Sophie Rai Liur

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  • A post about politics

    A post about politics

    Tomorrow, Timor holds its fourth-ever presidential election. In a quirk of timing this self-confessed politics nut was thrilled with, my first month in Timor coincides with both the presidential election and my home state’s own election: last weekend, Western Australia had a state election I watched very closely from Timor, desperately refreshing live blogs on […]

    Sophie

    March 19, 2017
    Observations about Dili, Thinking
    Perth, politics, Timor-Leste, Western Australia
  • My first weekend in Farol

    My first weekend in Farol

    It’s been a week of settling in and getting oriented: last weekend, I said goodbye to the madres and moved into my permanent home in a beachside suburb called Farol. To celebrate the weekend and the good weather, my new housemate Laura and I climbed the hill to Cristo Rei – the Jesus statue overlooking […]

    Sophie

    March 18, 2017
    Observations about Dili
  • Aprende Tetun

    Aprende Tetun

    Parabens to us – Laura and I have just finished our first week of Tetun classes! It’s Saturday morning and I’m out in the nuns’ courtyard, drinking a cup of coffee (hau hemu kafe) with my laptop open in front of me. I’ve organised to move out this weekend so three of the nuns just […]

    Sophie

    March 11, 2017
    Learning Tetun
  • A busy Dili day

    A busy Dili day

    A quick update from what’s suddenly becoming a very busy week. We started Tetun classes at the Dili Institute of Technology yesterday, and will continue with four hours of morning class every weekday for the next month. This week and next we also have induction activities at the AVI office in the afternoons – more […]

    Sophie

    March 7, 2017
    Learning Tetun, Thinking
    foreigner, Tetun, Timor-Leste, Travel
  • A weekend in between

    A weekend in between

    Between our arrival in Dili on Thursday, and beginning our language classes on Monday, we have nearly four days of time that, with the exception of a few short orientation activities, is completely our own. It’s unnerving for me having free time in a new place, particularly when I don’t really know what’s available to […]

    Sophie

    March 6, 2017
    Observations about Dili, Thinking
    foreigner, Timor-Leste, tourist, Travel
  • 24 hours in Timor

    24 hours in Timor

    I touched down in Dili just before 7am yesterday – my early morning Air North flight the third and final in the journey that has taken me from inner-city Melbourne life to my new gig living and working as an Australian volunteer in Timor-Leste’s capital. While certain things about those two situations are similar – […]

    Sophie

    March 5, 2017
    Observations about Dili
    Dili, foreigner, Timor-Leste, tourist
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