It was a noisy place round here at Leprena about an hour ago. The masses have cleared out, though, and now it's just me and La Rocca. I'm talking to Ludovic and playing computer chair basketball with my new minihoop. Two of my favorite things to do! :) I did make a goal to be more social this year, but, I did not make a goal to be more drunk this year, so, I'm not participating tonight. They're hitting the town to see a band called Faker.. Anyway. I'm not overly intrigued. By third year, I'm feeling pretty over it. They're all first years and I'm happy for them to have their fun, but I can't help feeling like the grandma. I had a nap thisafternoon. Hehehe. Oh well.
Their challenge is to see how much they can drink, and mine is to see how many times I can get the ball in both hoops (twss) which are set up one on top of the other (twss). Love it.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
You turned the tables on me, didn't you?
check out Kate Voegele. www.myspace.com/katevoegele
she is awesome.
I had such a good night last night. Met some cool new people and had a few beverages. I would like to be more social this year. That was fun. The UniBar was actually pretty good last night. Did not see that coming. :)
I'm loving it at the moment. Loving everything.
she is awesome.
I had such a good night last night. Met some cool new people and had a few beverages. I would like to be more social this year. That was fun. The UniBar was actually pretty good last night. Did not see that coming. :)
I'm loving it at the moment. Loving everything.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Your heart was never yours to carry...
I feel really optimistic about this year. There are a lot of cool new people around Leprena and I feel like third year is a really exciting time for learning and being taken seriously and being looked up to, and having heaps of fun. 2008 is going to be excellent, I can just feel it. I've loved the first two weeks of prac and this 6week semester of uni should be a good one. I feel good. I've been eating breakfast and walking and spending time outside and enjoying what is undoubtedly my profession, and... I'm feeling happy.
Aside from optimistic, I'm feeling a little blue sometimes because my very best friend Stateside hasn't talked to me for months and months, and I'm really wondering why. Did I do something wrong? Have I not tried hard enough? The part that is really grating on my mind.. and, my heart, is... why isn't it bothering her that we haven't talked in so long? Does she think about me and wonder how I am as much as I think about her and wonder how she is? I mean. I know. Pathetic? Maybe. I feel like someone may look at this and think "you know you'll always be friends. Friends can go years and years without seeing each other and then when they meet again it is like time has never passed", and I don't doubt that that is true. But.. I don't want to go years and years without talking to her. I miss her. Every day I wake up and sit blurry-eyed at my computer as I wait for it to turn on and load up, and I wonder "will this be the day I get an email from her".. Day after day I'm disappointed. But, there's a lot of fun stuff going on and I have a lot of great stuff to focus on. Doesn't suck any less, though. This one is up to the One who has my heart and I feel free of it, even writing this down. So. Good. I just don't want to carry this emotional weight around anymore. It's not nice at all.
Anyway. I helped a boy pull a chair off his head today. Kids do the stupidest things.
Loved One Tree Hill 5x08. Brilliant. I am so so so so so so excited for The Office to come back.... Jenna Jenna Jenna! :)
Holla.
Aside from optimistic, I'm feeling a little blue sometimes because my very best friend Stateside hasn't talked to me for months and months, and I'm really wondering why. Did I do something wrong? Have I not tried hard enough? The part that is really grating on my mind.. and, my heart, is... why isn't it bothering her that we haven't talked in so long? Does she think about me and wonder how I am as much as I think about her and wonder how she is? I mean. I know. Pathetic? Maybe. I feel like someone may look at this and think "you know you'll always be friends. Friends can go years and years without seeing each other and then when they meet again it is like time has never passed", and I don't doubt that that is true. But.. I don't want to go years and years without talking to her. I miss her. Every day I wake up and sit blurry-eyed at my computer as I wait for it to turn on and load up, and I wonder "will this be the day I get an email from her".. Day after day I'm disappointed. But, there's a lot of fun stuff going on and I have a lot of great stuff to focus on. Doesn't suck any less, though. This one is up to the One who has my heart and I feel free of it, even writing this down. So. Good. I just don't want to carry this emotional weight around anymore. It's not nice at all.
Anyway. I helped a boy pull a chair off his head today. Kids do the stupidest things.
Loved One Tree Hill 5x08. Brilliant. I am so so so so so so excited for The Office to come back.... Jenna Jenna Jenna! :)
Holla.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
You make me feel like home is where you are.
I've had such a great day. I'm tired, but satisfied (that's what she said). I had such an interesting day with the kids, building relationships, (only to leave this Friday, haha) and teaching English to three beautiful little international students. So fun. And (I'll laugh in 5-10 years if I come to read this again), but I was grading some kids books, and I enjoy it! :) Smiley faces and stamps all around! :) Fantastic work! Well Done! :) tick tick.
Days like this make me feel like I was born to be a teacher.
Days like Monday make me feel like I should have never even stepped foot in the school. Haha. It's funny how life is like that. Good with the bad, though.
Tonight has been fun too. I made sushi with Leila and a new housemate and it was delish. Tomorrow morning I'm getting up bright and early to make sushi for myself and my teacher for our lunch. We've been eyeing our Korean boy's lunch every day this week, wishing it was ours. So, I decided to sushi it up for the two of us. Del-ish.
I'm enjoying my Uncle Toby's Sportsplus cereal with apple juice more and more each day. I'm going to have breakfast every Monday-Friday at least.
Less than 2 months til I go for my Ps. Exciting. I should practice parking.
Night time. Bed time. A tout a l'heure.
Days like this make me feel like I was born to be a teacher.
Days like Monday make me feel like I should have never even stepped foot in the school. Haha. It's funny how life is like that. Good with the bad, though.
Tonight has been fun too. I made sushi with Leila and a new housemate and it was delish. Tomorrow morning I'm getting up bright and early to make sushi for myself and my teacher for our lunch. We've been eyeing our Korean boy's lunch every day this week, wishing it was ours. So, I decided to sushi it up for the two of us. Del-ish.
I'm enjoying my Uncle Toby's Sportsplus cereal with apple juice more and more each day. I'm going to have breakfast every Monday-Friday at least.
Less than 2 months til I go for my Ps. Exciting. I should practice parking.
Night time. Bed time. A tout a l'heure.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Take it all in, because some day, you're gonna look back on it and want it all again. When you do, make sure it's for the right reasons.
Last Monday, I started my third prac. I arrived Monday morning to find that although I would be having the same teacher, we would not be having a grade 3/4. The numbers in the school were such that there had to be a massive rearrangement of students in classes here and there, and so, now, I'm in a 2/3. It is wonderful. The kids are gorgeous and they're all still cute and because they just came up from Early Childhood, they all still hold hands with their partners when they walk in two lines around the school. They are at the age (unlike my 5/6s in November last year) where they still find people like me hilarious. This, to me, is the icebreaker. I make the kids laugh and they love it, ergo, I love it.
Amongst the class, there are three students who are brand new to our country. One from Thailand, one from Korea, and one from Eritrea (between Sudan and Ethiopia). I have been working closely with them teaching them English words and how to write in English. It's such a fun and interesting challenge.
Nothing about this school is what I expected. It's sort of in a dodgy area of Launceston so I was expecting some kids who were really really rough around the edges. Granted, these kids are to be found in the school, but at the moment, the kids I have are lovely. I hope they don't change to be notlovely before my time is out.
Anyway, what has this week been like? I've been running around doing all sorts of errands and various jobs for my colleague teacher which include but are not limited to: laminating, covering things with fabric, writing names on labels, selling my soul to the photocopier, and so on. Being in a school environment is a nice change from my laziness of Summer, although, I had a good time sleeping in. I guess even though my week has been entirely lamination and photocopying based, I am 100% sure that I am meant to be a teacher. I love it. My colleague teacher did, however, tell me that I sit like a uni student and need to change my body language in order to appear more professional. Great. I should have known.
I've been a lot healthier in the past few weeks too. (*is ignoring the jar of Nutella on my desk which is an occasional chocolatey energy booster*). I ate breakfast every day this week (well, not Saturday or thismorning, but, weekdays) for the first time since... probably.. primary school, and that keeps me going more than I thought it would. High in fibre. :) Fibre for breakfast is apparently the first key to a healthier lifestyle. My good friend Ashley is coming this summer from Boone and I am keen to be as adventurous as possible, which will require that I am in good shape to hike the mountain at Wineglass Bay.
Anyway. God has shown Himself to me in ways that I had never expected. IE, in the past, God has been shown to me in landscapes, or, in people that I already knew from a church group or whatever. Not so long ago, I was going through a time which had me faced with a difficult decision about a really important reconcilliation. With some spectacular fanfiction as the bridge between myself and an absolute Godsend of a human, God threw at me an opportunity to learn from someone younger (not much), but a thousand times wiser than I am. I was given advice from someone who has been there, support, a fantastic (and out-of-this-world talented) friend, and most importantly, a connection with a sister in Christ, which means that even if we never meet in this world, we'll be dishing about Jenna Fischer for eternity to come in the next. This showed up at Christmas time, and was my favorite present of all.
Amongst the class, there are three students who are brand new to our country. One from Thailand, one from Korea, and one from Eritrea (between Sudan and Ethiopia). I have been working closely with them teaching them English words and how to write in English. It's such a fun and interesting challenge.
Nothing about this school is what I expected. It's sort of in a dodgy area of Launceston so I was expecting some kids who were really really rough around the edges. Granted, these kids are to be found in the school, but at the moment, the kids I have are lovely. I hope they don't change to be notlovely before my time is out.
Anyway, what has this week been like? I've been running around doing all sorts of errands and various jobs for my colleague teacher which include but are not limited to: laminating, covering things with fabric, writing names on labels, selling my soul to the photocopier, and so on. Being in a school environment is a nice change from my laziness of Summer, although, I had a good time sleeping in. I guess even though my week has been entirely lamination and photocopying based, I am 100% sure that I am meant to be a teacher. I love it. My colleague teacher did, however, tell me that I sit like a uni student and need to change my body language in order to appear more professional. Great. I should have known.
I've been a lot healthier in the past few weeks too. (*is ignoring the jar of Nutella on my desk which is an occasional chocolatey energy booster*). I ate breakfast every day this week (well, not Saturday or thismorning, but, weekdays) for the first time since... probably.. primary school, and that keeps me going more than I thought it would. High in fibre. :) Fibre for breakfast is apparently the first key to a healthier lifestyle. My good friend Ashley is coming this summer from Boone and I am keen to be as adventurous as possible, which will require that I am in good shape to hike the mountain at Wineglass Bay.
Anyway. God has shown Himself to me in ways that I had never expected. IE, in the past, God has been shown to me in landscapes, or, in people that I already knew from a church group or whatever. Not so long ago, I was going through a time which had me faced with a difficult decision about a really important reconcilliation. With some spectacular fanfiction as the bridge between myself and an absolute Godsend of a human, God threw at me an opportunity to learn from someone younger (not much), but a thousand times wiser than I am. I was given advice from someone who has been there, support, a fantastic (and out-of-this-world talented) friend, and most importantly, a connection with a sister in Christ, which means that even if we never meet in this world, we'll be dishing about Jenna Fischer for eternity to come in the next. This showed up at Christmas time, and was my favorite present of all.
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