Catching Up...

I really did have high hopes of blogging regularly again once I moved to Surabaya! But, as they say in Indonesian, that soon got "dipinggirkan," or pushed to the side. It is a priority to start again because blogging really helped me to think about and write down things I experience and love about Indonesia. To be honest, it's been a rough go since moving to Surabaya as far as adjusting and enjoying living here. It'll be good for me to be proactive in writing about things here. I'm looking forward to blogging about experiences here, people I meet and finding things I love about Surabaya. I also love being able to share day-to-day and cultural experiences with friends and family back in the States.
Although most of the pictures are from my last couple months in Malang, I figured I would start by going back through pictures I had taken on my ipod. Here are a hodgepodge of pictures from my ipod(not the greatest quality) that I have taken over the past few months.

My last day at the TK in Malang...miss these kiddos!

Two kids in my TK class dressed up for "Hari Kartini."

I ran a 10k road race in Malang with Lisa & Carolyn...always an experience to run in Indonesia!! :)

Learning how to make "Rujak Manis" with some friends

Reyhan, a student at the TK...I spent a lot of time with his family at their house in Malang...they're so special to me!

Me with Reyhan's mom, Bu Fitri

One of the views in between Malang and Surabaya...I made this trip a number of times on my bike the past few months!

Phil, my now fiance :), came to visit me in Indo back in June!

A couple of the girls I taught ballet to in Malang.

I love capturing knock offs here around Indonesia...can you guess what this copies?? :)

This was a path we were walking along through a kampung that goes under a bridge. Good thing they had the warning to watch your head... Except for me it was at my chest(tall girl problems in Indo)

In Surabaya, I started teaching 4-6 graders...I love them! Hopefully I'll add better pics soon!