Taking a go-jek scooter

On my way to pick up my bike from the repair shop...
Saturday night shopping

Since I needed another 20 coat hangers to be able to store my newly arrived clothes in my closet, I went for a quick Saturday night shopping trip to living world mall in Alam Sutera. It's one of theRead more
New discovery

Nice place to do some work... the air could be less polluted but the food is really good.
Finally

Finally a Vietnamese restaurant has opened not far from my neighborhood. Yummy!
Someone's been eating my sponge...

And it definitely wasn't snow white. Was is Ruby the rat or Lizzy the lizard?
Memories of Hannover

Birthdays and Farewells

Our school is quite small and we're only about 50 teachers at our school, about 20 of whom are German. So, in general, colleagues, employees and members of the staff are much closer to each other thanRead more
Birthdays and Farewell part 2

Germans and Indonesians alike really enjoyed our little pool party. We also had some suprise guests - at least 15 frogs joined us later that night :-) The food, which was prepared by Ibu Har, was veryRead more
Earthquake

So that's what it feels like when the earth is shaking 😯. Pretty scary experience especially when you are teaching on the second floor. Instead of hiding underneath the tables - as we were supposedRead more
Super Blue Blood Moon

I'm glad I didn't sell my telephoto lens ...
Scarcely escaped death...

Yesterday I discovered this little bugger...was able to kill it before it bit or stung me.... Not really sure what it is but it does look like some kind of scorpion
Rain

Apparently, the rainy season is not over....
Finally working out at the gym

So, two weeks ago I finally decided to become member of a gym... I had the choice of two different ones, one of which was much closer than this one, but I really didn't feel comfortable there. Gyms inRead more
Ramadan decoration

During Ramadan, Indonesians love to decorate houses, flats, hotels and shopping malls with stereotypical oriental decoration (let’s say, the Basilius Cathedral could be taken for a Mosque). OfRead more
Belated Birthday Party

Well, almost two months after my actual birthday I finally threw a little birthday party for me and my friends.
Stephies Birthday Party

When you have the possibility to throw a pool party at you work place ;-)
3rd of October at Kempinski Hotel

We were all looking forward to the anual reception by the German embassador at Kempinski Hotel where there was free German food and drinks. Our intern Florian and I shared a taxi.... the taxi couldn'tRead more
School life

Science fair... what a great way to motivate students! The last picture shows the advertisements my grade 8 students created for our school. Presently on display at our stand at Didakta.
24 hour holiday

Lucky me! In December, in the tombola at Christkindl Market, I won a voucher for a one-night-stay at this 4 star hotel including breakfast. So I took my friend Tanja and enjoyed the beautiful poolRead more
Trying out a new coffee shop

I had been wanting to try out this place for so long and yesterday, I finally did. It was definitely worth it. Wouldn't necessarily eat cake there but the coffee and juice were amazing and the staffRead more