Despite my great concerns about becoming a "blogger" I figured this would be the best way to keep y'all updated on how things are going in Bali, Indonesia without having to send mass (and perhaps unwanted) emails. Also, feel free to let me know how you're doing as well, news from back home is always nice to get. Anyway, for those of you that may not know I'll be teaching English at several schools near Gianyar, Bali for 5 months. Gianyar is about an hour from the southern tip of Bali on the East Coast. I'm a few weeks behind getting this started so I'll try to quickly fill you in on what has happened so far.
Over the first few weeks most of my time was consumed by teaching, learning how to teach, and trying to learn a bit of Indonesian. The teaching has gone well. I have ten classes and I get to teach each one twice a week. The teaching isn't quite what I expected and the level of English is very low but it's still be a blast and has been quite well. The kids are so much fun to be around and I've been trying to spend as much time with them outside of class as I can (playing soccer and takrow-a cross between volleyball and soccer). As for learning Indonesian I still have a long way to go but it's coming along ok.
