Work is for suckers

I quit my job at Hafr al-Sucken. I gave my two weeks notice two weeks ago, but was shamed into finishing the term. This means, minus the week I'll be taking off for Christmas family hijinks, three and a half more weeks of poorly compensated heck. I've already had a couple meeting with potential clients for private tutoring, which may cover my expenses or may not. But in any case I won't be at Kis my-Baten any more.

Our bus driver had a heart attack today while driving us to school. I was asleep, but apparently he pulled the bus to a stop and hunched over onto the wheel.

Some wires got crossed today in the cord to the tape player I was using in class. The thing exploded with a bang and a puff of smoke, and the kids thought it was high-larious.

Smarter than you

For those who haven't seen this yet, here are some of my meditations on the work of the master detective, Columbo.

http://hexonxonx.net/columbo/

Got sahlab?

There's a thick milk drink called sahlab which is super tasty. It is the exact consistency of the mucus I produce every time I cough. I have made at least two other people sick by this point, but I comfort myself in the incorrect belief that since I gave them the cold at the end of my illness it's like giving them a vaccine.

Yesterday was the last day of Ramadan, meaning today is Eid al-Fitr, a big old party with tons of food. I like eating food. Now that Ramadan's over, I should be able to buy beer again and get food during the day from restaurants, rather than eating ramen and chocolate (the only foods I have in my house).

Until recently, the staff lounge at the school where I work was actually just the lab room. Every time an inspector or whatever would come to the school, all the teachers would hastily gather up arms full of books and papers and pile them outside the lab, which is an even stranger place to have them piled, but at least the inspector might have the impression that the lab was for student use. Someone spilled the beans, though, so now the new staff lounge is this little shack thing on the roof of the building. The disorganization at this school is almost superhuman. It's all for the best, though, because this means I get to go up to the roof a lot, where I have an awesome view of the pyramids.