Hello all! Well I decided I need to keep updating this blog....because I have not been! This past weekend was good. One of the guys I work with is in a band so went and watched them play Sat night! They were actually pretty good, and I really enjoyed it because they played all 80's music...I'm pretty sure me and Kim were the only ones who seemed to enjoy it to the full extent. Sunday morning I woke up around 10:00 and met up with a couple people and we went to a restaurant to eat brunch. We go this place every Sunday, and I look forward to it every weekend!! They have the best omelettes, and they also have a small bakery in the back, that makes real chocolate!! It is seriously probably the best chocolate I have ever had, no joke. I'm definatly going to bring some home for Christmas...make sure I'm not just sorely deprived of chocolate!
Teaching is getting better. Today one of my older classes (8-9 yr olds) had their first 'performance day'. This is when all the parents come in, and watch the kids put on a little skit and show off the English they have learned. It's so cute, although a little strange, considering more than half of the parents don't know any English. I have to stand up there and talk about the kids and introduce them...etc. Then the Chinese teacher has to repeat everything I say in Chinese, it's just a little awkward at times. I have this one student and I call him the Drill Sargeant because he is always telling people what to do, and to stop talking...so today when I gave him his award I said "Augh, yes our drill sargeant...Andy" After class, the parents came up concerned....wondering what it was I had called him. Ok no more nicknames for the kids. I have one Chinese Teacher who has been giving me a little trouble lately...interrupting me while I'm teaching...correcting me in front of the class. It is just irritating..I know I make mistakes, but I just don't think it's right for her to talk to me in front of the class. It's just really frustrating...it makes me feel so uneasy in the class, and I just think less about what I'm teaching and more about what she's thinking.
So how is everything?! I've seen pictures from homecoming...sad. And have been updated on things at home. But if anyone has anymore news to talk about...email me or call me on Skype!! Love you all...and miss you lots!!
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i am on a one way road to tiffin this sunday! I hear there is a football game at Eden Park.
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