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Lord Oh Lord
Thursday, April 21, 2005-10:41 AM
Traveling isn't worthwhile unless you run into a couple problems every now and then. Half the reason I want to see Tibet is because geography and politics make it so difficult.
The trip to Tibet is going to be expensive. Maybe if we had more time or traveling savvy we could save some money. But at this point, I'm hellbent on visiting Lhasa, and I'll do whatever I need to to make it.
An unfortunate combination of events put Natasha and I in dire financial straits. The trip got more expensive, we couldn't access some of our own money, and money we thought we had it turns out we didn't. Tensions rose between Natasha and I as we tried to figure out how we could both finance the trip and eat.
We've since instituted several cost cutting measures. Dried sweet potatoes are bought in the 350 gram package instead of the 150 gram package. Toothpaste is used until the tube is completely exhausted. And Jell-O has become a staple of our diet.
Last Tuesday a teacher at the College of Water Resources told me I should call a guy named Mr. Zhou to see when I would get paid. The school hasn't communicated with me much. Natasha told me I should just call Adam to resolve the problem, but I despise so Adam so much I wanted to try Mr. Zhou first.
Finally, I got a hold of him. In a roundabout fashion he told me I'd get paid next Friday. Then he asked me if I could teach a few more hours Friday morning. I said I couldn't.
After I hung up the phone, I figured out who Mr. Zhou is. It's Adam. The guy who's been orchestrating this whole affair from the beginning and has managed to rub me the wrong way about it at every turn.
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