Well here we are again, almost at the weekend. The days fly by here so quickly that I am sure that here on the equator there must only be 20 hours in the day. It certainly seems that way. For the last three days I have been rising early and driving down to school at 5am. Why? In order to swim in the pool for one hour before work. That's three days in a row now. I plan to try to keep it up. Because its only a 2 minute drive I can easily come back for breakfast where my darling wife has sausage bacon and eggs ready on the table. NOT!!!! She is still safely tucked up in, it has to be said, a pretty comfortable bed. I think she might be taking to this lady of leisure idea.
I still do not have a car organised although I am optimistic that I may have found what I am looking for.I have decided that I do not want to buy brand new because you do take a hit on them so I have been looking at second hand. The problem there is the lack of trustworthiness of the dealers. Garages seem to sell only new cars or the sell second hand, its not like in UK where you get all the decent trade-ins available with a little bit of dealer security. The second hand guys? Well you pays your money you takes your choice. All cars and I mean ALL are advertised with one careful owner, low mileage (even if its not) and 100% no accident even if they are really 2 halves of two cars sellotaped together. I am looking to buy privately where I think the least risk actually lies (without buying new). I have found a car that is less that 1 year old and is low mileage so fingers crossed when I see it that it turns out to be as described.
We are getting the kitchen units fitted tomorrow so fingers crossed we will be completely functional by the wend of the day. I will post some pictures of our furnished abode after that is done.
OK breakfast over, time to get ready for work.
David
Friday, 12 September 2014
Thursday, 4 September 2014
First week of school almost over
If I were still in Bahrain I would be celebrating the start of the weekend but alas (and thankfully) I am not. Still one day to go but it has been an enjoyable but extremely busy week. It is easy to forget how much there is to learn about a new school and everything here is a bit different. But different in a positive way.
As expected the students in my classes are all delightful and seem very keen and interested. I had my first "duty" today as a playground patrol man. It was the most pleasant stroll around a leafy courtyard and over the little wooden footbridge that crosses the small pond at the end. Gold fish, koi carp and some kind of brown fish swim by without a care in the world as do the students. The sun shone and all was at ease for a few minutes in a busy, busy day. I could have stayed on that duty for a long time. Can't wait until next week!
Our house is coming along and all our deliveries are here. It's a little bare looking because (a) we have no curtains yet and (b) furnishing a house this size from scratch take a few more ringgits than a two up, two down in Halbeath! The owner is providing the curtains but because we were keen to move as soon as possible we are in before they could be ready. Same goes for the kitchen. We have a dishwasher as a worktop and a microwave and slow cooker. Sheila is being somewhat resourceful in trying to prepare a sumptuous meal with no equipment. Cooker and kitchen in a week or so.
The house is fantastic though. The en-suite is only a short taxi ride from the bed at the other end of the room. Can you get out of your bed and take ten full paces without walking into a wall? It's pretty big ... and even with a king size bed, two bedside tables, two chests of drawers and two three-door wardrobes it still doesn't look cluttered.
I think I just heard the microwave ping suggesting that the next offering is ready.
Have a great day wherever you are in the world.
David
As expected the students in my classes are all delightful and seem very keen and interested. I had my first "duty" today as a playground patrol man. It was the most pleasant stroll around a leafy courtyard and over the little wooden footbridge that crosses the small pond at the end. Gold fish, koi carp and some kind of brown fish swim by without a care in the world as do the students. The sun shone and all was at ease for a few minutes in a busy, busy day. I could have stayed on that duty for a long time. Can't wait until next week!
Our house is coming along and all our deliveries are here. It's a little bare looking because (a) we have no curtains yet and (b) furnishing a house this size from scratch take a few more ringgits than a two up, two down in Halbeath! The owner is providing the curtains but because we were keen to move as soon as possible we are in before they could be ready. Same goes for the kitchen. We have a dishwasher as a worktop and a microwave and slow cooker. Sheila is being somewhat resourceful in trying to prepare a sumptuous meal with no equipment. Cooker and kitchen in a week or so.
The house is fantastic though. The en-suite is only a short taxi ride from the bed at the other end of the room. Can you get out of your bed and take ten full paces without walking into a wall? It's pretty big ... and even with a king size bed, two bedside tables, two chests of drawers and two three-door wardrobes it still doesn't look cluttered.
I think I just heard the microwave ping suggesting that the next offering is ready.
Have a great day wherever you are in the world.
David
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