I figured I was overdue on writing a short little explanation on who all are involved in America's Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA) here in Yogyakarta. If for no other reason than for you to know why there are repeating faces in many of my photographs.
The whole group hanging out at Gadjah Mada.
Ayu is on the left. She's a professor at Gadjah Mada with a phenominal sense of humor. She's super fun to be around and has a love of Beatles music and Alan Rickman. Also she reads my blog, so hi Ayu!
To my right in the photo is Nana. Another professor at Gadja Mada, she is so friendly and nice. She greeted me when I arrived in Yogya as if she had known me forever! Also, she knows all the best spas in town, which is a plus.
Suraiya (on the other side of Nana) is going into her junior year at McGill University in Canada. She's an AUA intern and is actually working at Dian Interfidei with me!
Sarah completes the AUA intern trifecta but is serving out her internship at PKBI, which is the Indonesian equivelent of Planned Parenthood. I got to visit PKBI with her today and was so amazed at all the work the organization is doing.
Pak Bulai*, known as Ben prior to me officially renaming him, is the director of America's Unofficial Ambassadors in Washington DC. He flew out to meet us when we arrived and accompanied us in our first few days of orrientation. I truly appriciate all his hard work and how much effort he's put into making sure our experience is absolutely amazing.
Fye is an International Relations student at Gadjah Mada. Also really nice, I look forward to getting to know her more during our time here in Yogya. She's an "AUA Buddy", which means she hangs out with us and is a friend and guide to us during our time in Indonesia.
Tanto, the furthest on the right, is also an AUA buddy. So far he's been a phenominal guide and translator, and is pretty much the only reason I am able to feed myself. (He always orders at restaurants for us.) He spends his free time taking us foreigners around and has been vital to our whole hermit crab experience. Oh, and he's European. Don't let his super Indonesian name and life trick you, he'll become a citizen of the EU one day.
So that's pretty much the group! Even though we've only been here 3-4 days I feel like I've known these people for so much longer! I can't wait to spend the next 6 weeks in their company.
*Pak Bulai can be translated a few different ways. Mainly "father albino" or "mister foreigner". Technically the name was first created by Nana who used it to refer to him jokingly when we were at the palace.
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