- At our holiday Christmas party, one of the (really cool and about 50) English teachers came to take a picture of us and instead of asking us to say, "Cheese," he goes, "Everyone say, 'Where's the party?'" which was...unexpected. But awesome.
- I was spacing out on the stairs coming home from my last day of work (for 2.5 weeks!) today and all of a sudden, I get a swift punch in my arm. And I'm sure it must be one of the other JETs- cos who else would do that? And it turns out to be one of my fave students- this kid is always smiling! I don't think I know what he looks like without a giant grin on his face! He's the same kid that when I dropped all my stuff at the end of class (I have this basket that I fill with all my class materials), he comes up to me and goes "Pam, I am sorry for you!" Fantastic!
- At the Christmas party, some of the girls were trying to explain the meaning of "betsu gara"- it's really hard to explain idioms! Apparently, it means something like "second stomach"- when you continue to eat, even though you're full, especially with dessert. (It kinda makes sense since "betsu-betsu" is what you say at a restaurant when you want to pay separately, not together. So it's like a "separate stomach."
- In my Advanced Reading class, we're reading part of Fast Food Nation, and the teacher asked me what "taking drugs" meant exactly. He then begins to act out injecting, pill popping and smoking. Trying hard not to laugh, I explain that "taking" is vague and can mean pretty much any of uh...those things!
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Just a few hours away from the boba...
So I leave for Taiwan tomorrow and I won't be able to write for a couple weeks. I wanted to make sure to leave on a high note so, here's a short (but happy) post filled with random things that happened at school:
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Yattemota! (Oh no!) That was not short at all!
Hey Pam! Hope you had a great New Years!!!
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