Hmm.. how do I start? Ya.. right.. I had this really nice butter cream flavour cake with a nice crust as breakfast. Sorry, I was too sleepy to take the photo of this nice cake. Haha.. It was really special as the butter is so nice and creamy and the cake is so moist and soft. Btw, the weather was slightly chilly and breezy today. Symptom of typhoon.
Ya. so, host-mama sent us (me and her 2 sons) off to school by 7.30am. Hmm... surprisingly, I can hear "Hello teacher vivian" "Hi teacher vivian" as I walked from the front gate to the office. I havent seen the students yet, have I?? Haha.. however, it was really glad that I'm welcomed warmly by them. Good start, at least. My first stop was the principal's office. I cant describe how glad he were when he found out that I understand and speak mandarin. We had a short talk, something like a brief introduction and grt-to-know-each-other session, together with my host mama v(she's a volunteer in Geng Liao Elementary School) and the president of Teacher Parents Association.
THIS!!! I like this!! Why dont we have this back in out school???
As you can see in this photo, although it is summer in Taiwan, but as the typhoon is predicted to hit the coast in a few days time, the sky is constantly in grey colour and is really cloudy. It was really chilly out there. I almost freezed as I didnt bring my jacket out with me. Summer??? Haha..
There's this teacher's meeting every tuesday morning, so i just sat in the office and looked around. I still havent got my schedule yet, so... its kind of like a get-to-know-the-school day for me. Haha.. I wandered around the school with my camera in hand. I was amazed at how they manage the school. They had only about 300-400 students, but the compound of the school is HUGE!! They have basketball court, running track, field, a big playground, hall etc... They even have an ecological park! How nice is that?? It is really SPACIOUS. There's no way you'll suffocate here, its totally awesome. Why isn't Wen Hua like this??
Haha.. guess what?? I've a gift from the kids!! Here's the stories. I wasn't schedule to start teaching todays, instead, I was scheduled to be at the "snack bar" during recess. It's sort of an informal way to introduce me to the kids. Ya, so.. the kids flocked the Snack Bar to see their new teacher! =) They were to speak english if they intend to buy anything. There's this little girl, I cant remeber which grade she's in, asked me, what is my favourite colour? She bought a purple glitter-glue and drew this heart-shape with my initial in it. Oh dear.. what a darling!
Its English Day every tuesday. And they have a very nice game. The teacher will give a short sentence in mandarin, and the kids are to translate it into english, and drop their answer sheets in this box. It's one of the many ways to encourage them to learn english. As the clock approached 3.30pm, there'll be an announcement to tell the kids that it's time to clean the classrooms and surrounding. Good right? And the kids are really responsible. Bravo!
Friends from Fu Jen University invited me over for a small dinner gathering. I feel very grateful as Sam purposely drove from his Uni to Wu Gu to pick me up. THANKS!!! So, here's my dinner, its called 八锅。Can you guess how much does this cost?? Only 110NTD, with unlimited rice, drinks and ice-cream. No wonder it is packed with uni students! After dinner, we headed to a cafe called LaTTea!! I had this really delicious drink called 绿盖。Its a green tea drink actually, with a thick layer of cheesy mousse on top of the drink. Straws are not provided. So you can imagine my white creamy moustache after I sipped it. I really enjoyed this drink!! Can I have more of this?
My host-papa bought this pineapple tarts for me to try! How nice of him. Ya.. So, that night, we had this small local specialties party. They tried coconut candy, dodol and cookies from Malacca, while I enjoyed their pineapple tarts! They are really nice and friendly. Good people!! Haha... I think I'm so lucky to have them as my host family.
韵丽 笔
26/5/2011
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