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Ah, that makes sense - Singapore's culture is such an interesting layering of East and West. Best of luck to you, I hope you get to do everything that you want.

Congrats! Oh gosh, now my heart is beating really fast. I haven't gotten anything yet.

I might suffer a heart attack first, or maybe a small aneurysm.

Nice! Thanks for sharing this. I don't know if I can wait until Tuesday though.

Wow! Isn't it funny how these things turn out? It's so cool that you were able to stay in one of the old colonial homes during your visit to Bogor, it sounds so glamorous. Glad you didn't get eaten by a ghost. The way I came by my project was also a little roundabout. I grew up here in the U.S. and my father is Dutch. Our family history was always unclear because my dad doesn't talk about it, and he's the only one from his family who speaks good English. After I learned Dutch, I was able to communicate with my Dutch grandparents for the first time. It turned out that that whole side of the family was deeply involved, ethnically and politically, in the Indonesian uprising in the 1940s. Also, our family left Indonesia because we were mixed Dutch-Indonesian - a unique class that was neither fully European, with all the privileges that entailed, nor fully Indonesian and thus able to participate in the new state. I did more research, one thing led to another, and now a few years have gone by and I'm still working with post-colonialist themes. So yeah, it's a very personal, identity-based project. Edit: Here's my contribution to the memes floating around:

Wow, are we the same person? What country are you looking to go to?

Cool, that all sounds really solid. So I assume this is a species of primate solely found in Indonesia? How did you come to focus on that one species? I'm an artist, and I want to create work about how cultures heal from colonialist conflict. As you probably know, Indonesia was under Dutch rule for 300 years and, after independence, almost all traces of the Dutch occupation were removed from the archipelago. More recently, though, an Indonesian youth movement called Plesiran Tempo Doeloe has started reviving colonial times through history trails and roleplay. I'm attracted to the striking images of participants in this movement dressing up as Dutch colonialists from the 1940s, really physically trying on a second skin and another time. In general, I'm interested in how a society can maximize rich histories like these. Hope we both get to go.

Asking as a fellow Indonesia applicant - what specifically are you looking to research there?

It's okay, reading through these articles after we've all submitted our apps is pure masochism. We just have to trust that the overall strength of our apps will see us through. I know I wish I had put in more about how my work directly benefits Indonesia.

Regarding the second round - this blog written by a successful Fulbrighter speculates on how it's done: Kelly J. Stoner - Advice for Fulbright Applicants Again, this is just an idea of the process she pieced together. But it sounds pretty similar to what's being discussed in this thread already anyway.

We're getting hammered here but it's not so bad yet.

Off-topic, but I have to say, I love your avatar. :-D

I've had the same questions, as my research proposal for Indonesia is about healing from conflict - namely, the bloody 1945 uprising that ended Dutch rule. Following Indonesia's independence, almost all signs of a Dutch presence were eradicated from the archipelago. Even most people of mixed Dutch-Indonesian heritage emigrated. In recent years, though, young Indonesian people have started a movement known as Plesiran Tempo Doeloe. The movement entails organizing history trails to learn more about colonial times in Indonesia, researching positive legacies of the Dutch, and even roleplaying dressed as people from the colonial era. So my interest is in how we can make the most of rich histories like these and reimagine what it means to be multicultural and multihistorical. ...Of course, that entails acknowledging that there was some kind of conflict, and I'm not sure how that will go over with the various committees. I really don't lean to any particular side and I hope they can see that. :-)

I hope so too! I'm telling myself to not get antsy though until Thursday.

Preach...

That's good to know. Although it probably won't stop me from anxiously refreshing my email at work. :-)

Wow, that takes a lot of dedication! :-) I was in a long-distance relationship for 2 years and I know it's hard work - but totally worth it. On-topic: I just got into a great new relationship this month, and it's so recent that I'm not sure how things will go in the future. I've been in a LDR before and it was very challenging. I think I would only do that again if I were absolutely sure they were "the one" Off-topic: I emailed my FPA and she said we should hear anytime between now and the end of January. So she didn't say explicitly that we would not hear this week. For what it's worth.

Aiaiai, good to know. This wait is absolutely killing me though. I just want to know now!

Good luck to you! It seems like the odds for Indonesia are fairly good overall, so that's nice. I suppose we're likely to find out tomorrow or Friday.

That spreadsheet is amazing. Thank you.

Hi everyone! I just found this forum. That survey nearly gave me a heart attack! I hope we all find out (for real) soon... Anyone else applying to Indonesia this year?