Sunday, September 10, 2006
hi there !
i know its been forever since i've written and that like me there is probably no one still checking it but i've been inspired.
bryony - my sister - has a blog and its just great! she writes in it pretty much every week and i love to read it - its funny and simulating and interesting (big up to bry!!) she does have a great way of saying things but also the usual for her is still not quite the usual for anyone else because she;s in toyko and we're not!! it also makes you think about your week and your experiences.
so i have decided to try and write alittle bit each week - i put off using the blog because i feel i have to write huge newsletters after i've been on holiday and because i wantto put photoson and its actually a comlete pain in the arse to do, but thats kinda mssing the point of having a blog. chatting and spouting and talking about now and life and me.
in telling you about myweek it also gives me a time to look more closing at whats been happening and why i've remembered certain instances and not others. china ahs had such a profound inpact on me and continues to or quite a refular basis and i'm just worried that i wil forget it all if i don't write it down! i spoke to a friend this week who's heading back home to the state after a years teaching here and she'splannin on writing a book about her experienes - but she doesn't have towrite it really because she has been sending emails home every week/month and so she has a record of her experiences and how they effected her. and i think thats what i realy want to hold onto - the emotions and reactions china has caused.
so far, i know its all talk !! but wish me luck !
i am back at work !!! year two and a 'real teacher'!! we're in a new school which is really great and actually makes us look a serious school and has lots of space for growth. i like my class very much - 2 americans, 1 american chinese, 1 korean, 1 spanish, 1 japanese, 1 australian malaysian,4 malaysians. all between the ages of 2.5-4 yrs old. most of them i taught last year so te english level is high but the japanese boy and the korean boy have no english - but big smiles!!!
last year my biggest complant was that i never felton topof things and that it felt too much like i was winging it! i blamed this on the fact that i had started after the startof school and so could never catch up. well this year i started with everyone else and i feel just the same !! i'm sure it will settle down but 3 weeks in and it hasn't yet!! my age grouphas been split into two clases this year and the other teah, although a very good friend of mine - is prone to panic and i'm sure thats effeting my sense of calm!!
add to that that i have takenon the 'roots&shoots' group at school which is an environmental action group for kids. and that my boss has decided we will be accredatited this year - no i don't know what it means either - except that i'mhead of a committee comprising of other teachers ad parents, that will meet one a month and draw up a five year action plan by april !!
thats school life, as for me i wnat to start a distance learning masters course. iwant to do a masters in Toursim with the focas on eco tourism. i going to go through the university of otago in new zealand who have just put together a foundation course for post grad tourism which means i get to study for longer and more money !!! lucky me !!
i'm hoping to start that soon. they have a sumer school in january but i'm trying to apply now so that ican have access to the reading materials in advance. I'm excited aout the course but not onvinced it will fit in !! i'll make it fit!
ironically, my current plans are to settle in new zealand and by current recogning i should be comleting my masters thesame year i get residency (a status that would have dropped my fees by 75%) oh well! can't just sit on my arse in china and no nothing !
other news- i'm coming home next summer (2007) you can thank jerome for that and for asking be to play the one role in his life i would never refuse -Best Man !!! so shouts of jubilation for jerome and sue !!!
Linda has also decided that since i'll be in england aug 2007 that its time fr another party, so her and jules are getting busy. after the 4 day party we had in may wheni came back i can't imagine what they're planing for my 30th !!! but keep august back holiday 2007 open - don't get married on it please !!!
Linda came out for 4 weeks this summer and we had a blast travelling around hot places and buying stools -just like the last trip !!!
Aoife- a friend i use to work with at Golden Apple (first job in chengdu), has come back for a holiday after 2.5 yrs back in ireland and she's here now so thats all good as well.
and there i think i'll leave you.
SMILE !
tess xx
i know its been forever since i've written and that like me there is probably no one still checking it but i've been inspired.
bryony - my sister - has a blog and its just great! she writes in it pretty much every week and i love to read it - its funny and simulating and interesting (big up to bry!!) she does have a great way of saying things but also the usual for her is still not quite the usual for anyone else because she;s in toyko and we're not!! it also makes you think about your week and your experiences.
so i have decided to try and write alittle bit each week - i put off using the blog because i feel i have to write huge newsletters after i've been on holiday and because i wantto put photoson and its actually a comlete pain in the arse to do, but thats kinda mssing the point of having a blog. chatting and spouting and talking about now and life and me.
in telling you about myweek it also gives me a time to look more closing at whats been happening and why i've remembered certain instances and not others. china ahs had such a profound inpact on me and continues to or quite a refular basis and i'm just worried that i wil forget it all if i don't write it down! i spoke to a friend this week who's heading back home to the state after a years teaching here and she'splannin on writing a book about her experienes - but she doesn't have towrite it really because she has been sending emails home every week/month and so she has a record of her experiences and how they effected her. and i think thats what i realy want to hold onto - the emotions and reactions china has caused.
so far, i know its all talk !! but wish me luck !
i am back at work !!! year two and a 'real teacher'!! we're in a new school which is really great and actually makes us look a serious school and has lots of space for growth. i like my class very much - 2 americans, 1 american chinese, 1 korean, 1 spanish, 1 japanese, 1 australian malaysian,4 malaysians. all between the ages of 2.5-4 yrs old. most of them i taught last year so te english level is high but the japanese boy and the korean boy have no english - but big smiles!!!
last year my biggest complant was that i never felton topof things and that it felt too much like i was winging it! i blamed this on the fact that i had started after the startof school and so could never catch up. well this year i started with everyone else and i feel just the same !! i'm sure it will settle down but 3 weeks in and it hasn't yet!! my age grouphas been split into two clases this year and the other teah, although a very good friend of mine - is prone to panic and i'm sure thats effeting my sense of calm!!
add to that that i have takenon the 'roots&shoots' group at school which is an environmental action group for kids. and that my boss has decided we will be accredatited this year - no i don't know what it means either - except that i'mhead of a committee comprising of other teachers ad parents, that will meet one a month and draw up a five year action plan by april !!
thats school life, as for me i wnat to start a distance learning masters course. iwant to do a masters in Toursim with the focas on eco tourism. i going to go through the university of otago in new zealand who have just put together a foundation course for post grad tourism which means i get to study for longer and more money !!! lucky me !!
i'm hoping to start that soon. they have a sumer school in january but i'm trying to apply now so that ican have access to the reading materials in advance. I'm excited aout the course but not onvinced it will fit in !! i'll make it fit!
ironically, my current plans are to settle in new zealand and by current recogning i should be comleting my masters thesame year i get residency (a status that would have dropped my fees by 75%) oh well! can't just sit on my arse in china and no nothing !
other news- i'm coming home next summer (2007) you can thank jerome for that and for asking be to play the one role in his life i would never refuse -Best Man !!! so shouts of jubilation for jerome and sue !!!
Linda has also decided that since i'll be in england aug 2007 that its time fr another party, so her and jules are getting busy. after the 4 day party we had in may wheni came back i can't imagine what they're planing for my 30th !!! but keep august back holiday 2007 open - don't get married on it please !!!
Linda came out for 4 weeks this summer and we had a blast travelling around hot places and buying stools -just like the last trip !!!
Aoife- a friend i use to work with at Golden Apple (first job in chengdu), has come back for a holiday after 2.5 yrs back in ireland and she's here now so thats all good as well.
and there i think i'll leave you.
SMILE !
tess xx
# posted by Tess @ 12:48 AM 
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Hey - I'm an Australian student headin' to China in '07 to do some English teaching -- like to go to sthern china but tossing up between Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
any recommendations?
peace ~matt~
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any recommendations?
peace ~matt~
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