Javanese Babyshowers and Bajaj

Two of the teachers in my pod are pregnant so the Indonesian teachers threw them a Javanese Baby shower. We played games, ate traditional food such as rice and sweet chicken in banana leaves, and blessed the mom by pouring water over them. This was a great experience and I learned a lot about the culture of Java (that is the island that I am on). The picture is of the two teachers with a robe of Jasmine around their heads and shoulders.


On Saturday I went to downtown Jakarta to the furniture district. I got to ride in a Bajaj. There were three of us crammed in the back of this thing. The other girl in the photo is Cara, she is another teacher at the school. After we went shopping we went to church and then out to dinner at this great Italian restaurant (Yes they do have Italian in Indonesia). The people are so great, and willing to invite me to do things with them which I greatly appreciate. The man that was driving the Bajaj wanted more money from us because we were taking pictures. We told him no.