Wall Contract

I slept 12 hours straight without any distractions. Travelling can, it seems, be very tiring. I began my day by taking a closer look at the heap of reports and documents that had piled up during my leave. A lot has really happened here during my absence. For instance, they let G4 back into the wild! Well, I suppose that it was for the best.

The neighbour began to tear down the wall between our compound and his house yesterday, because it was imminent that the wall would fall over on his side. We had of course discussed about repairing the wall earlier with both the landlord and the neighbour. In those discussions we had agreed that we would pay 50% of the costs of building a new wall, and the neighbour would split the remaining sum with the landlord (who actually is supposed to pay our share, as well - we are only the tenants). Only now, as the wall was really coming down, did the landlord show up to sign a contract about building a new wall. He was still reluctant to act and failed the see the golden opportunity that we were offering: He would get a new wall for his house for half the price. Finally he agreed to the excellent terms and construction can now begin. We will have to post a guard inside the compound as well for some time into the future.

The G2 officer who is visiting us, J, gave a briefing about what is going on in and around the province. I continued reading work-related papers well into the night, when the rest were playing poker.