My New Journey.....Indonesia

My First Breakfast in Bali with new VSO Volunteers

Hotel Santai, Sanur, Denpasar with -From left: Teddy Namia (Philippines), Athena Custodio (Philippines), Bram Eidenhoven (The Netherlands), Dr. Nora Aban (Philippines), Jo Libarnes (myself) and Elvie Gayosa (VSO Filipino volunteer in Ende, Flores, NTT, Indo)

......learn bahasa Indonesia at IALF together with my fellow VSO Volunteers

For seven weeks, we will be at the I/A/L/F for our Bahasa Indonesia Lessons.

During IALF Orientation......

teddy, athena, nyoman fr ialf

jo, dian (our teacher) and bram

HuTong in Beijing.......... Nanluogu Alley, Dongcheng District

captured these scenes around 6:30 am at Naluogo Alley, Beijing

jo libarnes (august 2005)

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"Whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way. Why, when a housefly flaps his wings, a breeze goes round the world; when a speck of dust falls to the ground, the entire planet weighs a little more; and when you stamp your foot, the earth moves slightly off its course. Whenever you laugh, gladness spreads like the ripples in a pond; and whenever you're sad, no one anywhere can be really happy. And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer."

- Norton Juster, "The Phantom Tollbooth"

Libud...

"It is good to have an end to journey toward,.......

.......but it is the journey that matters in the end."

a thought.......

"Dance like there's nobody watching;
Love like you'll never get hurt;
Sing like there's nobody listening;
Live like it's heaven on earth; and
Speak from the heart to be heard."

William W. Purkey is the source of this quotation that is attributed to many others: it was made popular in the song "Come From The Heart" written by Susannah Clark and Richard Leigh. Purkey closed his speeches with this poem and it has now made it into the public domain.