I have finally got off my bum and started sending my CV out to more schools. I have expressed an interest in three schools outside Indonesia – Turkey, Khartoum and Japan. The more I think about it the more I like the idea of leaving Indonesia. But maybe that’s because of the disorganised shit that happens at my school. I shouldn’t generalise that ineptness to cover the whole country but Indonesians can’t be described as highly organised people – they are far too laid back sometimes. I wasn’t considering Europe but I could happily live in Istanbul as I have been there twice. And Turkish men…well say no more! I have always wanted to visit Japan and I have an almost obsessive love of sushi and sashimi so I think I would love being there too. No idea about Khartoum…it’s in Africa and sounds exotic but possibly dangerous. I will apply to a school in Angola as well. I also recently discovered that someone I know from Tasmania is the director of a school in Hong Kong. So my CV has gone to him too. The world is my oyster I think is the appropriate cliché here. No fucking Internet at Yoyo’s for over two weeks now!
Am finding it hard to get job applications done. I have sent a few off and received two positive responses but no jobs. I emailed the guy in China who had offered me a job and he seemed interested in giving me a job. I am still not sure that I want to be in Chengdu. But as people tell me I should move on from this place. It’s a good opportunity for Oliver too but the money is not as much as here! I have been very naughty and not stayed in town site for ages. I am just waiting for someone to notice and say something. The holiday at Christmas has turned into this massively expensive undertaking as usual. We are flying el cheapo this time and it’s still costing heaps. I looked at car hire prices today and they seem to have gone through the ceiling. Did some painting at the weekend mainly because I had to produce one for Christmas for the family hash. The Christmas one turned out well and I will use it to email or Facebook all my friends for Christmas. Roll on the holidays! They are shorter than usual, as we have to come back for some stupid fucking team-building thing in Lombok. I am still deciding whether I will bother showing up. If I have another job by then there is no way I will be.
1. Had a flat tyre the other day. Turns out there were two sharpened nails in it. Hmmmm someone is pissed off with me.
2. Ade has been here since last Wednesday. The first night was a bit rough. We fought, but since then it’s been great having him here.
3. No Internet at Yoyo’s since last Sunday. It’s over a week now. Boy that pisses me off.
4. Swam on Sunday and yesterday and will force myself to the gym today.
5. Searching for another job. The guy in China responded and that could be a go. Have heard back from two schools in Jakarta which is positive also.
6. Ade got his visa so we will all go to Australia for Christmas. He is insisting we do economy and I know he’s right so I am finding the cheapest airfares. I do need to start saving some money.
7. Finding it hard to blog as much as I did before.
8. Working on a painting for the family hash t-shirts. It’s a Christmas card idea. Many years back I would produce a series of Christmas cards. I would paint several and reproduce them for sale.
9. School sucks still. I know that’s not going to improve.
I ran away to Lombok last weekend. Someone I have been chatting to for ages from Malaysia came to meet me. He was OK but I wanted to be alone after we had done it. Ate dinner at Square which was very pleasant. Ended up telling Ade I was in Lombok. We had words by sms. We seem to be fighting all the time now. The weekend in Lombok was the first time I have had sex for over a week too. No more visitors to Yoyo’s. I have sacked my gardener/driver as he was Aron’s friend and Aron isn’t welcome anymore. I think that maybe these two were behind all the shit at the mosque I mentioned earlier. Ade is coming from Bali to stay. Not sure how that will go. I wonder how long he will stay this time? I have lost all motivation for swimming and going to the gym. I went out in Lombok. My Malaysian friend came with Achand and Wafer. It was awful. The place was full of smoke. The music was shitty. I didn’t enjoy it at all. Walked out and went back to the hotel. Slept with no action from my Malaysian friend! Had to leave early the next morning and do the bloody taxi trip across Lombok. Arrived at Kayangan to find the company boat was not working and I had to take the public ferry! They had arranged for a bus to pick people up at the other end. I arranged for my car to be brought to pick me up. So it was a long trip home. Have been staying at Yoyo’s quite a bit. There has been no Internet there the last two nights. School continues to be just as shitty as ever. I really don’t know how I will make it in this place till June next year.
My CV Is Being Blitzed Into Cyberspace As I Write This Blog
Published October 27, 2009 Uncategorized 1 CommentI have finally got off my arse and started sending my CV around to find another job. I am determined to find a well paying job in a school I like the look of. Indonesia is my first choice but as the week progresses I think – why? Oliver and I can probably go anywhere. My friend has written an eBook for people wishing to teach internationally and I am using it to find schools. Thanks Bruce. Follow the link here: http://techtalk.cyberbali.com/?p=26 to read about the author and buy the book. Angola has come up as a destination and yes I would even go that far away. The shit that happened at the weekend doesn’t seem to have gone any further other than one person who used to visit says he cannot see me for a while. Maybe he was behind it. I am really fucking angry when I think about. How dare anyone tell me WHO I have at my house and WHAT I do. Fuck you!
Work becomes more bizarre daily – most of the stuff comes from the new principal. For sure he will go under. You cannot be as incompetent as this person and continue to run a school. My personal life is in chaos too. I am still angry with Ade. I could actually lose my job or be run out of the country. Last weekend was spent dealing with Ade’s lies and being in Lombok. This weekend I have spent worrying about a message I got from the person who runs the place where I live. Apparently I was the topic of a conversation at the local mosque about the more than usual traffic at my house. Shit. She recommended I stay in townsite and curb the visitors. I stayed in townsite on Saturday night for the first time ever. I have been a very silly boy I think. That’s it. There will be no more people coming to Yoyo’s. This has to have come from someone who works here. Or someone who has been here and is pissed off. Shit. Shit Shit… I have spent the whole weekend worrying myself sick. Yesterday I tried to forget it as Jan, Andrew, Oliver and I went to Bungin Island to take photographs but I couldn’t stop the possible ramifications of this from swirling round in my head. I hate to lie. But I will to get out of this one if I need to. Yeah I have a few visitors. They come to learn English. Just like I do in Maluk on Tuesday evenings.
My partner went to Lombok with some Dutch guy last weekend. He didn’t tell me anything about it and pretended he was at home in Bali. He lied when I confronted him with what he was doing in Lombok. He chose the wrong hotel to stay at. I know the owner and his partner of the place they stayed and another good friend saw them there and told me. We have an open relationship which means casual sex. To spend a weekend with someone, fly together, eat meals together and all that shit isn’t casual sex. I was fucking furious about that and the fact that he kept on lying about things. I am also a bit disappointed in him too because he knew I knew the truth but he kept on telling lies. So I was single for a few days. I gave him a really hard time but couldn’t ignore him. I wish I could have actually. He is doing this for money he says. That I don’t like very much either. He is turning into a money boy? I give him money for things but I am reluctant now after all that happened last weekend. He also has a visa application in so he can visit Australia with us. It’s becoming protracted as he told me last night the embassy are asking for other documents. He is supposed to come to Sumbawa after the visa is done. But I don’t want him here at the moment. Is he telling the truth? Trust is a big issue. If you don’t trust someone should you stay with them?
Yahoo…it’s nearly the weekend. I love Friday afternoons because I know I have two days to relax. Will spend a lot of time preparing my CV and cover letters to apply for another job. I can’t stay here any longer. I have to move on. I love living at Yoyo’s but my school is a nightmare of unprofessionalism. As I have probably said before: I have stayed working here too long as it is. Time to pack up and go. I will apply for jobs everywhere. Indonesia is my first preference but any where in Asia will be fine.
Same shit at school (I so want to leave this place). Alcohol looms large in my life still, but last night I had an alcohol free evening. One of my favourite sex buddies has left for Bima so I won’t get to play with him anymore. Am going to write a gay guide to Indonesia. Let’s hope I get to stay long enough in this country to finish writing it. I certainly need to do a lot more research for it. Had a slight medical problem of a social kind which I contracted doing research – you could say. I probably shouldn’t advertise that across the Internet. Have decided to spend most time at Yoyo’s. I will sleep where I decide. I think I have ranted about this before. Our Christmas break looks like being only three and a half weeks. Fuck off. I think I feel a massive headache coming on around that time.
Times flies. It’s ages since my last post. The trip back to Sumbawa was long and gruelling. I broke it by spending a VERY indulgent night in Lombok at the Sheraton. We haven’t stayed there for ages and it was SO NICE and I don’t give a fuck how much it was. I love the beds….they are so comfortable and the sheets so soft….aaaaahhhhh. My friend Achand came to see Oliver and me and Wafer came too. I made it clear to Achand that Wafer couldn’t stay. I am afraid he is another example of a handsome man but hopeless in bed. Later this guy called Noaky, who I have been chatting to in Facebook for a while, came to meet me. He was nice. I suppose it’s too much information when I say we did it in the bathroom in front of the huge mirror there? Next morning had breakfast with Jan, who came to the hotel. Did some shopping at Mataram Mall and had a fairly smooth journey back to Sumbawa. Irwan, the new driver got a erratic with his driving in Taliwang, so I drove for a bit. We got home safely before dark and I spent the rest of the evening getting drunk and unpacking. I have been drinking so much lately it worries me… I really need to get back into the routine of not drinking during the week. I didn’t even do that for very long…. I swam tonight too, but only ten laps. The two day workshop has been OK and I have been very positive and nice to everyone… If only they knew – I felt like punching some of them in the face…
