Today is a nice day actually. You can say it is the weather called autumn-tiger. Although it was quite cold in the morning, it changed to a summer noon later. Yesterday, one ‘military instructor (教官)’ contacted with the minister of general affair (總務主任) of Dili to doubt and blame on them about the election of the management staff (管理幹部). He thought my supervisor who tried to forbid me to join the election. The situation is that it’s too hurry to join the competition. Besides that, there is only one place for this election, and there are around 5 competitors. Since I have really SHORT experience being a Tidaii(替代役) which means I will get lower scores comparing to others. As a result, I decided that I will not join it this time. I have informed my senior classmate who is a management staff. But this military instructor still called to Dili. After this long and intensive phone call, I saw the minister of general affair running into principle’s office to discuss with the principle. They came to me and explained to me that they never tried to forbid me joining any election and tried to suggest me to prepare my autobiography in order to join the pre-election. I did it after all. The principle is soooo nice. He even sent my files to the military instructor in person.
Wow~ It’s quite long story. I will try to make it short. Anyway, as I thought everything was done, I got the phone call from the same military instructor who called to our school in the morning at 6 pm. He blamed at me with a really aggressive attitude. I tried to fight back, but it seemed to become more and more serious. I had no choice but accepted the mistake he concluded on me. I worried that he will contact my senior classmate to tell them how bad I am. (He thought I am playing them since I didn’t inform them whether I joined the election or not. In fact, I did it already!!!) My senior classmate was so mad and decided to contact with the supervisor of this military instructor. Yes, I am black now. (In Taiwanese military system, we call that if someone has a bad reputation meaning that he is “black”!)
When I waked up today, I thought everything will be alright. The other military instructor also came into Dili to visit me. He want to explain to my principle that they didn’t force them to let me join the election. Tidaii should be cooperate with school. The behavior of the former military instructor was totally inappropriate! Oh~ What about the earthquake? I didn’t mention it at all. After a long day, I decided to jog to another village. It is on the other side of river, and it is all the way up. Well~ I still want to do it! It’s a nice jogging actually. I met a group people, and one of them asked me whether I am a Tidaii. And I found out he was a Tidaii before. He tried to make some jokes about that! I love aboriginal people! Ha! Just in the way back to Dili. I heard a huge sound from the mountains. And the smoke are full of the sky in that part of mountains. In that moment, it was around 5:45pm, and the sky is quite dark. I was meticulous to notice anything strange (like snakes etc.). I stopped my way and support on the fence of the road.
Damn it! It was earthquake, and it’s quite huge one! I saw some locals walking to the streets. I was wondering whether the bridge is still ok or not, and whether I can cross the river since most of the smoke is in the mountains back of Dili. I knew Dili where was a safe place. The mountains behind of Dili are not steep, and the mountains are all rocks but dirt?! When I came back to Dili, most of the kids are on the street. They said to me: “Teacher Liu, earthquake!!” Some of them even said “It’s
Ha! Think positively! The sunset of the Juoshuei river (濁水溪) is so beautiful. I will try to take some photos to show you guys!
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