So apparently the water company that fills up James and Carly's tanks didn't do such a hot job because we ran out this morning (Jabal Webdeh gets water every Thursday). Luckily their landlord, a super nice guy, was gracious enough to give us some of his water. So when I got back from a workshop today I found James on the roof doing this:
Precious, precious water...
So we can flush... for now. Seriously, after a year here I don't think I will be wasting ANY water.
I "started" work yesterday, in that I showed up and met the principal. Apparently we don't technically start until the 20th (students show up Sept. 4). I still don't know what grade I'm going to teach; but the principal knew who I was so I took that as a good sign. I'm 75% sure that I'll be doing primary school so I went to a PYP (Primary Years Program) workshop today at the girl's school. We did some team building stuff that was a little corny but I got some useful information. I got to meet some of the teachers so that definitely made it worth it. The girl's school is apparently the good school and it is kind of in charge of the boy's school. I ended up walking back to the apartment by myself and got a lot of good pictures so rather than go into all the details of my job (not that I really know much), here are some pictures:
I love all the alleyways and staircases here. Really has an old world feel.
A mural of Jerash (city in northern Jordan)
Man, this city feels big.
The British Council was turned into a fortress after someone tried to blow up the one in Turkey.
It still looks nice though.
The Roman Ruins I didn't get a picture of before.
Me: "So what kind of movies do they show? Arabic movies?"
James: "Well the last one I saw advertised was 'Kung-fu Panda 2.'"
Mosques are neat:
I went by this one right before the afternoon prayer.
The muezzin was doing his sound check, "Allah u Akbar! Allah u Akbar!"
Churches are neat too.
Amman was originally built on 7 hills (Jabal=hill). To get between Jabal Webdeh and Jabal Amman you take a short cut on Al-Mu'tasem St.
"Ok, no problem."
Al-Mu'tasem St:
Not too bad on the way home, but on the way to work.... oof.
Big construction project (probably Saudis).
This is a HOUSE. I want to live here
And a stray cat:
This one was actually friendly.
James and Carly had two friends and their baby over for lunch and we had Australian meat pies. James said they weren't really authentic but I wouldn't know. Either way they were delicious. For an adventure I think I'll wander downtown to the bootleg DVD store tonight and get "Bored to Death" season 2. Iftar is in half an hour so I'll wait till after so I know they'll be open.
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