Monthly Archives: November 2007

Alarm clock

The excitement is little here. I travelled to and from Medan, the coordinator of my program came for a visit, the Big Boss will come next week (but will be travelling somewhere else in the province), and I’ve been assigned two more classes because someone left mid-term for another job! Next week, I’ll [...]

Typical situation

I’m sitting in the hotel lobby, tapping into intermittent wi-fi, and having a cappuncino. I get a text message from a colleague that she just looked in her colleagues copy of the schedule for the upcoming national tefl conference. She, myself, and another guy all submitted proposals for the conference in late September and [...]

Deep blue diversion

These postings are getting far and few between, but that means nothing. A groove has been found, perhaps even a rut, that doesn’t include a speedy connection to the internet. It has gotten so terrifically slow that I can’t arrive after 10a and get anything done. Thus, I’ve only been checking email [...]