I go into the building that has the active internet connection when I get back from lunch. I open up my laptop and wait as my counterpart is using the only internet connection to do some research. She takes about an hour so I sit on my computer and play FreeCell (I’m pretty good).
When she finishes, she unplugs the cord and hands it to me so that I can check my email. I read an email from our Country Director that tells us that we cannot travel to Bangkok…people are planning political rallies and they expect some violence. I send a few emails…I “misplaced” my glasses in Chaing Mai and have to see if I can get new ones.
I am working on a few more emails when two teenage boys walk in and ask to use the internet. I unplug the connection from my computer and plug it into the office computer. It looks like they are doing research for a school assignment. I go back to FreeCell.
After about an hour, I start to get frustrated. They are no longer doing any work but are now looking at porn. They keep looking back at me to see if I am watching them…I don’t know how to tell them that I don’t have to watch…it is obvious what they are doing (but I can see the screen).
After another hour, I finally ask them how long they are going to be. They tell me a couple of minutes. I think I scared them. They leave 10 minutes later.
It’s been a long day…
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