A lot has happened within the past couple of weeks that it's hard to decide where to start. I guess I'll start with the CAH-RAZY fun stuff. Last Tuesday, for those of you in the States, Monday afternoon, Demi (Chen Chun) and I had the morning off from work and so we decided to go to the Bund. It's like the most famous thing here in Shanghai, next to the World Expo center once it's done. What it is, is this street that is water front property for Huangpu River that has this really cool architecture along it and it's just the stereotypical tourist thing. Well we went just for fun and we found the COOLEST things ever. The first of which was this little SpiderMan-like action figure that you throw against a window and he sticks for a couple of seconds and then goes down. Pretty cool but, not the coolest. The Coolest was this:
(The SpiderMan thingy)
Don't I just look like Sherlock Holmes?
A while ago I was listening to this interview from a photographer about interesting ways to keep your portraits exciting and he talked about carrying goofy stuff around in his camera bag. When I saw these I knew that I had to buy them. I think that they are just pure genius. We had some fun just hanging out but unfortunately, when we went out for lunch, I was feeling quite horrible because of something that I ate for breakfast so I ended up leaving. I was bummed because the lunch was quite nice but I was not feeling even in the mood to eat. I came home and just crashed on the couch for about an hour and then was able to eat. The short story, be careful to make sure that the eggs you use are still good.
Today, right now I'm stressing about what to teach the people that I consult for privately. I'm getting so tired of my job. It's fun when they are contributing but right now for both places the students are still new and they are getting used to the idea of being able to answer questions. From what I understand, most teachers just ask rhetorical questions because they just love to hear themselves talk. Sometimes I just sit there for 2 minutes straight waiting for a response to simple questions. I don't know what the problem is. When you ask them directly, they answer, but when you don't direct it to anyone they just sit there like deer stuck in the headlights. They're smart people, just not used to western styles of education. One of the many reasons that I am glad to have grown up in the States.
2 comments:
I like the posts about your adventures! We need more of those. So, do you think I could bribe you into getting some of those spiderman thingy's for the boys? How much are they?
dude, people don't answer here half the time either, hahahaha.
and your pictures made me giggle, thanks!
btw, your word verification things are always the silliest sounding almost words EVR.
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