Friday, 23Jun06
Highlights: getting home
Got to Boston by 10am,, (hour #37 of the trip), and I’m afraid of standing downwind of myself! Whew,,, I felt bad for the people sitting next to me on the last couple flights. Ha ha. Logan airport is so confusing- it took my dad & I an hour + a ride from garage staff around detours & construction to find the car!
It’s good to be home though. My French cousins Jean-Paul & Martine are here,, and Jean-Paul speaks no English (= I found him & my uncle in the back-yard trying to communicate through hand gestures & expressions (= ha ha. It’s amazing how well people can get by, having understood nothing of what the other said! It’s interesting rolling from straight bahasa Indonesia to French,,, when I try to think in French, an Indonesian vocab word jumps out! (that’s immersion for you!) but it’s great to see my cousins. Aside from my mom, I’m the only one they can have conversation with!
(j’etais bien content a vous revoir JP et Martine! A la prochaine =)
Went to (my sister) Natalia’s wedding rehearsal, and then to dinner. I get to walk one of the bridesmaids down the aisle & stand through the whole ceremony. (= by 6pm local time, it was 5am where my sleep cycle was at. I was worried, because my personality pretty much disappears when I’m that tired. Talking to Jean Paul through dinner, and sitting next to Bryan’s grandmother kept me on my toes though.
One of the social costs of being gone so long is that I’m meeting the majority of my sisters’ friends for the 1st or 2nd time here. They’re a rowdy & fun bunch,,, good ambassadors of Natick, Massachusetts. (= ha ha they remind me of the characters from “Reality Bites” and “Goodwill Hunting”. Nothing flashy or sophisticated about them… just straight-forward, hard working guys who will enjoy a laugh at your expense, then buy you a beer & pass a cigarette.
Highlights: getting home
Got to Boston by 10am,, (hour #37 of the trip), and I’m afraid of standing downwind of myself! Whew,,, I felt bad for the people sitting next to me on the last couple flights. Ha ha. Logan airport is so confusing- it took my dad & I an hour + a ride from garage staff around detours & construction to find the car!
It’s good to be home though. My French cousins Jean-Paul & Martine are here,, and Jean-Paul speaks no English (= I found him & my uncle in the back-yard trying to communicate through hand gestures & expressions (= ha ha. It’s amazing how well people can get by, having understood nothing of what the other said! It’s interesting rolling from straight bahasa Indonesia to French,,, when I try to think in French, an Indonesian vocab word jumps out! (that’s immersion for you!) but it’s great to see my cousins. Aside from my mom, I’m the only one they can have conversation with!
(j’etais bien content a vous revoir JP et Martine! A la prochaine =)
Went to (my sister) Natalia’s wedding rehearsal, and then to dinner. I get to walk one of the bridesmaids down the aisle & stand through the whole ceremony. (= by 6pm local time, it was 5am where my sleep cycle was at. I was worried, because my personality pretty much disappears when I’m that tired. Talking to Jean Paul through dinner, and sitting next to Bryan’s grandmother kept me on my toes though.
One of the social costs of being gone so long is that I’m meeting the majority of my sisters’ friends for the 1st or 2nd time here. They’re a rowdy & fun bunch,,, good ambassadors of Natick, Massachusetts. (= ha ha they remind me of the characters from “Reality Bites” and “Goodwill Hunting”. Nothing flashy or sophisticated about them… just straight-forward, hard working guys who will enjoy a laugh at your expense, then buy you a beer & pass a cigarette.
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