so once again where to stat when i leave it so long.
My finger nails are WAY to long to be typing so i most probably willhave a few errors. youll understand.
So yesterday pauline and i headed off to the hairdressers. As you all know that i had a lot of BAD hair styles from china so this was being verybrave on my half. Four hours later, as is the normal drill in the aisan countries, i have the redest hair ive ever had a few blonde and copper highlghts. A little surprised but hey, i have had a hell of a lot worse. its ok and i will get used to it.
So Bec came and met us at the hairdressers and we took of for lunch. I am liking this restaurant near work that you take shoes off and sit on the floor at the coffee table. waterfalls around nice lush green grass and tranquility to the max, awesome food too. After a few hours of relaxation after relaxing at the hair salon, bec was heading to the gardens while pauline and i were, yep you guessed it, haha going shopping. this is my country. We got to the shopping mall when my phone rang, didnt know the number buy answered. it was Faruk. He mixed up his schedule and instead ofsunday had saturday off. i had planned this day with the girls so that sunday i could spend with him. Then the dreaded question was asked. WIll you come to karaoke tonight. silly me again says yes, except since i have met the uncles i think that i should be able to bring pauline and bec. all good they can come this time.
I then have to beg nd grovel to pauline to come, and being the great friend that she is , she gave in. haha. We then had to hoof it back home as he was coming to pick us up at 6 from my house and we had a little time spare that we could have a few drinks before he came. So on the angkok and my phone rings, where are you, im on my way, oh, we are there.
SHIT no time for a shower or more importantly a drink. Karaoke sober again. Threw on a shirt, as a tank top is not really suitable and a pair of jeans, shower from the can and in the car we jumped.
i already had a sore throat and loosing my voice, but we had an awesome time and left with no voice. pauline also really enjoyed herself and Faruk took photos so ill post them once i get them.
YOU CAN ALL SEE HIM
i found ot last night that his mum is from arabia, so that is why he does not look like a typical indonesian. he is HANDSOME
on a bae note, fridays class for my last one was an exam and my last class with these students so they had to do a questionnaire. They are notorious for speaking indonesian in class so i walked in and said "Andrea (the main offender) no Bahasa in class english only" Well didnt she crack it, spoit brat. And then i handed out the questionnaire.
WELL i am a dissapointment to the school as a teacher and she has wasted her money and i have taught her nothing and over all she is very unhappy with the teacher.
I was hurt i must say that she could be soo shallow that up till this class she was teling me i was a good teacher and she liked comiing to class. i stewed for a while, while they were doing there exams. and i thought fuck her, just cos she cracked it because i cant teacher her if she speaks indonesian.
ill see what happens when i go to work on monday. see if they take notice to the students thoughts.
My classes all change this week to. i teach from 4 30 till 9 every night and on saturday i start at 9 till 1 with a 4 HOUR BUSINESS ENGLISH CLASS.
i cant be too bad a teacher if im teaching business english and i know jack shit about business. lol
The other bad thing is that over the last four weeks with the same students i have sussed out my 8 year old monsters and we have a ball. playing monkeys in the barrell and basketball. I bribe them with giving me answers, and taking shots at the hoop. works wonderfully. Well now i have to give them to another teacher and replacd with 3 new classes. so i start all over with someone elses 8 year old monsters. And I also have 2 adult classes.which i kind aenjoy more. Learning all new names and personalities and researching what dianamics the class has. going to be a full on week whis week as i have the 3 new classes monday wednesdays and fridays. tuesdays and thurdays are 2 new classes also but they are new to the school so i start totally from scratch with them. mind boggeling for me and i work there so dont know if you understand it.
my week, well monday i was waiting for my lounge to arrive but received a text to say tha tsince it is now being made out of velvet it would take till thursday. ok thanks for telling me before i had to wait. not instead i then had water delivered and becs curtan installeed. tuesday i headed into work early as i was marking exams and getting certificates ready for the finishng classes. no prep for these as the were sitting exams. and there last class they had asked to watch dvds. Have i mentioned sometimes my job is SOOO EASY. my wednesday class took me out to dinner for a realia class. (lessons that are real life situations)
my nights this week. ali the new teacher from england is cool. we have clicked. we play pool and are about the same level. he wins i win and we dance around and sing and carry on. like you do. he is a little touchy maybe this is howhe is, going to wait and see. On our boot camp last week we sat together for dinner and laughted an dmucked around the whole time. He then thanked me for our DATE and asked for a second. he even kissed me good night. scary. dont really want to get involved with a teacher in that way. havent been out since wednesday night with him ashe had the singapore run and this weekend is in bali. Had a feeling he was wanting to ask me to go to but,ah avoided the topic after that. Faurk and all.
he is cool though.
Today is sunday, and meeting up with pauline. we are going to have that coffee and cake that we didnt get yesterday and do the shopping that was interupter
Had a small thought that i am too spontaneous. Should I have said no and continued with my plan. Then again when you plan they always change. Am i too leanient, BUt if we had not have gone we would not have had the ball that we did.?????
If these are my only problems, what am i complaining about hahahaha
by for now kiddies
take care and keep in touch
xxooxxooxxoo
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
the mugging
Long time no blog I know in getting a little slack, or settled
firstly, I need to say that last tuesday I was mugged by a guy on a motorbike so all those that are texting my aussie phone STOP I am not getting any of your messages Ill let you know when I receive another sim and give you the number.
I am fine. I have gravel rash up my leg and a hole out of my knee and my elbow and then gravel rash up my arm. The silly thing is that I would not have this if I have just let go and given the asshole my bag, but instead I guess instinct kicked in and I held tighter, threfore I was pulled over to theground and dragged a small distance. So I then had torun back to work and see if anyone was still there. As I didnt even have the 20 cents to catch the angkok home. Two teachers were luckily still there and took me inside to wash out the gravel and torture me with betadine. The gave me some cash to get home, but then the security guy said he would take me on his bike. As I didnt even have keys to get inside and with no phone and no numbers, I didnt even know if bec would be home. She was but since she was watching a dvd and didnt hear me, I climbed in the wndow that we had broken the latch to earlier that day. So basically anyone could rob us, but the other bad thing is the the asshole now had the keys to my house and saved on my phone was my address. SHIT so after climbing in the window I put the ironong board across and put the chain on the fron door.
AMAZINGLY I slept like a log. I wrote a note for bec explaining wht had happened for her to read in the morning.
I was up early the next morning to do the dreaded phone call to mother duck. It was quick and no details at all. “mum, my bag was stolen last night can you ring telstra and all the banks to inform them. Thanks cheers chat later. It wasnt till the afternoon that I emailed mum and told her I was mugged and dragged, but fine otherwise
I took off early to hopefully get my salary early since I had no money and no access to any either, and to go and get a new phone. Pat my supervisor expected me to walk in and resign and be on the next plane back to oz. I was like Pat it happens there too, ill just have to be more careful. So after getting some money the office boy took me to the depatment mall to get a phone. I am being so soilt by everyone not wanting me to be alone. And at night the guys are all walking me to my angkok stop.
Thursday was pay day for me so I had to then walk home with 5 million on me and the next day I got my flight reimbursement money so again had 6 million. I was escorted tomy stop and came home and hid the money all over the house.
I HATE HAVING TO BE AFRAID.
Saturday we were told we were off to a team building adventure. All teaching staff security office boys and the recetion were told they had to attend. So after being up early to go shpping for a new paddlock for the front gate and a new barrel for the lock I went to wok with a towel and a change of clothes (we were told me might get wet) We were then told once on the bus, BOOT CAMP was where we were heading. We were placed into teams. Give drills excersies to get us ready and then taken to the adventure park. Yeah right. Our first drill was getting across the horizontal ropes about 4metres up and then getting down but with getting on a team members shoulders, no jumping.
Next crawling on our stomachs about 4 metres with the ropes just above ours heads. No touchng the ropes or all back to the start. This was also muddy. They had poured buckets of water tohelp us slid through. This was great for my elbow and knee, but I couldnt let that stop me. A rope swing to get from one side of the pond to the other, not a problem, throwing and catching balloons filled with water over the volley ball net, catchng a fish from the pond with just a net. Blindfolded and walking up steps down steps and over a plank bridge 5 metres above the water. No safety standards over here haha.filling a pipe about a metre tall filled with holes using only a bucket filled with holes too. We had to cover the holes so the ping pong balls would flow over the top, then walking across a bamboo pole with ropes above us and half on one side then passing each other in the middle. My problem here was some of the ropes I was on tippy toes to reach and then hang out the side to let the others pass me.
ANYWAYS at the end of the day my team WON the champions. Excellent.
So after a cold shower and dousing my cuts and sores in dethol, we headed off to dinner. Man after 5 hours of that I was starving. We went to a fancy restaurant an dwork shouted us a feed. Back on the bus by 10 30 to head home. We were suppose to go to the afari park but it was too late by that time. Since I was heading home at night one of the office boys was instructed to take me home on his bike and make sure I was safe inside.
I think that I was mugged to put theothergirls back on alert that shit does happen. have all be extra careful and dont carry all their money at once and not all their cards together. I might have been made the point as I can handle it. Im amazed that I am emotionally not effected at all. I was angly at first but only for the fact that it was a pain to cancel things and not have access to mymoney.
Today I have fixed the tap from the bathroom that was not working, I have unscrewed latched from windows to put on other windows to hold the window open. Fixed the leaking tap out the front garden, changed the barrel in the front door lock and brought gas for the hot plate. Man im super woman fix it. I also attempted the toilet that does not flush, but I think we need a plumber.
Thats enough fixing for today.
Bec has just come home fromjakarta and im just waiting to meet up with Faruk.
So ill call that a day of excitement and since ill have the net tomorrow night at home ill be able to keep up to date more frequently
cheers
trace
firstly, I need to say that last tuesday I was mugged by a guy on a motorbike so all those that are texting my aussie phone STOP I am not getting any of your messages Ill let you know when I receive another sim and give you the number.
I am fine. I have gravel rash up my leg and a hole out of my knee and my elbow and then gravel rash up my arm. The silly thing is that I would not have this if I have just let go and given the asshole my bag, but instead I guess instinct kicked in and I held tighter, threfore I was pulled over to theground and dragged a small distance. So I then had torun back to work and see if anyone was still there. As I didnt even have the 20 cents to catch the angkok home. Two teachers were luckily still there and took me inside to wash out the gravel and torture me with betadine. The gave me some cash to get home, but then the security guy said he would take me on his bike. As I didnt even have keys to get inside and with no phone and no numbers, I didnt even know if bec would be home. She was but since she was watching a dvd and didnt hear me, I climbed in the wndow that we had broken the latch to earlier that day. So basically anyone could rob us, but the other bad thing is the the asshole now had the keys to my house and saved on my phone was my address. SHIT so after climbing in the window I put the ironong board across and put the chain on the fron door.
AMAZINGLY I slept like a log. I wrote a note for bec explaining wht had happened for her to read in the morning.
I was up early the next morning to do the dreaded phone call to mother duck. It was quick and no details at all. “mum, my bag was stolen last night can you ring telstra and all the banks to inform them. Thanks cheers chat later. It wasnt till the afternoon that I emailed mum and told her I was mugged and dragged, but fine otherwise
I took off early to hopefully get my salary early since I had no money and no access to any either, and to go and get a new phone. Pat my supervisor expected me to walk in and resign and be on the next plane back to oz. I was like Pat it happens there too, ill just have to be more careful. So after getting some money the office boy took me to the depatment mall to get a phone. I am being so soilt by everyone not wanting me to be alone. And at night the guys are all walking me to my angkok stop.
Thursday was pay day for me so I had to then walk home with 5 million on me and the next day I got my flight reimbursement money so again had 6 million. I was escorted tomy stop and came home and hid the money all over the house.
I HATE HAVING TO BE AFRAID.
Saturday we were told we were off to a team building adventure. All teaching staff security office boys and the recetion were told they had to attend. So after being up early to go shpping for a new paddlock for the front gate and a new barrel for the lock I went to wok with a towel and a change of clothes (we were told me might get wet) We were then told once on the bus, BOOT CAMP was where we were heading. We were placed into teams. Give drills excersies to get us ready and then taken to the adventure park. Yeah right. Our first drill was getting across the horizontal ropes about 4metres up and then getting down but with getting on a team members shoulders, no jumping.
Next crawling on our stomachs about 4 metres with the ropes just above ours heads. No touchng the ropes or all back to the start. This was also muddy. They had poured buckets of water tohelp us slid through. This was great for my elbow and knee, but I couldnt let that stop me. A rope swing to get from one side of the pond to the other, not a problem, throwing and catching balloons filled with water over the volley ball net, catchng a fish from the pond with just a net. Blindfolded and walking up steps down steps and over a plank bridge 5 metres above the water. No safety standards over here haha.filling a pipe about a metre tall filled with holes using only a bucket filled with holes too. We had to cover the holes so the ping pong balls would flow over the top, then walking across a bamboo pole with ropes above us and half on one side then passing each other in the middle. My problem here was some of the ropes I was on tippy toes to reach and then hang out the side to let the others pass me.
ANYWAYS at the end of the day my team WON the champions. Excellent.
So after a cold shower and dousing my cuts and sores in dethol, we headed off to dinner. Man after 5 hours of that I was starving. We went to a fancy restaurant an dwork shouted us a feed. Back on the bus by 10 30 to head home. We were suppose to go to the afari park but it was too late by that time. Since I was heading home at night one of the office boys was instructed to take me home on his bike and make sure I was safe inside.
I think that I was mugged to put theothergirls back on alert that shit does happen. have all be extra careful and dont carry all their money at once and not all their cards together. I might have been made the point as I can handle it. Im amazed that I am emotionally not effected at all. I was angly at first but only for the fact that it was a pain to cancel things and not have access to mymoney.
Today I have fixed the tap from the bathroom that was not working, I have unscrewed latched from windows to put on other windows to hold the window open. Fixed the leaking tap out the front garden, changed the barrel in the front door lock and brought gas for the hot plate. Man im super woman fix it. I also attempted the toilet that does not flush, but I think we need a plumber.
Thats enough fixing for today.
Bec has just come home fromjakarta and im just waiting to meet up with Faruk.
So ill call that a day of excitement and since ill have the net tomorrow night at home ill be able to keep up to date more frequently
cheers
trace
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