Indo Teen Girl Power!
I worked with their awesome teacher, pictured in front, to put together a lesson, that being to teach the students two songs that we could sing together. Their teacher provided them with the lyrics for each song, then she translated the lines section by section as I slowly sang the song to introduce the melody. We followed this procedure for both songs, and within a half hour they were singing, and understanding, each song. It was magical.
I guess the teacher in me is still alive, and for sure that part of me that always loved my students still is. What a lovely experience it was to spend some time with kids again.
Finding My Spiritual Heartbeart in Bali
April 23rd 2014 As I pointed out in my first Ubud entry, the theme for our 2014 adventure was "Slow Down, You Move Too Fast", and although we covered a lot of new territory throughout Asia and Indonesia on this trip - Myanmar, Kuala Lumpur, Borneo, Lombok, and the Komodo Islands - we have indeed slowed down this past month. Soon after arriving in Ubud, Bali, we rented the studio apartment, as well as two motor sc
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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more 
