Welcome to Cyberbali.com

About cyberbali.com

I originally created the cyberbali site years ago as one of my first web pages. The idea was to write about life in Bali as a guide for tourists. However, Bali has changed and there are so many web sites about Bali now that this one seemed redundant, especially with the changes in my life over the nineteen years that I have been living and teaching overseas.

I first started working overseas in 1989 teaching second grade in the Indonesian province that was, at the time, called Irian Jaya and is now generally referred to as Papua. A year and a half later I married an Indonesia woman, Suhanah, and since then we have had four children.

Over the years, I have taught in two schools in Papua, a school in Lahore, Pakistan, and a school on the island of Sumbawa. I retired ain June and have shifted my family back to Bali, although we still have a house on Sumbawa.

So the new cyberbali.com is focused on education. There are pages here about teaching, and there are pages about life overseas, specifically about those places that I have been living in: Papua, Bali, Pakistan, and Sumbawa. You can contact me at one of the following address: bruce(at)cyberbali.com or sulaiman(at)cyberbali.com. By the way, I converted to Islam in 1999 and regularly use use two names; Bruce Pohlmann and Sulaiman Jamal - just so you don’t get confused as you move through this site .

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Recent news - January 31, 2010

Life is good. Starting tomorrow there is a one month sale of my two eBooks.

Updates - January 2009

The Writing Resources page has two new links to sites about the origins and meanings of words and common expressions. I love these two quirky little sites. The History page has a new site about the War of the Roses and a site about the famous Alcatraz Prison. Check it out, you history buffs.The Religion and Philosophy page has a link to a site of photos of Hindu temples.The Retirement page has a lot of new links that I came across while writing an article about retirement recently.The Expat Links page has a new site for expats who want to reach out around the world. And, my new eBook is finished. You can take a look below to find out more.

Now a few plugs for my two eBooks.

Sale, Sale, Sale for the entire month of February

The major recruiting fairs for international teachers are coming up soon, and in recognition of that, I'm offering both of my eBooks for 40% off for the month of February. Just click on the links below to find out more about these two books.

The International Teacher: A Guide to Teaching Overseas

My new eBook on teaching overseas is now available for purchase. Please click on the link to learn more about this book if you are an international teacher looking for a new position, or if you are new to the profession and want to sample the lifestyle of the international teacher. For free sample chapters, click here and here.

$10.00 $6.00

The Practicalities of Moving to Bali: A Primer for Life in the Tropics

My eBook on expat life in Bali is now available for purchase. Please click on the link to learn more about this book that you'll want to read if you plan on moving to Bali. Here's what a reader has said about this book:

"Bruce Pohlman's e-book has already been a godsend to my wife Elsha and me. He writes in an inviting and colorful way. He covers the GENERAL: culture shock, the wonders and risks of living overseas, to the SPECIFIC - costs of living, housing, medical issues, visas, employment. He even includes much PERSONAL info: what expats are like, why he left a job in San Francisco and ended up in Bali, personal and family relationships. And much more; anything you might want to know is in his e-book, with links to helpful websites throughout. We've used it to guide us countless times; it's like having a trusted uncle who's an expert. This book should become a classic about Bali."

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