It has been a very hectic 48 hours. We left Cirebon to take Regina's daughter to Jakarta. She was going to a camp in Bali and we also arranged for the 5 new teachers to arrive on the same day. It took seven hours to drive the crowded, pot-holed road to get to a mall! Malls are prolific in Jakarta and it seems that's what everyone does. After spending three hours in a mall we went to the airport hotel to rest for an hour. Regina and I then went to the airport to collect our first new teacher, a young gentleman from China. He speaks English beautifully, but he is our Mandarin teacher. He spoke to me non-stop for two hours while we were waiting for the Philippine teachers. It was fascinating to hear about a world that is not allowed to have access to Facebook, and Twitter. He also is an only child because of the Chinese governments regulations. He is very energetic and enthusiastic so we shall see.
At midnight the three of the four teachers arrived from the Philippines. One had trouble getting through interviews at the Philippine airport. Apparently you are interviewed to see whether you can leave the country or not. It can be a very distressing situation and the other teachers tell me that you tell "white lies" to the authorities so that they will let you leave.
We finally got back to the hotel at 1:00 a.m. only to take Tasha to the airport at 5:00 a.m. for her flight to Bali. After leaving her we had to catch a train to Cirebon. It didn't leave the station until 9:00 a.m. so I worked while I tried to stay awake. Thankfully the train only took three and a half hours. We arrived just in time to take all the new teachers out to lunch and then I crashed around 7:30 p.m. See and all of you think I just go on holiday!
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He He, You go to bed here at 7:30 also!!
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