school is cool.

This week, new things have been revealed to me. Lets start with Monday, after 2 days of living with 2 of my new colleagues Bronwen & Cheyne. Both from Cape Town & everyone is convinced that we sound alike.

we don't. However great girls and i really look forward to working with them.

fast forward to a time after visiting the beach,
having pizza for dinner
and riding a bike…everywhere. I picked the perfect not too try hard not to casual cream shirt and i arrived at the school i would be working at. I was proud to say I wasn't a nervous wreck more anxious…excited

the routine went something like this.

Meet class, class freak out, watch class, class ends and every child is so excited to say bye teacher allie or just say teacher allie in general. But that wasn't always the case, one little girl had been crying since lunch at the thought of meeting a new teacher. I can recognise the fear, not only was I a new teacher, with a new accent, I was a new teacher with big curly hair and dark skin. For many Taiwanese people, I may be the first black individual they have ever encountered. But more on that later

Observing children is fascinating, and these children are learning a new language and developing as humans. With each day that went by I grew increasingly excited at the prospect of teaching them and exhibiting the language to which i communicate with the world.

my highlight of the week, was singing we are going on a bear hunt during exercise time with all the kindergarten classes. Since this day, I have been vigorously searching for this version to download to iTunes however so far have been unsuccessful.

by the end of the week, i was i want to say tired. but i was more sleepy than tired.

THEN, it dawned on me. I'm tired from observing, I haven't even started teaching yet. I would definitely need more bananas and i intend to stock up on an interesting drink I found in 7/11 which incorporates every fruit and vegetable possible. Cause I ain't trying to get bags under my eyes hunnay. So deliver me a truck load of things that are green and as many bottles of water you can find.

And so, I am now 22 books and uncountable flash cards heavier. (which i carried in the rain)

But it's okay because I HAVE A BRAND NEW APARTMENT and they look so great colour co-ordinated stacked here. I just have to work on transporting them to and from school.

I need a transportation device for them, i think they call it a backpack.