Return/Readjustment

Between Indonesia and America

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

2013 July 24 | Categories: Return/Readjustment, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I’m back home. After twenty-six months of Peace Corps and three weeks of travelling around South East Asia, there is American soil under my feet again. Service ended on June 5, and I arrived at the the DFW airport on July 4.

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2013 July 22 | Categories: Return/Readjustment | 2 Comments

Welcome

My name is Jay Wellik, and I am a Peace Corps Masters International student studying volcanic hazards at Michigan Technological University.

In the fourth book of Pramoedya's Buru Quartet, the narrator refers to a 'House of Glass' as a metaphorical place where he can transparently record his thoughts and observations for posterity.

This will be my House of Glass for my 27 months as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia.

House of Glass (Jay) "So if I am able to preserve this writing of mine…I would like you to give it the title 'House of Glass.'"