- meeting the children that we get to teach for the next six months
- smartest kids i have ever met.
- instant love for the teachers because they loved the ones before us
- and our classrooms are darling--everything is mini, including the teacher chair.
- dialogue every time we start class
- me: Good Morning Class!
- them: Good Morning Teacher Stacey. We Love You!
- (and they do it when we dismiss them too.)
- how could you NOT feel good about yourself when you hear that 16 times a day?
- having a 2 hour break while the kids take naps on cots
- bike riding at night in the pouring rain
- almost getting run over by a scooter
- then almost getting run over by other moving objects when crossing the street
- amy wearing a pink, green, and blue ankle length poncho with a plastic visor installed.
- pointing at pictures to get our dinner
- admiring squid on a stick at the night market
- and chicken feet
- and chicken butt
- and pig innards
- and duck head
- and chicken gizzard
- hanging out with a legit Taiwanese aborigine
- he comments on our weight, our skin, and my beauty mark
- and asks us to come back for dinner tomorrow at eight.
- yea, we got asked on a date by a 40 year old.
- meeting Ronald ((who makes my heart go thump thump. according to aborigine man.))
- he makes us delicious fruit smoothies
- and gets jealous of our aborigine friend
- and asks us if "poncho" is always a funny word
- walking in to 7-11 at 830pm and being greeted by a "GOOD MORNING!"
- trying to kill a cockroach...but not succeeding
- that little shiester somehow escaped the wrath of amy
- even after we moved my lego carpet and armoire.
- realizing that we have to three lesson plans to prepare and it is 1100pm
- crap.
Monday, January 5, 2009
You will have many fun here.
Highlights of my new life in Hualien, Taiwan. And this is only the start of it all!
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"realizing that we have to three lesson plans to prepare and it is 1100pm"... english teacher, huh? i know, i know. it's tough. we can do this.
ReplyDeleteSO AWESOME! I liked how the 40 year old asks you out after insulting you. lol
ReplyDeleteAs your Mother, I am not sure I like hearing about you "almost getting run over by a scooter" or "almost getting run over by moving objects." Who taught you how to ride a bike?!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Stacey, it is fun to read your blog (I hope you won't mind if I follow along for the next 6 months...I still miss the kids :(. The funniest part of this post was you saying that whenever you go into the 7-11 you think that they are saying "Good Morning," that is exactly what Natalie and I thought for like half of our time we were there, but then I finally asked Teacher Stephanie what they are saying and it is actually "Hua-ing Guanling (I probably did not spell that right), it means Welcome and sometimes you might here also che-che (thank you) guangling, which basically means thank you for being here. Hope you are having tons of fun!
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