I must be busier now as I haven't added to this for a while.
I'm now in my own "home". Three bedrooms, a maid's room, 3 1/2 bathrooms as well as kitchen and living/dining room all to myself. I am nine floors up in a building 17 storeys high, in the middle of the tourist area about 10 minutes taxi ride from my school which is very lucky. Some people travel up to an hour to their schools. The apartment is not really finished but I am unsure if they are ever finished. I have 2leaks, no internet, no gas to run the cooker, grouting in the tiles that is dreadful but I am better off than some other apartments. Apparantly these sort of things are a part of living here. It is really nice apart from those things.
My life - I leave for school at 10 to 7 so I can get a taxi. School starts at 8.00 and finishes at 12.20 during Ramadan which goes for another week. After that the school day is longer. Our advisory team are the first ones to school and we are the last to leave (trying to model new habits but no-one has caught on). After school I go to use the internet at someone's apartment, have some snacks because we do not eat at school at the moment (Ramadan) socialise in various ways, have tea out mostly because I can't cook with no oven or cook top. Often after that I go out for a walk either with others or by myself as it is a wonderful time to be out. At 11.00 at night the shops are so busy, there are kids everywhere and the streets are absolutely blocked with traffic and the temperature is much more pleasant. It is extremely safe to be out and none of us have ever felt insecure wandering round at night. It is a wonderful time of the day. I must learn to have a rest during the afternoon as I do get rather tired with the long days. Apparantly the normal time for people - children and adults - go to bed at 1.00 or 2.00 in the morning. Of course many of the teachers are often pretty tired and we have all seen kids asleep in school.
