Long Time, No Blog...
Hey there. It's been a while. Here's an update on what's been going on:
The beginning of last week I was sick with an intestinal virus. I contracted it from Louise, one of the teachers. Imagine chronic, explosive diarrhea... wait, DON'T imaginge that, just know that it happens, and it sucks. I wasn't able to eat anything for two days, so naturally I took a day off from teaching to "recover". Recovery basically means being near a toilet and waiting it out. Two and a half days seems to be about the normal recovery period for a healthy person. So, I'm better now, and I know what it feels like to have an intestinal virus.
Starting off my week like that made for a very exhausting week. By the time Friday came I felt like I had lived out my period of natural life, and that it was time for me to lay down and die. I didn't do this.
On Friday and Saturday we had two lovely visitors from EF Jakarta. Their names were Jean and Haviva. Jean is Vice-Lord-Boss-Woman of EF indonesia. She and her partner came to help us get started on a new General English program, and to address many of the problems with the owners that have been continually cropping up. The workshops were great, and they interviewed each person about themselves and about their problems with the owners. When it came time to have a meeting with the one of the onwers, they found that he had skipped town. Shame shame. Like a little child, telling lies to cover up lies, then running away. He's only digging himself deeper and deeper. Our hopes are that Jean can bring this new back to EF Jakarta and bring down the wrath of the Business Franchise Gods upon our owners. We'll see what happens.
Louise ended her contract on Friday and left for Australia early this morning. We all gathered in her room last night while she was packing and sang songs and generally embarrased her. We are sad to see her go. We look forward to visiting her in her new home in Wamena, only thrity minutes away by plane in January or February.
Garden report: The corn is growing steadily higher. It is almost knee high now, and the pumkins are just on the verge of starting to creep along the ground. Also, ginger has begun to sprout from a root I threw into the mud. Very exciting! Fresh ginger will be a treat.
That's all for now. Hope you all are anticipating a warm and memorable Christmas!
Ciao,
-Nick
The beginning of last week I was sick with an intestinal virus. I contracted it from Louise, one of the teachers. Imagine chronic, explosive diarrhea... wait, DON'T imaginge that, just know that it happens, and it sucks. I wasn't able to eat anything for two days, so naturally I took a day off from teaching to "recover". Recovery basically means being near a toilet and waiting it out. Two and a half days seems to be about the normal recovery period for a healthy person. So, I'm better now, and I know what it feels like to have an intestinal virus.
Starting off my week like that made for a very exhausting week. By the time Friday came I felt like I had lived out my period of natural life, and that it was time for me to lay down and die. I didn't do this.
On Friday and Saturday we had two lovely visitors from EF Jakarta. Their names were Jean and Haviva. Jean is Vice-Lord-Boss-Woman of EF indonesia. She and her partner came to help us get started on a new General English program, and to address many of the problems with the owners that have been continually cropping up. The workshops were great, and they interviewed each person about themselves and about their problems with the owners. When it came time to have a meeting with the one of the onwers, they found that he had skipped town. Shame shame. Like a little child, telling lies to cover up lies, then running away. He's only digging himself deeper and deeper. Our hopes are that Jean can bring this new back to EF Jakarta and bring down the wrath of the Business Franchise Gods upon our owners. We'll see what happens.
Louise ended her contract on Friday and left for Australia early this morning. We all gathered in her room last night while she was packing and sang songs and generally embarrased her. We are sad to see her go. We look forward to visiting her in her new home in Wamena, only thrity minutes away by plane in January or February.
Garden report: The corn is growing steadily higher. It is almost knee high now, and the pumkins are just on the verge of starting to creep along the ground. Also, ginger has begun to sprout from a root I threw into the mud. Very exciting! Fresh ginger will be a treat.
That's all for now. Hope you all are anticipating a warm and memorable Christmas!
Ciao,
-Nick
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