This is so cool man! Thanks alot to the people who put effort on geting this website done I appreciate it so much. I thought that i’ll never hear from my friends again. When I told my friends about my childhood experience they thought it was my imagination. But I told them it was one of the best times in my life that I never forget. Hope to here from you all. IST
Hi everyone! Thank you, Jason, for this site. My family was in Tembagapura from 1989-1994, and I can happily say that those were formative years for me. Big thank-you’s to all of the ISST teachers (Hi Mrs. Goforth!! Where are you Zimmers??). I’m teaching in Japan now, thanks to a lot of inspiration from all of you. Arigato gozaimasu! Hugs to my girls Preeti and Arika. Aaron, where are you?? Hi classmates: Ruchelle, Zorida, Mary Joyce, Kaui, Henry, Shawn, Cal, Natalie, and Zoraida! Also hi to Zack, Lucy, Rosie, Yvonne, Bart, Marianna, Cheryl, Jason, Julia, Michelle, Mark, Richard, and Adam. My love to the Giaudrones, Pawsons, Doughertys, Cooks, and Actons. And all of you NOLA people, it was so great to see you again. Thanks!
HELLO, TEMBAGAPURA!!! IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE A REUNION. THIS WILL BE SUCH AN EXCITING EVENT. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE Y’ALL. AND BRING BACK THE MEMORIES… “A PARADISE” AS MY BROTHER, DENIS AND SISTERS, DORIS,DEBIE AND DOROTHY CALL IT. MY FAMILY AND I WERE IN TEMBAGS FROM 1981- 1997. MY PARENTS ARE ENGR. FEL AND MRS. ROSE ROSARIO. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS PLACE FOR THIS PLACE MADE ME FEEL SAFE. I REMEMBER WHEN MY FRIENDS AND I WENT HIKING IN THE JUNGLE AND GOT LOST. I GOT IN SO MUCH TROUBLE BECAUSE I CAME HOME LATE. IF IT WEREN’T FOR A MENO(NATIVE) OUR PARENTS WOULD HAVE SEARCHED FOR US. TWAS SUCH GREAT MEMORIES. THANKS FOR THIS GREAT WEB PAGE. I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE, MOST ESPECIALLY TO MY FRIENDS, MEGAN FOULDS, ALCE AND ANITA BARNEY, ANGIE MAEHL, TRISTA, SHANNA SCHULLER AND IVY RANKIN. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL!!!
My family and I were in Tembagapura around October/November 1973. Yes, a long time ago. I was in 5th grade. I’ll never forget those wonderful times. My Father was the foreman for the mine. We only stayed there for a little over 2 mths. We were so sad when we found out we were moving back to the U.S.My brother & sister and I spent each day either in the jungle or at the river. We had the tallest tree house I’ve ever seen. Does anyone remember Angelo? He was a young native boy we befriended and taught to speak some English. I’ll never forget crossing the river to get to school or trading pop tarts or tennis balls to the natives for fire starters, bows, arrows etc. Also, the food at the little Indonesian restaurant with the sauteed beef was awesome. Best memory - walking up to the mine with a friend and about 5 natives. Way too cool! I’m a H.S. Science teacher now and I can’t remember how many times I have told some of these stories. I hope to go back some day. I found this website accidentally. What a great suprise! I’d like to see some pic’s of in town, school etc. Thanks for helping bring back some great memories.