My last few days of NOT being in Korea...

It's Saturday night, April 23rd.
This date is significant if you're a Justin Bieber fan, because he's giving a concert IN SENTUL, IN MY TOWN IN INDONESIA, 10 minutes away from my house, at this very moment!
I'm sooo NOT a JB fan, but I think it's pretty cool that he - and, reportedly, Selena Gomez - are in my town, of all the places in Indonesia. :-P

Anyways, my friend Yoshie is spending the weekend with me in Sentul. On account of the insane traffic in the town today/tonight, we've pretty much stayed home and have done a whole lot of nothing, except for watching "Psych" episodes and drinking coffee excessively.

Bliss!

Yoshie and me, at the handicraft fair in Jakarta yesterday

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Josh and I made some new friends yesterday! He and I went with Yoshie and Marie to the fair, and then we went to a fancy mall for lunch at a Wendy's - a rarity! He and I wanted to go to the imported goods grocery store in the lower level.

On our way down the escalator, we saw these guys in front of a bookstore, so we jumped in w/ them for photos!

(We're also on tons of other people's cameras, too...) Sooo random!

This morning, Marina and I went to our second Balinese dancing lesson. Each lesson is an hour long, and we're thoroughly soaked with sweat after each one. (My shoulders and upper arms are also still severely sore.)

This is my Balinese dance teacher, Ibu Ayu. I think she's wonderful and very patient with me!





As you can see, I need to work a bit more on my arm positions. :-P









And here we are! Marina's on the right. She does a great job of translating between Ibu Ayu and me. (The girl in the middle is Marina's sister-in-law named Jenny.)

On June 11th, the 4 of us are going to perform in Bellanova, which is the strip mall here in Sentul. We'll have full costumes and makeup and head gear and everything! I'm a bit nervous but excited! :)

Right now, a thunderstorm is brewing. It's been thundering and growling for hours, just like each night this past week. I'm not sure if it'll actually rain or not, but I hope it won't rain tomorrow morning, because several of us are planning to have an earrrrly outdoor, sunrise Easter service.

Monday is a day off for us, although I'm not sure why. If I do anything photoworthy tomorrow or Monday, I'll post about it then. Otherwise, I'm content to say that this week has been a blessing in disguise, because I was able to spend lots of quality time with people, even though I didn't make it to Korea...

Now I'm getting ready to go eat a Mexican dinner in Indonesia with some Americans. What a great way to prepare for Easter!