This is an update of my first week or so in Malang. Well, the last few days especially, as I sort out my accomodation and go to (not) my first class at Uni.
My major issue is the lack of fast internet (or access), and how that is making podcasting rather difficult. Please bare with me kids.
I chuck in some cultural observations too 
Opening ‘music’ (dare I call it that?), courtesy of bloody Justin Bieber – who is all over Indonesia sadly.
My friend Will and I took an Angkot (public transport mini-bus) from my Uni campus up to Batu (further up the hill).
Our very cute driver was chatting away to me as we drove up the mountain, but of course I could not understand him. 
I did manage to understand that he was trying to tell me all the good places to go in/around Batu.
When we arrived, after some discussion (miracle), he offered to drive us around and show us all the sights. It was only Rp 100,000 each (A$12). We really didn’t understand where we would go (I was hoping for a kidnapping), but 3 hours later we had seen heaps of great stuff!
- just love Indonesia, and the helpful (usually cute) people.
well, the NBN (National Broadband Network) may be all the rage back in Oz – at least in theory, I am finding it extremely difficult to find ANY fast internet connection in Indonesia!
Right now I am in an expensive coffee shop near the campus, using their free WiFi ~ FREE, but very slow.
e.g. I have 1 game downloading in iTunes now; 354MB size, after 1hr here, it says i still have 3 hours to go.
more importantly however, is that it is also proving very difficult to upload audio and video files. The connection is so slow, it often just times out.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
My well made plans are all falling apart, as I have 3 videos ready to go, but… who knows if i will ever be able to post them.
Scott.
I am now safely in Indonesia. This is an update of my travels thus far, and the impending doom of things left behind in Oz.
already 1 encounter with an Indonesian cutey… not XXX rated though.
call me already, I need to hear some English
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After a really long night of packing and doing loads of admin work at home, I headed off to BrisVegas airport, bound for Singapore then Surabaya – Indonesia!
Despite being 9/11 (of course it is really 11/9/10 in 95% of the world!), I managed to survive the 2 flights today. Yay.
this is a 1 minute video, just to test out iMovie on iPhone.
Yours truly is heading to Indonesia in exactly 7 hours!! 
It is 2:20am now, and i am still packing, and still have some stuff to organise (admin wise). Ahhhhhhh, getting a bit stressed out.
It will be a few days until I can upload the next show sadly. Please bare with me over the next week or 3, as I find my feet in Indonesia. (yes, internet speed and access is going to be a problem I think).
thanks all.
be good!
Scotty.
PS- good news, I managed to get 2 new people signed up and moved in to the Battler Mansion. Praise God for that
oooOOOooo
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