A Dark Day
This afternoon at about 1230pm the sky got really dark like it was nightime and started raining. By 130pm flooding started outside my school and I guess in most of Jakarta. My class was all excited but I was doing compre with them and insisted they finish it first. Then i sent them to the window to describe the sight outside. I went upstairs to the staff room to get something and was horrified. The windows were leaking and the floor was filling up with water. Managed to move out my cupboards out of the way and the cleaners mopped out of the water later. I went back to class and had to keep them in class so they don't get too excited. So i switched off the lights and started telling them stories about school in Singapore. They loved it and kept asking for more - really made me feel good until I realised they prob liked that better than being asked to do work. Well later on found out that on the seventh floor the windows were cracked due to the heavy wind.
Getting home was another challenge. My driver got to school at 530 ( supposed to be at 330) coz of the massive jams caused by the flooding and finally got home at 730. Some colleagues who left at 4 still havent reached home. My kids are calling up asking if there will be a holiday tomoro. Tsk Tsk - on the flip side i want a holiday as well. Hehehe.