There's something every day...
Oh, my oh my. I apologize for not updating sooner, but what a week it has been!
Tuesday night, Octa took Kathy, Deepa and I out with some of his friends. The original plan was to go to karaoke, because it's what we do. But when we got to the place, they said the speakers were broken. I think they just didn't want to hear the white people belt it out. They weren't ready.
So then we decided to go play pool instead, since that's what all the cool kids do. Little did they know how dreadful Kathy, Deepa and I all are at pool. In the time it took us to play 3 games, the boys played like 10 games. No joke. But we had such a blast anyway. We got to talking about the difference between dating in the US and dating in Indonesia. Because we have nicknamed Octa "Casanova," we asked him if teenagers go "parking" in Indonesia. Of course we had to explain it, but and he was like yea, we call it "mobil goyang." Literally that means "shaking car." Now, before that we had been talking about the earthquakes in Indonesia, so he goes..."Yea, instead of an earthquake, it's like a manquake!"
Our jaws dropped.
So anyway. Wednesday night, Kathy and I went to church with Bu Dewi because there was a speaker from England coming to give a guest sermon she said. So we were excited about hearing some English. Well, turns out the guy was Scottish and I had to pay really close attention to actually understand him through that thick accent. Good stuff. Also turns out he is a Born Again Evangelist, so that was fun. Instead of giving a normal sermon, he decided to do that and then "heal" people. So after praying for people and calling upon the power of God to "heal" people (of course there were people shaking and fainting), the guy goes "You may leave if you would like, but the Holy Spirit is not letting me leave this House of God tonight." Naturally he made a beeline to the only two white people sitting in the crowd, and then the fun really started...
He asked us where we were from, blah blah blah. Then he asked Kathy if she had a boyfriend, if she had ever had a boyfriend, and that God was showing him that she had been really hurt by a man. Then he asked if we would both come up to the front so he could pray for us. Riiiiiighhht. So we go, because well let's face it. You can't say no to God.
He does Kathy first. He takes her hands and first thanks God for sending us such a beautiful, beautiful young woman. Then he tells her she will be successful and that God is showing him that she will travel the world and will be financially secure. Then he blows on her head and she was done.
My turn. He takes my hands, doesn't thank God for my beauty but instead tells me that kids made fun of me and talked about me behind my back when I was younger. So basically Tori you are ugly and fat (jkjk). Then he asks if I have a boyfriend and when I said no, he asked if I had a problem with men. A problem with men? Was he asking if I was a lesbian? Wow...So anyway he told me that I will travel the world. Then that God was working on finding me the right man. He said that God has put the image of the right man in my brain and that HE is sending me that man. Wow...(actually, Mom, do you remember Carmen telling me the same thing? Kinda cool...).
So anyway then he called upon the power of God to release me from whatever the heck I needed to be released from, but he got really scary with me. He made a fist on my stomach and then clapped really loudly several times (making me jump, of course) and then yelled "fire, fire, fire..." something else. It was quite the experience.
Anyway. So that's that story.
Thursday we went to Pizza Hut with everyone and had a really great time.
So today (Friday), we were on the mikrolet and it's crowded, normal, whatever. Well, this guy gets on and sits right next to Kathy on her left (normal). The girl who was sitting in front of us had a notebook out and she was studying for something. Well, she writes in it "Be careful, there's a thief on your left." And then she turned it to show to us. So we're like "Okay, just hold on to our bags tightly and we'll be okay." So then this guy gets on soon after that and starts coughing and spitting and then he starts to kind of vomit. So he opens the window so that he can lean out, but because it was so crowded and he was not really near the window opening, he had to reach across all these people. Keep in mind he's like gagging, so we're all pretty grossed out. So the thief was in the way. He kind of stood up and leaned across Kathy and put his hand on her bag. AH! Clearly Kathy remedied that situation and protected her bag and herself. So one of the women in the mikrolet asked the guy to get off because it was disgusting. And sure enough, one stop later the "thief" got off. They were totally working together, but didn't know who they were messing with. Ah, only in Indonesia...
Tonight we are having a surprise bday partay for Kathy because she's 20 today!! Woot woot!!
Oh, I wanted to let you know that no one in our group was affected by either of the last two tsunamis that have hit Indonesia. The first one earlier this week happened on West Java's South Shore. There was another one in West Java as well yesterday that killed over 500 people, but this time it was on the North Shore. Luckily Malang is nowhere near that, as we are in East Java. But I just thought I'd let you all know that everyone here is safe and sound.
Alrighty, I think that's about it. Love you all and miss you!!!
~ Tori =)
P.S. Next time I Internet I will try to add some pictures, but it's just so slow!!
Tuesday night, Octa took Kathy, Deepa and I out with some of his friends. The original plan was to go to karaoke, because it's what we do. But when we got to the place, they said the speakers were broken. I think they just didn't want to hear the white people belt it out. They weren't ready.
So then we decided to go play pool instead, since that's what all the cool kids do. Little did they know how dreadful Kathy, Deepa and I all are at pool. In the time it took us to play 3 games, the boys played like 10 games. No joke. But we had such a blast anyway. We got to talking about the difference between dating in the US and dating in Indonesia. Because we have nicknamed Octa "Casanova," we asked him if teenagers go "parking" in Indonesia. Of course we had to explain it, but and he was like yea, we call it "mobil goyang." Literally that means "shaking car." Now, before that we had been talking about the earthquakes in Indonesia, so he goes..."Yea, instead of an earthquake, it's like a manquake!"
Our jaws dropped.
So anyway. Wednesday night, Kathy and I went to church with Bu Dewi because there was a speaker from England coming to give a guest sermon she said. So we were excited about hearing some English. Well, turns out the guy was Scottish and I had to pay really close attention to actually understand him through that thick accent. Good stuff. Also turns out he is a Born Again Evangelist, so that was fun. Instead of giving a normal sermon, he decided to do that and then "heal" people. So after praying for people and calling upon the power of God to "heal" people (of course there were people shaking and fainting), the guy goes "You may leave if you would like, but the Holy Spirit is not letting me leave this House of God tonight." Naturally he made a beeline to the only two white people sitting in the crowd, and then the fun really started...
He asked us where we were from, blah blah blah. Then he asked Kathy if she had a boyfriend, if she had ever had a boyfriend, and that God was showing him that she had been really hurt by a man. Then he asked if we would both come up to the front so he could pray for us. Riiiiiighhht. So we go, because well let's face it. You can't say no to God.
He does Kathy first. He takes her hands and first thanks God for sending us such a beautiful, beautiful young woman. Then he tells her she will be successful and that God is showing him that she will travel the world and will be financially secure. Then he blows on her head and she was done.
My turn. He takes my hands, doesn't thank God for my beauty but instead tells me that kids made fun of me and talked about me behind my back when I was younger. So basically Tori you are ugly and fat (jkjk). Then he asks if I have a boyfriend and when I said no, he asked if I had a problem with men. A problem with men? Was he asking if I was a lesbian? Wow...So anyway he told me that I will travel the world. Then that God was working on finding me the right man. He said that God has put the image of the right man in my brain and that HE is sending me that man. Wow...(actually, Mom, do you remember Carmen telling me the same thing? Kinda cool...).
So anyway then he called upon the power of God to release me from whatever the heck I needed to be released from, but he got really scary with me. He made a fist on my stomach and then clapped really loudly several times (making me jump, of course) and then yelled "fire, fire, fire..." something else. It was quite the experience.
Anyway. So that's that story.
Thursday we went to Pizza Hut with everyone and had a really great time.
So today (Friday), we were on the mikrolet and it's crowded, normal, whatever. Well, this guy gets on and sits right next to Kathy on her left (normal). The girl who was sitting in front of us had a notebook out and she was studying for something. Well, she writes in it "Be careful, there's a thief on your left." And then she turned it to show to us. So we're like "Okay, just hold on to our bags tightly and we'll be okay." So then this guy gets on soon after that and starts coughing and spitting and then he starts to kind of vomit. So he opens the window so that he can lean out, but because it was so crowded and he was not really near the window opening, he had to reach across all these people. Keep in mind he's like gagging, so we're all pretty grossed out. So the thief was in the way. He kind of stood up and leaned across Kathy and put his hand on her bag. AH! Clearly Kathy remedied that situation and protected her bag and herself. So one of the women in the mikrolet asked the guy to get off because it was disgusting. And sure enough, one stop later the "thief" got off. They were totally working together, but didn't know who they were messing with. Ah, only in Indonesia...
Tonight we are having a surprise bday partay for Kathy because she's 20 today!! Woot woot!!
Oh, I wanted to let you know that no one in our group was affected by either of the last two tsunamis that have hit Indonesia. The first one earlier this week happened on West Java's South Shore. There was another one in West Java as well yesterday that killed over 500 people, but this time it was on the North Shore. Luckily Malang is nowhere near that, as we are in East Java. But I just thought I'd let you all know that everyone here is safe and sound.
Alrighty, I think that's about it. Love you all and miss you!!!
~ Tori =)
P.S. Next time I Internet I will try to add some pictures, but it's just so slow!!
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