Update

So, now it's been two months since my last post, but at least I'm still keeping this blog alive! So what happened since last time? Well, that project I was hoping for didn't happen as quickly as I'd hoped. Besides that, the whole project scope changed and is now very similar to my original suggestion. I'm going to make an algebra game, most probably in Flash, that is aimed at students who are just about to get introduced to it(algebra). I'm really looking forward to do this project as I've been thinking about this since long before I got it! I'm now in my fifth week and almost done with the theoretical preparation. Next week, it'll start "for real" with designing paper mock-ups and trying to find schools that are willing to let me in for the field research and evaluations!

What else? Well, before starting the project, I took one last vacation and spent a week on Bali!! Kuta beach was awesome and I also managed to do something I didn't find time to do neither in Sydney nor Florianopolis: Surf!! So how did it go? well... not so well... I mananaged to finally predict the waves good enough to catch some, but trying to stand on the board without proper instructions beforehand was not at all easy! At least it was a progress from my first and only time before when I couldn't even get to the waves... We also rented some scooters to travel around the southern part of the island and went visiting Hindu temples. One of them was Uluwatu, situated at a cliff with breathtaking views of the ocean and the big waves hitting the cliffs!



Surfing, anyone?

We also went up Mont Batur, a still active volcano! Starting off at 2 am, we got to the top just in time for sunrise. The view? Of course it was spectacular!! My camera isn't the best, but here's an idea of how it was:


Sunrise at Mont Batur



And... of course, no travel without jump pictures!