My Computer Part 2

I ended up buying a new computer. I talked to a friend of a friend who works with computers and he told me once again that there was no point in trying to fix the old one. My new computer is an IBM Lenovo and it pretty nice. Another volunteer, Gillian, also needed a new computer so we searched together and ended up getting the same one. It only cost USD $650. It was a little bit of a hassle to get windows installed. The place we bought the computers wanted to charge USD $85 for Windows XP, which seemed ridiculously pricey for Indonesia. So we asked around and found a place in an electronics mall (called Yogyatronic) where they installed Windows XP for RP 100,000 (maybe USD $11). They also installed some other programs like Photoshop and Microsoft Office while they were at it, which is pretty awesome. I don't know about the legality of these programs, but I am just not thinking about that. They work, so that's what I care about. My computer is MUCH faster than my old too, so I'm pretty happy with my decision. I tried to turn on my old one to get some more data off of it and I couldn't get the monitor to work at all, so it was definitely not something I could have just lived with.

Otherwise, everything here is pretty much the same. I saw some interesting temples and shows and such, but I'm waiting to talk about those until I can get some photos up. I'm still taking language classes in Yogyakarta. They are going ok, but could be better if I could just remember more! The more I learn, the more I realize I have very very far to go before I can successfully communicate anything more complicated than "I want that". On Wednesday, I have my last day of classes and then I spend one last night with all the Indo volunteers for an evaluation. We are staying in a "villa" near a volcano, so it should be pretty fun. Then on Thursday, I'm off to my new home in Ponorogo!