Monday, March 26, 2012
That awkward moment when...
A Chinese-speaking taxi driver asks you , an English-speaking customer, a question and you respond with "Si." Language fail.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Learning Folders
About once a month we, as home room teachers, have to put all the kids' work into binders that they brought from home. After that, the students take the binders home to show off to their parents all the stuff they've been doing at school.
Part of our jobs is to design covers for all of the learning folders. We needed to have their name, the class name, the year, and a photo. Here's what I came up with- I have one for girls and one for boys.
I wanted something bright and relatively simple, as I had to make these at home off the clock. Lucky for me, Word had some decent border clip art to choose from. I think it turned out pretty good. Now I just need to print them out and tape them on tomorrow. That will be one more thing checked off my list.
Part of our jobs is to design covers for all of the learning folders. We needed to have their name, the class name, the year, and a photo. Here's what I came up with- I have one for girls and one for boys.
I wanted something bright and relatively simple, as I had to make these at home off the clock. Lucky for me, Word had some decent border clip art to choose from. I think it turned out pretty good. Now I just need to print them out and tape them on tomorrow. That will be one more thing checked off my list.
RT Mart Swag
I thought I'd share my bounty from my most recent trip to RT Mart.
I scored some candy for my classroom (the top right and bottom left photos). A flash drive to make printing out my lesson plans and worksheets way easier. Emailing them to myself just wasn't cutting it, as the internet at school can be pretty sketch.
A 4-pack of packing tape to laminate some posters for my classroom and the kids learning folders (I'll explain learning folders in a future post), a pack of batteries for my iPod speakers I brought to school so my kids can listen to music after nap time, and a spindle of blank cds, to be used to make kickin music discs for exercise period on Thursday. It's my turn to host this week, I'll let you know how it goes.
The Dove box is full of these chocolate sticks with a hazelnut filling similar to Nutella. They're delicious. Like really.
Finally, Craig and I each bought a pair of slippers to wear in the classroom and for quick jaunts outside when we take our kids to the bathroom. The school just put in wood floors and has made it a policy that no shoes should be worn inside. It killed me the first few days, my feet were SO sore. I still don't love it, but I'm adapting slowly.
Downside is that the slippers were a little too small, but only cost $40 NT, which is a little more than $1 USD. So we didn't feel too slighted
The grand total for my legally-gotten gains was $779 NT or around $26 USD. Cheapy McCheaperson! Things really are less expensive here. Love it!
A 4-pack of packing tape to laminate some posters for my classroom and the kids learning folders (I'll explain learning folders in a future post), a pack of batteries for my iPod speakers I brought to school so my kids can listen to music after nap time, and a spindle of blank cds, to be used to make kickin music discs for exercise period on Thursday. It's my turn to host this week, I'll let you know how it goes.
The Dove box is full of these chocolate sticks with a hazelnut filling similar to Nutella. They're delicious. Like really.
Finally, Craig and I each bought a pair of slippers to wear in the classroom and for quick jaunts outside when we take our kids to the bathroom. The school just put in wood floors and has made it a policy that no shoes should be worn inside. It killed me the first few days, my feet were SO sore. I still don't love it, but I'm adapting slowly.
Downside is that the slippers were a little too small, but only cost $40 NT, which is a little more than $1 USD. So we didn't feel too slighted
The grand total for my legally-gotten gains was $779 NT or around $26 USD. Cheapy McCheaperson! Things really are less expensive here. Love it!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
It Grows At Night...
The humidity here is causing crap to grow on my shoes!! I saw it a few days ago, and I was like "Seriously!? Really?" It was sad. I'm trying to figure out the best way to work out this moisture problem in my bedroom. Surely, the good people of Taiwan have thought of a way to rise above such injustices. Just one of the many joys of living abroad in another country!!
Friday, March 16, 2012
Scream Fest
Last night, Craig and I walked to this downtown area near the train station. It's pretty legit. There are lots of food stands and little shops. There's even a drugstore, Cosmed, where I found Nyquil-like capsules to help me feel better. It kind of reminded me of a Walgreen's without the candy and fun As-Seen-On-TV section.
Anywho, on the walk to the station, both of us listening to our iPods, I heard a loud noise. I turned around and I realized that it was barking. Wild dogs are rampant in Taiwan. We see about 10 every day. After turning around, this thing comes bolting around the side of a building. I screamed bloody murder. My eyes didn't even process that what I was screaming at was a Pug-like pup. It might have well as been a pitbull for the way I went on. It was small.
Craig, hearing my scream, ripped out his head phones and turned around, "What? What is it!?" He looked at me, then the dog, and just laughed. He laughed his head off. Seriously, he couldn't breathe.
I might have said a swear word and then become really embarrassed that I behaved like a ninny-pants about such a small dog.
But see, this is the thing, I had no idea it was a small dog. I thought it was going to be massive. And it was running straight at me. I really could only scream, right?
Needless to say, I continued on walking in shame to the market, while Craig would just start laughing again every few minutes. Oh, life. How you like to laugh at me.
Anywho, on the walk to the station, both of us listening to our iPods, I heard a loud noise. I turned around and I realized that it was barking. Wild dogs are rampant in Taiwan. We see about 10 every day. After turning around, this thing comes bolting around the side of a building. I screamed bloody murder. My eyes didn't even process that what I was screaming at was a Pug-like pup. It might have well as been a pitbull for the way I went on. It was small.
Craig, hearing my scream, ripped out his head phones and turned around, "What? What is it!?" He looked at me, then the dog, and just laughed. He laughed his head off. Seriously, he couldn't breathe.
I might have said a swear word and then become really embarrassed that I behaved like a ninny-pants about such a small dog.
But see, this is the thing, I had no idea it was a small dog. I thought it was going to be massive. And it was running straight at me. I really could only scream, right?
Needless to say, I continued on walking in shame to the market, while Craig would just start laughing again every few minutes. Oh, life. How you like to laugh at me.
Catch Up
The following posts are in no particular order. I don't remember the dates, but I thought the stories were fun! So here I go, catching up on my life in Taiwan!! Read up.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Shoes
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| At the laundromat. |
Think of all the places your shoes have gone. All the things they've experienced.
My shoes navigated the ice-slicked streets of Rexburg, Idaho. They have clomped down the old-town avenues of Clovis, California. They have traversed the rural backyard of Taiwan. They've seen so much.
Am I the only one that thinks like this? That actually sits and ponders these things? About where my shoes have been? Maybe I'm weird, but I think it's something cool to think about. Think about where all of your things have gone. It's pretty crazy.
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