| Kang Guru Connection Bulletin | June - July 2002
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I spent a month in a village near Mt. Kerinci, Sumatra as a volunteer.
In the village there were no toilets or bathrooms. Everyone washed their
clothes, themselves, and also went to the toilet, in the river. Even though
I carried a little bucket down to the washing place at the river containing
soap, toothpaste etc, the local people would always ask "Mau kemana?"
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On the way back, with wet hair and a wet sarong, they would always ask "Darimana?". At first I thought, "Don't? they know where we are going?". After a couple of weeks it seemed VERY strange. Finally we found out it was just like Australian saying "How are you going?" but not waiting or caring to know how you really are!Mary Hannigan, Student of Bahasa in Bali |
Just a week into my stay in Melbourne I was waiting for a bus at a
bus stop when a man started speaking to me. "G?ay mate", he said, with a
strong Australian accent. "G?ay", I replied. "How ya going?", he continued.
"By bus", I answered confidently. The man suddenly paused before asking
the next question, "Are you OK?". "Yes, Sir, I? fine", I replied. The man
then kept silent until the bus arrived. I was worried I made an impolite
reply so I told my friend what I had said. He laughed and explained that
I shouldn? answer "by bus" because "how ya going?" equals "how are you?"
and you are supposed to answer, "Just fine, thanks".
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Kang Guru Connection Club Get Togethers These special days are designed for all Connection Club Members in a specific province or area to get together and have some fun. Kevin recently met with The Best Forum Club and several other Makassar based clubs to discuss having a Get Together in Makassar Just a few weeks ago Kevin talked about the same thing with The Excellent Club in Jombang. Everyone seems very excited at the possibility. The KGCC Get Together for Clubs in South Sulawesi will be held in Makassar on June, 23rd. Clubs in East Java will have a Get Together in Surabaya in August or September. We are sure you will enjoy the day with KGRE in your area but Club members have to be prepared to help with the organization of the day and the activities. |
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Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) If you are interested in studying in Australia
and want to learn Keep checking the KGRE website in June and July for even more ADS news for you. http://www.adsjakarta.or.id |
Changes in postal
addresses and E-mail addresses.
If any changes are made to Club postal
addresses or e-mail addresses, please let us know immediately.
This also applies if the names of
people on Club Committees change.
Please help us to keep our records
up to date.
more about ADS scholarships to Australia, then be sure to listen to KGRE
programs 34.10 and 35.01. David Spiller from the ADS office in Jakarta
talks about the scholarships and gives some excellent advice on how to
apply.