Tuesday, 28 February 2006 at 4:39pm. I made it back to Jakarta and even got to the office today. Yesterday was quite tiring. My plane was supposed to leave at 1pm, but we didn’t take off until a little after 4pm. When I finally arrived in Jakarta a few hours later, I had to deal with a not-so-nice taxi driver who kept trying to con me. I got to the point where I had to raise my voice and order him to stop the car immediately. He then let up and agreed to use the meter as long as I paid a “small tax,” which was really a “tip.” The trouble started because I was so tired that I had accidentally flagged down a blue taxi that was not in fact a Blue Bird taxi. I’ll avoid that mistake next time if I can. So I arrived safe enough home, but not necessarily sound of mind. It was very late by the time I got home, but I had to stay up to do laundry. The kos is full right now, so one has to use the laundry machine whenever it’s available and then find space to hang up the clothes afterwards.
I had internet and printing problems all day today unfortunately. I was trying really hard to be productive, but it just didn’t work out. I guess I will just have to try again tomorrow. On a positive note, I ran into Julie (Colorado) and Tom (Yale) today in the office. Julie is here for about three months and Tom is here for a few weeks.
