side effects of the globally-oriented education (1)
(I wrote this on the train on Friday)
Last night I was in a taxi in New York City headed to a bar when I heard on the radio that there had been bombings at western hotels in Jakarta Indonesia. Prior to school this would have been just another sad headline. Now, though, I have a sectionmate who is working in Jakarta this summer and my stomach jumped when I heard the news.
Fortunately I was able to get in touch with him in minutes (modern communications FTW) and learned he was safe. He had been scheduled to be at one of the targeted hotels for breakfast the morning the bombs went off, but fortunately his plans changed last minute and he was not there.
Phew.
An indicator, perhaps, of the way life will be post-school with friends and classmates scattered around the globe.
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