from the horizon

Arriving back in Banda Aceh, it realized it really was my second home. It’s not only familiar and comfortable here, but beautiful. The palm trees, the rice paddies, and the people. The Acehnese people are just so friendly. Walking down the street I am greeted with confetti of smiles and “Hello Mister”s. And I was coming back to all the friends I had made while I was last here.

In Banda Aceh I am working on a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) database. I have talked about this before in my blog, but I’ll go over it again, and try to relate it to my quantization rant. I’m no M&E expert, but this is the way I see things:

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Arriving back in Indonesia was so much better than I ‘d expected. On the way from the airport, I was able to chat with the driver in my broken Indonesia. I feel connected in this contry. Secondly Jakarta is similar to any other westernized Asian city. There are skyscrapers, malls, fast food chain, nice restaurants and nightclubs: All the accepted indicators of civilization. Read the rest of this entry �