How to run a test to evaluate the English ability of 250 applicants in one day. With a few hours notice. Get help! My students came to my assistance in a big way and thanks guys and girls.
With the Immigration first year cadets I went with staff to kelapa Dua near Depok where the very large Police base is. I am not sure how I became a marine but I said Navy, they said mariner, I said, yes, and then grown men oohed and little old ladies looked at me with grateful eyes. The marines here, above all other services, have a great reputation. So the pressure was on here and I aced the group.
The people who do the hard yards here as everywhere, are the kitchen staff. They really are first in, last out. And they let me sneak in a coffee and have a cigarette in the back room. The problem that really makes them
This small minibus is called an Angkot. I usually try to get in the front but I sometimes have to fit into the back. It is a good way to get on first name terms with fellow passengers...
Here is a picture of Suzanne and the extended family in Banyumas. On the left is the Academy bus driver supremo, Mas Tre. He is one cool customer, nothing ever frazzles him - much like myself maybe!!
Suzanne Zac and I were privileged to go on Pulang Kampung Mudik (return to your home village) with the Director (Pa Ferdinand) and his lovely family. He was actually born on Banka Island which should be well known to all Australians who know their history, and this trip was to his wifes home towm of Banyumas in central Java. 
More photos of Immigration staff - here Mas Cokro and Pak Fauzi look very handsome with Zac and yours truly.
Zac loved helping me teach the class and what is more he was very good at it. Confidence is always handy in a classroom as is excellent whiteboard technique. Well done Zac.
Zac here is a bit shy. Not like him! This group is mainly some girls from 2nd Year Correction with a baby got from somewhere?!
Some days can be exhausting, with the heat and the humidity making even a short walk tiresome. Zac is usually a ball of energy but here has finally succumbed to relax alongside me. Here we are watching Mr Bean on my TV which only picks up one local channel (Trans) which has at least some English language programs.
Everybody is happy working at the academy. The two most relaxed guys here are the gardeners who are always smiling and obliging. Their job though is very onerous - you can see the grounds in the background and the weather here is not that kind to people who work out of the shade.
Students from Corrections (AKIP) do Silat while the Imigration cadets (pictured here) do both Tai Kwon Do and Karate. 
Well, I was ruling for awhile. Having told everyone here that I was the standard size Aussie and that none of us can speak Bahasa, Chris Bandy came in one evenign and destroyed the illusion. 
