Noise, noise, and more noise

I was awakened this morning around 6:30 AM by constant blasts of sounds from a loud speaker. I live close to a middle school about 5 min away from it. I have found that they still ask students to gather in the open field in early mornings in Taiwan and listen to what the school administration has to say. That would be fine with me, except that their sounds are really loud and become a constant noise to me. The noise does not always stop there. I went to my office early this morning since I could not get back to sleep any more. I was just about to get settled, ie, ready to work. There it goes again. The sound of construction. Unbelievable! Since I came to my host institution this September, there were not many days that were quiet. There has been construction going on, and on, and on….

What is funny is that the construction workers use loud speakers to communicate with each other. Oftentimes, I can hear they joke about something. It is ridiculous. Mind you, we are in a building where students attend their classes, and it is not just my building that is affected but also the nearby buildings too where classes are going on. I can’t believe the university would let the construction go on during the semesters. A student told me that he can’t hear very clearly what the professor says when the workers are working. Even so, this thing goes on and on and on….I guess people in Taiwan have a high level of tolerance. I have an urge to complain, but since I am just a visiting professor here and I already have complained about something else to the president of the university that I think I would learn to adopt the attitude of tolerance for a change, and hopefully the construction work will end soon. How soon? ASAP!! Speaking of complaining to higher-ups, it is very effective. After I complained, the things I complained about were dealt with promptly. Why can’t things be handled this way before people complain?