It's certainly been a long time since I have posted on the Learning Indonesian blog. For those who are wondering why this Indonesian language resource was created - it was to fulfill the journal part of the Indonesian coursework at Curtin University. Unfortunately, while Bahasa Indonesia is no longer offered as part of the Asian Studies department which seems to be meeting a great demise with former Chinese students such as myself banding together to keep Chinese taught at a university level - I think this is great for those who want to discover how to read and/or speak Indonesian.
That said, several years ago I finally managed to go to Bali. I know, it's been less than a decade since I wrote this blog. I actually went for work! No one really believes that I would ever fly to Bali for work - everyone reckons it was a holiday. But yes, the whole office flew to Bali for a weekend work retreat. I'm grateful for learning Indonesian as my brain was actually able to compute in Indonesian during the trip - even reading things.
After this, my then partner and I wanted to fly to Indonesia for my dream Indonesian trip which included visiting Yogyakarta. The day that we were due to fly out, I told my partner that I didn't want to go because I thought something bad would happen. The next day, nothing had happened and my partner said, "We could be there right now enjoying Indonesia!" I kept quiet. The next day, the massive earthquake happened in Indonesia... since then, I have not had the opportunity to visit Indonesia for a proper holiday. I will - one day.
If there are any former Indonesian language students from Curtin or other Australian universities - I would love to know how you've used your Indonesian language course in real life... or even if you haven't!
