some news

Xin Chao y'all, it's Tuesday and I'm parked at my desk at work, killing time 'til my class of 13 year olds relieves me of my personal freedoms. Here's the skinny on the last few days.

As far as justice in the case of the attempted break in last week, it's either very slow moving, or non-existent. I thought, after my bike had been found following the first robbery, that there was in fact functioning a law enforcement agency prevalent in this country, but that notion is deteriorating with every passing day, as nothing seems to be happening in the way of an investigation. Despite the open and shut nature of the case as we the victims see it, very little is being accomplished. Luckily for me progress is slowly being made in the effort to redeem the money I shelled out for my stolen bike a couple weeks back. The manager at the restaurant who provided the bike for me has organized another meeting witht the owner of the bike tomorrow, at which point I hope to receive the cash. So we're still waiting on the authorities for now, and when more develops we'll be sure to let you know.

On a more cheerful note, our sunday night party was fabulous, something straight out of hollywood it seemed. There was a large house, with a large amount of people, a large cooler of beer and other drinks, a not so large pool, containing a large enough amount of people, and a very large amount of food. All of this added up to an exceedingly large amount of fun. Everything went off without a hitch as well. Nothing was broken, stolen or otherwise, asides from one small potted plant, which fell victim to the crushing blow of an Australian foot, being set with great force upon the plant's top side. All told I'd say that about 40 people were there over the course of the night and I doubt that one of them had a lousy time.
This post was left unfinished by Adam, so I will try to add to it a little.
The clean up was a little intense. It's amazing how much water and dirt and alcohol can be trucked around a house by a group of drunken fools.
The party started out slowly. It looked like we had overstocked both the beer and the food. Eventually there was a strong group of people eating and being merry on the pool deck. Enjoying the sight of it, but no one enjoying the feel of it. I decided to go for a swim and splash a few people. That got the excitement up. Then a couple people joined me and we had a jolly time. I hopped out and did the social thing, and next thing I know there are 10-15 people in the pool. I think that was the same time that I realize that not only had we bought a lot of beer, but most everyone had brought their own supply of alcohol. Things began to spiral from there. It was a wonderful feeling to be such a young man, throwing a party were a group of my elders (many are not too much my elders, but none the less they are older than I) are having a blast. There were many people who have seen and done much more than me, enjoying the house that Adam and I have so luckily been able to rent.
It was good. That's that.
The stories of the night will unfold in time. We paid our 'party' dues as hosts, and now we get to relax and be hosted for a good length of time.
Au revoir
Tam biet
Hasta luego
Goodbye