ahhh... I cant wait for summer break and a party in practically every class! woot woot.
and I am going to Bali for 3 weeks with the Comries and we are going to one of the best snorkeling places that they have ever been to and they have lived here almost 15 years. the grad ceremony for our grade 12s was today and while that was happening I was upstairs reading lord of the rings about to be interrupted by a worker/cleaner upper who wanted to talk with a bule (pronounced boolay) we had a really interesting chat bout his dead mother father and grandmother in a language that i do not totally understand. in fact I rarely understand any thing people are saying and if there isn't a translator I am completely lost. i have to admit my BI is getting a bit better but not enough for a 'civilized' conversation. i have a feeling that i sounded like a cave man. eg: indo guy: this is my dead father mother and grandmother
me: they been dead 3 years ya?
indo guy: no all three of them have been dead for 10 years.
me: ooohhh... so they been dead 10 years
indo guy: yes
i had no idea what i was even saying... really embarrassing. ANYway the grad ceremony sounded really cool. all the girls were in traditional batik and they had this lacy thing over it and the guys had batik shirts with black pants.
back to the conversation between the indo guy and me... i really didnt want to be talking to him... for me reading takes priority over learning some lost language that a 200 or so million people speak. learning what graduation means in indonesian is not my idea of fun. and my sntence structure was probably way worse that that ... instead of saying'they been dead 10 years' I probably blurted 'ten years????' with a nervous laugh/smile that makes me look like i want to run away.
got to go wash dishes... BORING!!!
see ya
matt
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