I don't think I'll be keeping up the blog. Sorry. It's too tricky to find time to sit down at a computer alone. Don't worry, though, I'm still making mental notes galore.
Did you know that Indonesian takes words from Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, and Dutch?
Which means that Arabic, hilariously, has become my guiding friend.
"waktu" on the airplane TV screen obviously referred to remaining flight time (waqt in Arabic=time)
"selamat" is an easy greeting to remember (salam in Arabic=peace, and is used in the classic greeting "salam waaleikum", peace be upon you).
Peace be upon us all.
Sorry to hear you won't be blogging, it's been great! Keep writing, this is going to be an awesome book. Bahasa/Malay/whatever is good for all over Southeast Asia; I wish I knew it!
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