I was surprised yesterday, when I did not get angry after the electricitry went away for half an hour. I could not use the network, and so instead of waiting I only started using my GPRS and problem solved.
(this paragraph can be a little bit disgusting, so please skip it) Now I think back and it sounds funny.
I found thought that I could endure everything until today when I met an intruder in my shower: a 1 3cm long cucaracha, with 4 cm long antenas (luckily it did not fly). Since I did not want to smash it an then clean the remainings, I took it with toilet paper and threw it into the letrine. The most disgusting part was when holding it, the thing started moving and I felt it in my fingers.
Thinking back I am happy it was not small, since I can be sure they are not reproducing at my place.
But at the end of the day it is not that bad. Eventhough things are not at all organized, there are very nice areas. For example, now, after work, I am enjoying a nice cold beer, while being sitting besides the swiming pool in the back yard of my appartment, enjoying the panoramic view from the city. The temperature is aprox + 26, nice sound of small waterfall in the background, very light rain falling refreshing the ambience.
Today I went to the supermarket, took the company's driver, took my coworker home, went to the supermarket to buy basically liquids: water, milk, milshakes, and cleaner for my clothes.
On all the rest of the evenings I come home and go directly to the gym to try to reduce the growing size of my belly. Luckily the growth has stopped, but no reductions what so ever. The problem is that all here is so delicious that is difficult to eat only a little bit. I am impressed with the richness of the food.
The gym I am going is one of the best gyms I've ever visited, even for European standards, it is magnificent. State of the art machines, few people, plenty of instructors, "nice modern" music (basically tecno and pop), and nice girls.
At work all is nice, the amount of work is immense, since I need to be managing and coordinating the performance the project which includes different subcontractors that are problematic, this makes things much more difficult, so in order to have them delivering properly a close eye on them is necessary. I have a team of 9 guys which are very hard working and responsible and it is so nice to be at the office dealing with them.
The level of respect that everybody has with everybody has amazed me. e.g. all refer to each other as Mas = Comrade (more like a brother like feeling) or Pak=Sir (more like a fatherlike meaning) and for all I am Pak.
It is also nice to be able to meet all my expat colleagues in the bar and speak about all type of subjects, and get drunk together! Not happened yet, but almost :-)
What I don't like is that every day I have gone out of work very very late, which does not allow me to do any other activity than to go to the gym which closes at 23.00. Well, I have not found that many things to do in Semarang anyway.
In respect to the girls, it seems as if I am a jetset. All the girls smile so seductively but so far I have been so busy to try to get close to one of them. It is amazing, I have never seen so many girls with such nice shapes and sweet faces, the beautiful ones are like little angels (because most of them are little). I have tried so hard to meet one girl in Finland but without any success, and here it seems to come naturally; however, since I will only stay for a very short time, will it be worth it to give it a try? I need to thing about this rhetorical question, especially after different options have been made evident.
Salary is good since all is so cheap, probably 3 times cheaper than Finland. That's why I only go to the supermarket to buy liquids, since it is easier to go to the restaurant every day. Yesteday, we went a group of 6 people, we all ate good, and I paid the bill. I was surprised when it came, the total was 12 Euro! Not bad. I suppose one can have a pretty good life in here after all: working during the evenings
Now it's started raining a little bit stronger. My beer is empty and swimming pool is waiting. So now you know my next destination after recharging fuel :-)
