As soon as we got there, and started working- everything got better, and we poured our energy into something we felt good about: cleaning up another room.

We had a few more helpers today. (= The space we were clearing was bigger than yesterday, and there were a few walls that needed to be taken down. We got started late (10:30), and none of us ate much before-hand… but we all like finishing what we start and this could be our last time coming to Bantul, so we sweated it out into the 5th hour to get it done.

The random conversation is great too. Throw a combination of PhD Poly Sci candidates, History major masters students & an undergrad studying political decentralization,,, and there’s no subject the stream of thought didn’t touch. I’m gonna miss these guys when they’re gone! (=