Date: November 7, 2014
Mood: Content
Weather: Fall temps and overcast
Listening to: Budapest by George Ezra
Reading: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
Decided I need to pick back up journaling. I haven't been very diligent about it since we moved here back in February, which is kinda weird considering how much I enjoy writing. Anyhow, I'm gonna see if I do it on the computer, instead of by hand, if I'm any more likely to stick with it. Some days are pretty dull and hardly worthy of noting, but then others are really great and have multiple memorable experiences or parts worth keeping track of. And ideally I'd like to start a canteen lunch photo blog. Exciting, right? LoL The food is almost always good, or partly anyhow. I think it would be fun to showcase what it looks like on a day to day basis for my friends and family back home in the States. Maybe it won't be fun for anyone else either, but can't know if I don't give it a whirl. Guess I need to start remembering my camera, or at least my android phone, when I head to lunch each day.
Woke up today needing to prep my test for next week's classes. Already had the tests themselves figured out, but needed to tweak a few things online before hitting up the print center for some copies. The girls were still sound asleep so even though they were supposed to be getting up to start school, I went ahead and let them sleep in. Once they got up I ran to the copy room and displayed how terrible my Chinese skills are. I had two sheets that I needed five copies of (ten pages total- five and five), and after my fabulous communication skills had been demonstrated I came home with 55 copies of each. So.... Yeah, my Mandarin leaves something to be desired.
Lunch was quite good today. On the menu was cooked cabbage, greens with egg (I think the greens are green onion tops, but I'm not 100% certain on this.), random meat with taro, cooked cucumbers with beef, rice, and cucumber dishwater soup. Mmm I don't think I've ever eaten cabbage that tastes as delicious as this cabbage they serve. No idea how they prepare it, but it is really good.
Monkeygirl #1 just this week joined the photography club at her [online/home] school, so naturally she's been eagerly snapping pictures anytime she can. The first photography task that she had was to take a selfie and post it along with an introduction soeveryone could get to know one another. Now the first post-intro assignment that she is working on is to snap an outdoor, natureshot. She was having a lot of fun running around the rooftop garden and the larger ground level garden today after lunch looking for that perfect, photo worthy image to capture. She showed me a few of the ones she took, but she hasn't pulled them up on her laptop yet to review them in a size bigger than than the 2 inch display on her camera. I'm excited to see what she came up with and which she chooses to submit for the assignment.
Went to my year one IELTS [English] class this afternoon and worked on reviewing with them for their upcoming test. I was trying to help them become more comfortable with the information and the process of presenting their information. (Mine is an oral English class; therefore, the full three part test is also completely oral- including the 2 minute on topic speech each has to give.) Somehow, unfortunately, I think that instead, however, I had the opposite affect. I think instead of better understanding therequirements and becoming more confident in their skills I probably just freaked them out more than they already were. Eiyah! Way to go, teach. =/
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