John, Ginny, Tri and Cai: No more blog entries, just videos

Monday, May 2, 2011

No more blog entries, just videos

Well it has been over a year without a post. So this blog may have run it's course. We still post videos at www.youtube.com/holmesjw
So if you want to see how the kids are doing, the link above is your best bet.

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AnonymousOctober 29, 2012 at 12:03 p.m.
Come on, I want more entries!
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AnonymousJanuary 18, 2013 at 9:10 p.m.
Dear John and Gini, I discovered your blog about your adoption at Vung Tau,I'am French, and I also adopted a child, a little boy (Ngo) in the same orphanage at Vung tau in November 2008, and saw him on your pictures N° 12 & 13 it's incredible to see him ... it's a lot of memories !!
Best wishes for 2013 to you and all your familly
Nathalie
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JohnJanuary 18, 2013 at 9:44 p.m.
Nathalie,
I've got the original photos if you want copies. Just let me know.
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Life in Jakarta

It is really hard to imagine what Jakarta is like, unless you visit....and we hope our friends and family do just that.

What can I say? Jakarta is busy, overpopulated, polluted and the traffic is a nightmare. Really. Unbelievable traffic.

But there is another side to it: the people in Jakarta are warm and wonderful. All you have to do is go for a walk in one of the kampungs (local, poor neighbourhoods) to see the baik-hati spirit of the Indonesian people. They have very little, but if you needed it, they'd give you half.

And to be a bule (pronounced boolay)! A bule is a white person. Although there are many of us here in the capital, Indonesians are still curious. You cannot avoid the inevitable probing questions. "Where are you going?" "Where are you from?" "How old are you?" "Are you married?" "Do you have children?"

They are not being rude - quite the opposite. They want to KNOW you and they love it when you get to know them, too.

Very different from the New York or Toronto subway experience, where merely glancing at a fellow traveller must surely mean you need to be committed!

And so, we put up with the smells and the traffic...give a little to get so much more in return.

But don't get me wrong....we take every chance we can to get away and go to the coast. Sailing, biking, relaxing on our very private white beach is better than traffic, any day! We stay at our house which we now rent out. Check it out at www.tlrentals.com

John, Ginny, Tri and Cai

Monday, May 2, 2011

No more blog entries, just videos

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