When you can't rely on your coffee shipment.......
The other day, I was expecting my shipment of fresh coffee to arrive but as the title suggest, it was late. When I tried to have a productive day without a drop of caffeine, I knew it would be an unmotivating day.
The thing is, I need not only a place where I can have coffee but also sit down while teaching my students from afternoon to almost 9 PM. There is certainly a cons teaching from a cafe but I found a reliable place called Arah Coffee, a well-established franchise with no frills. Their cafe feels like a giant box of freezer for to keep things fresh for a long time and I was apparently one of the things. I kid you not, there are more than 7 AC in such a small room, all blasted the entire day 24/7. I am not really sure what their deal is but it's a walk-in freezer that will serve you coffee.
Anyway, when I was there, I tried to make the best of it for cheap. I conducted 4 of my classes there without any internet problem. The internet in that cafe is the fastest in town hovering around 300mbps. All I need was to pay 2.5 for the big size Americano and lounge for hours (no shame). I mean, I am a regular and bring my friends there so in my broque days, that should be justified that I only spend that much 😂
I ended up going back home at around 9 PM after my last class. Typically working from this cafe made me extremely tired once I go back home. However, I felt insanely productive because I finished many tasks in that walk-in freezer. Sometimes I wonder if I am not meant to live in tropics due to my love of cold weather 🤣 and anything insanely cold.
For my other class, I also asked them a question. " Have you ever thought about adjusting the work situation based on our tropical climate? Say a nap for 1-2 during the day when the heat is at its highest?"
That was quite intriguing question for them because they never think about how environment should actually shape our decision. Where I live, we based a lot of our design, system thinking to western standard in which some things aren't particularly helpful. At the end of the day, my classes aren't only teaching language but also to teach them critical thinking skills and question the norms.
And I am still patiently waiting for my coffee shipment :')
 | 𝘊𝘦𝘮𝘺 (𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘤) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. |
Years ago, i used to stop for breakfast at a small chain restaurant on my way to the office. I would pull out my laptop and do small tasks over coffee while waiting for food to come. Sometimes would work while eating. The coffee was nothing to brag about. Probably bad really, but it would wake me up. :)
@coinjoe I miss the time where cafe serves proper breakfast. These days, they don't do it anymore over here and I miss it. Now that my coffee shipment is here, I am happy 😂
I really enjoyed reading your story! 😂 Arah Coffee sounds like the perfect place to stay productive, especially with its super-fast internet and freezing atmosphere! It's amazing how you managed to finish four classes and accomplish so many tasks despite the delayed coffee shipment. Keep grinding😍
Wow, so glad to know that the cafe has the fastest internet connection in town! That's a big help to your online teaching mission.