Monday, October 12, 2009

Settling Down


Well the typhoon was a bust to say the least. It rained (softly) for about 2 days and there wasn't even any wind! I expect more for the next one, Taiwan!

I am sitting in a train station at the moment; waiting for Angela to come out from her interview. It is in the south part of town but the MRT (metro) only took about 10 minutes to get here. Holding thumbs for her.

We had a small flood in our new apartment today. Apparently the water purifier sprung a leak when both of us were out. It made for slippery tiles and Angela almost wiped out on her back-side when she walked in. No damage though - to Angela or the apartment.

I am only working a few hours a day as I am still waiting for my ARC to be processed. My contract officially begins November 2. Tuesday night I am teaching a full hour class. It is on the numbers (not ordinal) one - five, in front, behind, and a few grammar points relating to those. I.e. There is one tiger in front of the car. Should be interesting. Most of my lessons so far have been 20 - 30 minutes so we'll see how this ones goes. The school I work for, Joy English, stresses that children under 10 should be taught through games. Hence, I spend half my time trying to remember (invent) games from my past: telephone game, throw the sticky ball at a question, playing cards etc. Although the material isn't complicated the hardest part is incorporating learning into the games. I will post some of the games in a future post.

Well my battery is about to die and I need to send off a few emails.

Ciao!

Friday, October 2, 2009

Landed a Job & Also A Typhoon

I went for an interview yesterday, Friday, and got the job. I had to do a demo that didnt go so well. I had to teach them new vocab; mosquito, bug, cockroach, insect, etc. Unfortunately, they knew all the words and could spell them backwards. So my lesson plan went out the window and I ended up improvising with three teachers watching. There was also very loud childrens music being pumped from the ceiling so I ended up having to shout over it.
Anyways, I got the job. Now the process for the ARC (Alien Resident Card) begins. I am going for a medical Monday.

A typhoon is scheduled to hit us on Monday. We are tracking its progress. To be honest, I am kinda of excited to experience one. There are a few brave souls who organize Typhoons Parties. Basically they just stand around and hang out until they cant take it anymore. I think i will give that a miss for my first one. Hopefully its not as powerful as the one that hit last month.

Its Moon festival today and the fireworks began last night. Its like Thanksgiving in that most people go home tonight for a big supper and to be with family. There are a ton of BBQs tonight that we will most likely check out.

Going to check out a few apts now. Cheers!

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