week in bogor

SHIT ihave missed a week already.

last thursday was a public holiday for election day. I slept in till my eyes woke up which was about 11 30 i think. Had been pretty exhausted from all the social things I had been doing in the mornings and working late then going out to dinner after work.
Oh yeah wednesday nights in the go to "pockets" the pool hall and play with all the teachers from the other schools too. Pauline and I went there after dinner with the public holiday and all, why not. oh and i also knew that Faruk was back in town because of the holiday and I could bet a million rupiah he would be there.
he was
After discussing with pauline the alcohol situation she took of to the warong out the front. ( thats what they call those stores on the side of the roads) most warongs will sell vodka illegally that is hidden behind all the things on the shelves. Pauline bargained from the 12000 bottle which this warong was selling for 24000 he was not happy but hey, we were dry so she paid the money and came back in.
OH, MY GOD
this is the first time that i think i have actaully dranken paint stripper and metho and nail polish remover. Man, no amount of lemonade could change the taste and afterwards it felt like i had a layer or two off my tongue. I think I will pass next time on the vodka from the warong. haha

they boys played their games of pool and I was last to play. I hesitated and got up to play. I said only for one game and then to go and see Faruk, well, after beating them all and about 7 games later they all refused to play me, so I resigned and headed to see Faruk. He is kinda a professional at pool and I get whipped by him so he is always happy to play me.
Pauline had left early to catch the liverpool soccer match and the boys all left around 1 ish but not without passing by our table and to warn Faruk to look after me and take care of me etc etc. So too all you people worrying, all the teachers are looking out for me all the time. I told them not too worry that I actually have been out with him before.

We finished up about 2 30 and Faruk then dropped me off at home on his mobile, which is indonesian for motor bike lol

Hence the sleep in till my eyes opened.

Thursday I met Pauline and a few others for lunch as Pauline was heading on holidays to Lombok near bali. After catching up with them I headed home to some air con as it was very hot and energy draining. I was also going to the movies with Faruk later and didnt want to wear myself out.

Im eating dinner tonight at the balinese restaurant across the road from my kost. (bed and breakfast) I ordered shredded coconut with chicken and rice.. hence I have shredded chicken and shredded coconut served in a palm leave bowl and rice on the side. ALSO the not spicy at all is killing my lips and my tongue is hurting from the fire in my mouth.

anyways, Faruk picked me up about 4 to head to the movies. we watched fast and the furious which i loved and then he took me home again. Thats all folks.

Friday, oh luke and i spent the day at the Botanical gardens, yep e wandered around for like 4 or 5 hours. it was peaceful and green and trees. very nice to have done once and now I have seen the world famous gardens. yeah.
Luke then walked me to his kost so I knew where he was living.
I have never met a male that has SUCH BAD SENCE OF DIRECTION
He had no idea that the same road that maccas was on was the same one the school was on, because it kinked in the road and curved around. He was always saying and pointing to maccas and saying "no that road" and I would say its the same road, after a few days it clicked. he understood it kinked and came around the corner. He says I live on the corner of mp restaurant but actually he gets the restaurant name mixed up and confuses me until I get where he is talking and say no it ...... and he says oh yeah thats what i mean. I cant get my head around him most days

oh well, so after we went to his place we had dinner at "death by chocolate"
the worst carbonarra ive ever had in my life. I think the sauce was made with off cream or something, even luke turned his nose up and he will literally eat anything. These guys actually sell chocolate. They also turned off all the lights after dinner and had gouls walk around scaring people i guess. Headed home after a big day and watch some more tv series.

SAturday I had to be up early and meet the owners of the house. They had finished painting it I wanted to inspect before giving them the money. All good well asian good anyways, i gave the nod and headed back to meet luke for coffee. See how patient I am, i can stil meet him for coffee although I think he understands that I am not exactly happy before coffee and he can irritate me so much easier.
This is where i stepped out of the angkok with the style of a 3 drunk 3 year old. tripped, hit the concrete gutter and scun my knee while smashing it aagainst the egde. NOW i am really not happy
Luke came down and met me at maccas where we headed to the chemist to get something to kill anything that might take up residence in my knee. I get a coffee and all is well again. We trek off to the traditional markets for the day. They are dirt floor, clothes that look second hand and around the corner is thelive animal markets, at this point I tell luke im done and cant be here with this. We twadle back home but mind you we have probably been there for around 3 or 4 hours.

Get my next sentencce. On a Saturday night I tell luke im going to stay in and "wash my hair" haha which i actually did do. Not sure if your aware but i dont have hot water in my kost. So some mornings i go without a shower, this is possibly why when you see me on the web cam I look like shit first thing in the morning, jilly bean. When I have time I boil the water in the kettle which takes about half an hour, fill the bucket and use this to have a shower. My hair is totally neglected and getting washed about once a week. So hence the stay in and wash my hair statment. My hair thanked me for it.

Sunday I was up again early to go and pay the owners the rent money for the year. 16 million plus the million deposit since saying I would take the place. WOW, did I hate walking around that morning with all that cash in my bag. I was soooo supper sensitive towards the people around me. I signed the piece of paper called the contract and organised to get some curtains made, which today they tell me they are ready. Normally takes a week but for me 3 days. I LOVE LIVING HERE
have no idea what I did that after noon.


monday i strolled into work and prepared for my classes. The schedule has finished for the last month so I get all new classes with me as their first teacher. Heaps easier to establish rules and relationships when its from the start. Lucky e I
ended up with the 6 8 year old monsters. NEW RULES KIDS. I have had 2 classes with them and they are great. my little monsters i call them with a smile on my face. I had complete control today for the whole 1 20 minutes and we palyed games and they actually listened and learnt new things. I had 3 awesome classes today thats probably why I am typping tonight.

Tuesday was my day insingapore for the visa run.
It totally felt like I was a Spy but ill tell you about it in the next post

good night all my lovelys and talk soon