I left the US to live overseas and I am back in the US for the first time. So far, I don't think it has been too big of an...
View ArticleMy 33rd Birthday
I am continuing the tradition that I started on my 30th birthday. I am celebrating each birthday in my 30’s someplace new. My 30th was Malaysia, 31st-Singapore, 32nd-Indonesia and now my 33rd-Arizona....
View ArticleCries in the Night
I was super tired Thursday night October 3, 2013 so I went to be early around 8:30p.m. I woke up the next morning slightly before 4:30a.m. to use the restroom. When I got back in bed I heard this...
View ArticleAppreciation
Over the last few years I have learned more about appreciation and things I have taken for granted. Hot water & showers- I grew up taking showers with hot water and for me it was just a given....
View ArticleCowboy boots and Tattoos
I grew up in Wyoming and so there was lots of cowboys and Western wear. I went to the Rodeo once when I was young with a friend of mine. I don’t remember what happened except that I was traumatized...
View ArticleLooking Back at 2013
2013 has been a very challenging year. With just the way things worked out I spent Christmas 2012 and New Years 2013 by myself in Indonesia. It was a very long and boring holiday break. The house that...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2013
Hoover Dam For Thanksgiving 2013 I traveled to Oklahoma City where my brother lives. Our parents also joined us. I had not seen my brother since 2009 since I didn't come back to the US the entire time...
View Article11 Questions
1. Who was your most memorable teacher, and why? My 6th grade teacher was very special to me. I have known since I was in Kindergarten that I was going to be a teacher, but she is probably the...
View ArticleA Ghost town, A hot air balloon festival and caverns
Over Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend, I started working on exploring Arizona. First on Sunday we went to Oatman, a ghost town, on Route 66. It is advertised as the ghost town that won't die. It kind of...
View ArticleGrand Canyon West 26th Anniversary
Eagle Point I was invited to go to the 26th Anniversary celebration of Grand Canyon West. It was Saturday April 26, 2014. I went with another co-worker and then we met up with another co-worker, her...
View ArticleFall Break October 2014
My parents came to visit me in Arizona over my 4 day weekend (Fall Break) in earlier this month (October) since I hadn't seen them since last February. We did a lot while they were here. They arrived...
View ArticleAnother Rhyme of Mel
I know I haven't been doing very good at blogging this year. I was working on a project last night and wrote this poem. The first part is actually very similar and in some parts the same as I poem I...
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