diff --git a/stix/kernel/Collect.st b/stix/kernel/Collect.st
index 52105cb..225374b 100644
--- a/stix/kernel/Collect.st
+++ b/stix/kernel/Collect.st
@@ -170,10 +170,20 @@
 		^self atLevel: Log.INFO log: message.
 	}
 
+	#method log: message and: message2
+	{
+		^self atLevel: Log.INFO log: message and: message2.
+	}
+
 	#method logNl: message
 	{
 		^self atLevel: Log.INFO logNl: message.
 	}
+
+	#method logNl: message and: message2
+	{
+		^self atLevel: Log.INFO logNl: message and: message2.
+	}
 }
 
 #class Namespace(Set)
diff --git a/stix/kernel/Except.st b/stix/kernel/Except.st
index 9595b19..20f42a1 100644
--- a/stix/kernel/Except.st
+++ b/stix/kernel/Except.st
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 		## -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 		| ctx stop |
+
 		ctx := self.
 		stop := false.
 		[stop] whileFalse: [
diff --git a/stix/kernel/Process.st b/stix/kernel/Process.st
index 1798732..3a95aa2 100644
--- a/stix/kernel/Process.st
+++ b/stix/kernel/Process.st
@@ -43,9 +43,38 @@
 		self primitiveFailed
 	}
 
+	#method _suspend
+	{
+		<primitive: #_process_suspend>
+		self primitiveFailed
+	}
+
 	#method terminate
 	{
 ##search from the top contextof the process down to intial_contextand find ensure blocks and execute them.
+		## if a different process calls 'terminate' on a process,
+		## the ensureblock is not executed in the context of the
+		## process being terminated, but in the context of terminatig process.
+		##
+		## 1) process termianted by another process
+		##   p := [ 
+		##       [  1 to: 10000 by: 1 do: [:ex | System logNl: i asString] ] ensure: [System logNl: 'ensured....'] 
+		##   ] newProcess.
+		##   p resume.
+		##   p terminate.
+		##
+		## 2) process terminated by itself
+		##   p := [ 
+		##       [ Processor activeProcess terminate. ] ensure: [System logNl: 'ensured....'] 
+		##   ] newProcess.
+		##   p resume.
+		##   p terminate.
+		## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+		## the process must be frozen first. while unwinding is performed, 
+		## the process must not be scheduled.
+		## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+		(Processor activeProcess ~~ self) ifTrue: [ self _suspend ].
 		self.current_context unwindTo: self.initial_context return: nil.
 		^self _terminate
 	}
diff --git a/stix/kernel/test-013.st b/stix/kernel/test-013.st
index 87a8b2c..b010a2f 100644
--- a/stix/kernel/test-013.st
+++ b/stix/kernel/test-013.st
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 		v1 := [
 			[    
 				[ 
-					1 to: 10000 by: 1 do: [:i | System logNl: i asString. Processor sleepFor: 5. ]  
+					##1 to: 20000 by: 1 do: [:i | System logNl: i asString. "Processor sleepFor: 1." ]  
+					Processor activeProcess terminate.
 				] ensure: [ System logNl: '<<<PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP>>>' ].
 
 			] ensure: [ System logNl: '<<--------------------->>' ].
@@ -88,9 +89,10 @@
 
 		System logNl: 'RESUMING v1'.
 		v1 resume.
+		Processor sleepFor: 1.
 		v1 terminate.
 
-		##[    
+ 		##[    
 		##	[ Processor activeProcess terminate. ] ensure: [System logNl: '<<<PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP>>>' ].
 		##] ensure: [ System logNl: '<<--------------------->>' ].
 
diff --git a/stix/lib/exec.c b/stix/lib/exec.c
index aad5418..6da6a97 100644
--- a/stix/lib/exec.c
+++ b/stix/lib/exec.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 		(stix)->active_method = (stix_oop_method_t)(stix)->active_context->origin->method_or_nargs; \
 		SET_ACTIVE_METHOD_CODE(stix); \
 		LOAD_ACTIVE_IP (stix); \
+		(stix)->processor->active->current_context = (stix)->active_context; \
 	} while (0)
 
 #define FETCH_BYTE_CODE(stix) ((stix)->active_code[(stix)->ip++])
@@ -1234,14 +1235,19 @@ static int prim_log (stix_t* stix, stix_ooi_t nargs)
 			else if (STIX_OBJ_GET_FLAGS_TYPE(msg) == STIX_OBJ_TYPE_OOP)
 			{
 				/* visit only 1-level down into an array-like object */
-				stix_oop_t inner;
-				stix_oow_t i;
+				stix_oop_t inner, _class;
+				stix_oow_t i, spec;
 
-				if (STIX_CLASSOF(stix,msg) == stix->_association) goto dump_object;
+				_class = STIX_CLASSOF(stix, msg);
+
+				spec = STIX_OOP_TO_SMOOI(((stix_oop_class_t)_class)->spec);
+				if (STIX_CLASS_SPEC_NAMED_INSTVAR(spec) > 0 || !STIX_CLASS_SPEC_IS_INDEXED(spec)) goto dump_object;
 
 				for (i = 0; i < STIX_OBJ_GET_SIZE(msg); i++)
 				{
 					inner = ((stix_oop_oop_t)msg)->slot[i];
+
+					if (i > 0) stix_logbfmt (stix, mask, " ");
 					if (STIX_OOP_IS_POINTER(inner) &&
 					    STIX_OBJ_GET_FLAGS_TYPE(inner) == STIX_OBJ_TYPE_CHAR)
 					{
@@ -1869,6 +1875,20 @@ static int prim_process_yield (stix_t* stix, stix_ooi_t nargs)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int prim_process_suspend (stix_t* stix, stix_ooi_t nargs)
+{
+	stix_oop_t rcv;
+	STIX_ASSERT (nargs == 0);
+
+	rcv = STIX_STACK_GET(stix, stix->sp);
+	if (STIX_CLASSOF(stix,rcv) != stix->_process) return 0;
+
+	suspend_process (stix, (stix_oop_process_t)rcv);
+
+	/* keep the receiver in the stack top */
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int prim_semaphore_signal (stix_t* stix, stix_ooi_t nargs)
 {
 	stix_oop_t rcv;
@@ -2724,6 +2744,7 @@ static prim_t primitives[] =
 	{   0,  0,  prim_process_resume,                   "_process_resume"      },
 	{   0,  0,  prim_process_terminate,                "_process_terminate"   },
 	{   0,  0,  prim_process_yield,                    "_process_yield"       },
+	{   0,  0,  prim_process_suspend,                  "_process_suspend"     },
 	{   0,  0,  prim_semaphore_signal,                 "_semaphore_signal"    },
 	{   0,  0,  prim_semaphore_wait,                   "_semaphore_wait"      },