I am in a taxi, Blue Bird, driving to school to set up my classroom. It is 11am on a Sunday and traffic is running smoothly. Scooters and motorcycles are flying by, cars and cyclists are weaving through traffic and I am listening to Indonesian language podcasts in my left ear. My right ear is broken. A man asks, “how would you say “be careful?”. “Hati hati” a woman’s voice replies. My cab driver is wearing a blue short sleeve shirt with the words ‘Blue Bird’ and the cab’s symbol written diagonally across its entirety. Blue Bird is the only taxi company we will take. It is the safest and we have found that quite a few of the cab drivers speak English. His hands are at an almost perfect 2 and 10 as he shifts
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