"Work"

btw, I had an Avocado/Chocolate shake and it was heavenly! I think avocados should always be used as sweet fruits rather than in salad.

OK about the supposed saving the world that I set out to do here: So far I have saved one printer and cleaned one set of windows. The idea that I could come here and just build boats for helpless Acehnese is flawed for several reasons:

• Boulay (frriners) don't build the boats. They show up to Aceh and intercept all the cash and take 70% of it administrating everything. They explain it as transfering the skills to the Acehnese, which is legit, I guess, but lame for me.
• They builders don't speak english or indonesian. They use the local dialect called Acehnese. Two languages in a month?
• It is a huge liability if I mess up, which will probably happen.
  
• The boat building site is 45 minutes away in a Labi-Labi, or a small and random-routed minibus. Outside Aceh is still dangerous because of a 10 year civil war that has only been civil since the Tsunami.

Because of these reasons, I was asked to paint a bathroom yesterday. I almost did it (cleaned the windows), but then I turned around and said that my time could be better spent elsewhere so I went home and played basketball with Jesse and the locals. Let me tell you, I'm still really bad at basketball, but I think this is my chance to break into the scene. I can play center here and the skills of my peers aren't as high as they would be in the states, so I can finally play without being laughed off the court.

I still have some work prospects. If I can show that I am useful out at the boatworks, I can show up 3 or 4 days a week no problem. There's also the prospect of working with another guy who is doing bathymetric surveys of the area. That might be fun.

Thats it.