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03/20/2005: "Earthquake"

Just a few minutes ago I noticed some of my plants and the cord that opens my curtain swaying, and my fan, standing on the floor, rattling. I thought "earthquake somewhere." Sure enough, there is a report that a magnitude 7 quake has hit in southern Japan. No damage here, but it is interesting that you can feel these things this far away.

I put in another online application yesterday, this one to United Arab Emirates' Higher Colleges of Technology. I'll probably send in a few more to Middle East institutions and another for a worldwide fellowship sponsored by an organization in the U.S., with openings in Africa and Indonesia that I am interested in. I'll also keep my options open in Korea; there are plenty of good jobs here,too. I am also becoming more and more interested in the Lao-American College in Vientiane, Laos. One of the new teachers at ANU is Eugene, and he spent a year teaching there recently. He tells me that the pay is not very good, but the experience is very worthwhile. I might pop in while I'm visiting Nai this summer.

The weather is very nice today, so I think I'll sign off, grab the bicycle and give it a spin. More later.