Banana Cake Road Kill

As I was driving to school this morning I put some brownies, banana cake, and coffee on my clip on the front of my bike. As I was driving I noticed that the coffee started to come loose from the clip so I quickly grabbed it and stuck it between my legs and continued to drive. Thirty seconds later the banana cake fell to the road to become road kill. My first thought was, "that is amazing cake I have to stop and get it." My second thought was, "that is good tupperware and it is hard to find here." I pulled my bike over to the side of the road and ran back to save the cake from becoming road kill. The rest of the trip the cake made is safely and now the rest of the teachers are enjoying it.

Goat Slaughtering Holiday = Holiday in Bali

We had a 5 day weekend so some of my friends and I went to Bali. We had a great time. We went to the beach, went shopping, and went on a bike tour of the villages, rice patties, and Hindu temples of Bali. It was so much fun. The beauty that was surounding us was amazing. God is so creative.

As I was sitting on the beach one day reading my book two women thought that it would be a good idea to come and take a rest on the back of my chair. As you can see I continued to read intently.


The rice patties.


A big bunch of bananas. As we were waiting for the rest of our bike group to get with the program we had a photo shoot with a large bunch of bananas. They were heavy.

I was going to add more pictures but it was taking way to long to upload and I need to go to bed. I have to be a teacher tomorrow.

Ding Dong the Rat is Dead

For those of you that have been following the story of the rat I have some very exciting news. The rat is dead. On Friday night we got home from the mall and the note from our helper literally said , "I threw away the rat." We went upstairs to check out what happened and there was some blood, rat hair, and elephant glue on the floor and the railing. What we are hypothesising happened is that the rat ate all of the poison that we had laid out and exploded on the elephant glue. Our helper cleaned up most of it up. I got the joy of cleaning up the rest of it. I have pictures but I did not want to be too graphic. This is a G-rated blog you know. Then this weekend we got a sonar noise making device that will keep the bugs and rats away. No more rats for us. It was very exciting day for us.

Christmas in Bogor

I went to the friendly neighborhood Starbucks today to work on some school work. When I walked in there was Christmas music playing, snowflakes on the windows, and the baristas were wearing Christmas shirts and hats. Is Starbucks like this in America right now? I would really like to know. I was a little sad. What happened to Thanksgiving?

Happy Birthday to Auntie Kooch and Leah Koetje

Rat Traps 3 and 4

We have been trying to catch this rat for a while. We have tried many different ways of trying to catch him. On Tuesday as I was talking to Maddy on Skype I saw the rat on the stair glaring at me saying, "You can't catch me ha ha ha ha ha." So I screamed. Really loud. So loud that the neighbor came over with her helper who is fearless, and a great rat fighter. She could not catch the rat that night either. We have taken the rat catching to a whole new level. Forget drowning it (Sorry grandpa and grandma. We bought "The Reusable Never Miss Rat Trap (Kills Rats Every Time!)" So far it has not killed yet. A rubberband is supposed to go around the rats neck and suufocate him. It is quick and humane. We also bought some Elephant Glue that is supposed to be so sticky that the rat will go on it and not be able to get off. That has not worked yet either. I took some pictures of the lastest traps. Hopefully they will be filled with something soon. I am a little skeptical though.




The lady in the picture is Brittany. She is my roommate. As you can see we added a decorative pattern of raisins and nuts to the Elephant Glue I am all about style.