Hello everyone! J has now been in her new city for about a month now and she really seems to be getting settled in her house and work. In fact, this week she felt like it was time to buy her first pet. It’s called a “kus kus” and J named it Gus Gus—as in the chubby little mouse in the Disney Cinderella movie. He is nocturnal, so he sleeps a lot during the day, but she seemed to be pretty excited about her new pet.
Aside from getting a new pet, J also said that a couple weekends ago, group of people from her team went out to dinner in the mountains. She said the weather was pretty bad and the team almost got to see a tornado start in the clouds. J said that before the tornado could completely form, the wind blew some of the clouds away, but J did say that they could see debris flying around before the wind picked up.
Other than getting a new pet and almost seeing a tornado, J said that she had a pretty normal week. She finished her second week of teaching her class. On top of teaching her class this past week, she also was teaching her roommate’s class because her roommate has been out of town. This week, she will be back to teaching just one class. J said that her class consists of about twelve students, and they meet for class two times a week. During the class, the students learn vocabulary words and then try to each come up with sentences in English using those vocabulary words and other words they’ve learned. Then, they usually will play a game that requires using the new words that they have learned. J said that she usually ends the class with discussion, where the students can talk to each other about different things in English to practice what they’ve learned.
During the days she isn’t teaching her class, J is taking her own language lessons with a tutor.
She meets once a week with the tutor for about two to three hours, and she says that it’s been really challenging so far. This past weekend, she also went to a performance at a nearby art school that was put on by the kids in the school. The performance consisted of different things such as puppet skits and traditional music and dancing, all performed by the kids. J said the performances happen on a regular basis, so she plans to try to go and watch each time they perform—especially because she forgot to bring her camera with her to the first one! J said that she and her roommate have new neighbors that moved in recently next door, and they have a couple of young kids that she has been asked to babysit a couple of times. She was pretty excited about this because they like watching Disney movies, and she’s found someone to watch them with her!
She meets once a week with the tutor for about two to three hours, and she says that it’s been really challenging so far. This past weekend, she also went to a performance at a nearby art school that was put on by the kids in the school. The performance consisted of different things such as puppet skits and traditional music and dancing, all performed by the kids. J said the performances happen on a regular basis, so she plans to try to go and watch each time they perform—especially because she forgot to bring her camera with her to the first one! J said that she and her roommate have new neighbors that moved in recently next door, and they have a couple of young kids that she has been asked to babysit a couple of times. She was pretty excited about this because they like watching Disney movies, and she’s found someone to watch them with her!
One more thing: This week is J’s birthday, so everyone should make sure to tell her happy birthday! She said that her team went out to dinner to celebrate and also made her into a cake. Yes, made HER into a cake. Apparently, it’s a tradition—but there will be pictures soon!
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