May 29, 2009

My living arrangements for the next two months were decided today. I am going to live with a nice moslim (how it is spelled here) family whose house is near the office. Way out of my comfort zone so I am going to spend my last free night watching loud movies, eating American food from room service, freezing in my air conditioning since my room at the rumah (house) only has a fan and then work on the RRAD article outline for the Environmental Hazards Journal due in the morning. Then sleep, swim in the pool, and then move into my new house. I just have to keep reminding myself that I want to go way outside my comfort zone and to think like a researcher. Granted I am not studying culture here but this information will be useful when processing my data on climate change responses here.