Saté eXpress Podcast

I only have 2 topics in this show, and 1 of them involves me almost starving to death! Yes, I came close to going without any supper tonight (7 Oct), and you can imagine how that made me feel. :-(

I also share with the entire world, one of my student's very personal "secrets"! It was way more juicier than what I had expected from an Indonesian Muslim student to share. :-O

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Today I wax lyrical about my first few days teaching 'English Speaking 1' to all the young Indonesian students.  Most of them are either like giddy school-girls, or extremely shy.

And it wouldn't be "Indonesia" if I couldn't also tell you about the continuing chaos of my bahasa Indonesia program - yes, what I am supposed to be here for! ;-)

(recorded Thur 7/10/10)

I'm singing and dancing on a prayer this weekend, after going to 1 of the big Roman Catholic Churches near the centre of Malang city. OK, well, that's not the reason why actually - but it is part of what I talk about today.

Other than Catholocism, I talk about Indonesia's obsession with Agama (religion), and have some exciting news...

I have a JOB in Indonesia now! (Can U guess what as?)

Everyday life in moody Malang. OK, so not moody itself, but I am moody at the moment.

I run through my day and my current thoughts on learning Indonesian at UMM... or not. The clouds are brewing over France right now, as 2 of the French girls look set to do what their government did a few years ago... drop a nuclear bomb in Australia's backyard!

Really struggling to understand and communicate with the Kos boys I live with. Yeah, they look cute at times, BUT I do also want to be able to chat to them.

Lucky I have so much cheap deep-fried fatty food to lift my spirits, and my weight. LOL

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Join me and 2 friends (1 is Will) as we wander briefly on the streets of Malang.

Take a walk with me around 1 of the many many restaurants near the campus, and my Kos. This style of food is from Padang (Sumatra). Where it is all out on display, and you choose what you want. This restaurant has a bigger range than usual, so great for a vegetarian like Will, - but still no BACON! :-(

This video is pretty darn short, cause of the file size upload issues in Indonesia. Perhaps that suits your attention span anyway? ;-)

ps- the internet is doing my head in. It has taken 45 minutes to upload this file (not yet finished either). urgh

   no, make that another 30 min, I had to upload again. :-(

This is an update of my first week or so in Malang. Well, the last few days especially, as I sort out my accomodation and go to (not) my first class at Uni.

My major issue is the lack of fast internet (or access), and how that is making podcasting rather difficult. Please bare with me kids.

I chuck in some cultural observations too ;-)

Opening 'music' (dare I call it that?), courtesy of bloody Justin Bieber - who is all over Indonesia sadly.

Will and I took an Angkot (public transport mini-bus) from my Uni campus up to Batu (further up the hill).

The very cute driver was chatting away to me as we drove up the mountain, but of course I could not understand him.  :-(  I did manage to understand that he was trying to tell me all the good places to go in/around Batu.

When we arrived, after some discussion (miracle), he offered to drive us around and show us all the sights; in the bus. It was only Rp 100,000 each (A$12). We really didn't understand where we would go, but 3 hours later we had seen heaps of great stuff!

- just love Indonesia, and the helpful people. ;-)

Mas Will really didn't want to be filmed, but I managed a few seconds of him. LOL