Monday, December 17, 2012

Apartment sorted grading not so much

Yesterday I was finally able to move into a new place. As is customary in Indonesia the process was long and unnecessarily complicated. I was supposed to move in at 1 but the realtor called at 12:45 to say that he wouldn't arrive until 3. I arrived with all my things packed tightly into my small car at 3. He finally arrived at 3:30. Once I began moving my things up into the apartment it took another 3 hours before they had finished cleaning the room, fixing broken bits, and replacing lightbulbs and such. All things which could have been done before I moved in of course but then it wouldn't be Indonesia if it weren't this way. By 6pm I was finally all settled though I still wont have internet or TV until tomorrow or the day after. Regardless the hard part is over and I am moved in. It only takes about 10 minutes to get to work in the morning though I think it will take about 30 minutes to an hour to get home depending on traffic. I have a great view of the city and if there isn't too much pollution I can see the mountains as well. One down side is being woken up at 4am again by the surrounding mosques... Most of them are far enough away to just create a background noise but there is one very close that shot me awake this morning.

Today I have Christmas parties to help with and of course more grading to do which I am finding increasingly difficult to do... Although I can't remember a time when I ever enjoyed grading exams.

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