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
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