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