As my blog is brand-new I thought I'd post a few little anecdotes about the random things that go around here, and really make the days interesting. Where to begin... Many fashion conscious young ladies these days have taken to carrying small dogs around in hand bags; I saw someone take it one further on the subway. Going to work one morning the woman beside me had, not a dog, but a rabbit in her purse! I've never seen it before, I'll probably never see it again, but I'll always remember the day I took the subway to work with a rabbit.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays at work I teach various levels of CNN classes (basically watching a short video, listen to a tape, and do some worksheets associated with the material), the first lesson I taught was about unusual foods. At the end of the lesson I asked my kids what their favourite foods were and one student drew what we later figured out was a blowfish (fugu); enter Homer Simpson (only Simpsons afficianados may 'get' the rest of this)! He was trying to tell me about it, I cut him off and pointed at the drawing and said "Poison, poison, poison, tasty fish!" He chuckled a bit and agreed with me. Even if he didn't know, he was just cross-culturally educated by The Simpsons!
On a more serious note, the last CNN class I taught that night was about a handicapped volleyball team in Cambodia. The video itself was a bit sappy, but I got to teach the kids (who are one of the most advanced classes at my school) more than just English for once; we had a lengthy discussion about Cambodia and landmines. I left feeling like I'd actually taught them something more worthwhile than a few English words.
I'm off the Jeju Island for three days this weekend (monday off) with my friends Mike from Peterborough and Erin from Saskatchewan, and will probably post something about the trip on next Tuesday or Wednesday my time.
P.S. One of my students brought me incredibly good chicken wings tonight, and I later found out her parents own the restaurant; she WILL get a good grade... if the wings keep coming!
4 comments:
Ben Fraser the hellraiser,
Sounds like good times. Good to hear you've made friends from Saskatchewan, nothing but good people out here. Playoff update: the ducks are playing awesome hockey even without cody banks.
A rabbit's foot is considered to be lucky here in the UK - but A WHOLE RABBIT? She must be one lucky woman! Great to see a blog so well-written by the way.
I don't have a dog, cat or rabbit, so I guess I'm stuck with carrying around my mock-worthy bag filled with all manner of useful things, including, recently, an umbrella.
Regarding the chicken wings, hmm, serious corruption.
Regarding land mines, I met a guy who is heavily involved in landmines monitoring. Cambodia is still one of the most heavily mined countries in the world along with Afghanistan and two or three African countries. However, I understand that the land mines treaty has virtually stopped trade and production of landmines except in a few countries who make them for their own internal use. Even the US stockspiles are big enough that no one is making new ones.
CAM.
Yeah! People from Saskie are cool!!!
Erin
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