Ireland and stuff ^^
Hey guys,
so yeah, I am in Ireland for 3 weeks already :) Yaay! Traveling around won't be that easy as I imagined cuase everything is so f*** expensive here -sighs- But I am so not going to save any cents here. I came to live here :)
I work with two little children. 4 years old girl and 2 years old boy. Boy is independet, to the extent that he won't let what you want him to do even if you promised him tripple-chocolate cookie. The girl is on the other hand used to have attention 14/7. But we are getting used to each other day by day and I hope we soon find compromise so she doesn't feel neglected and I don't go sleep with brain turned to a sponge.
I work long and short weeks. This week is a short one, means I work 12 hours only on friday. Long weeks I work MON, TUE, THU, SUN 12 hours each. Kids and time seem not to be such a load as I was afriad they'll be. But I need to meet expectation of the parents with handling the household too, which proved to be the hardest thing so far. Juggling the kids and ironing, laundry, dishes, floors (they don't take their shoes off, so the floors need to be washed every second day...)... it's hard to have everything done before their mom comes home at 8PM. She comes home when I am putting the children to bed, so everything needs to be perfect before that time.
Everyone keep saying I am doing great with my English. But I keep getting people around upset.
- "Hey!" greeting here in Ireland is very unpolite.
- when I said the girl is a little "demanding" the mom looked so angry before she realized
that I just don't feel how strong the word comes across to a native.
- once my words were misunderstood so badly because I gave out wrong tone, that the mom yelled at me in the evening when the kids were in the bed that I am better not being so nasty next time and that she deserves and apology. I was dumbfounded and before I could even overcome the shock and start to speak the mom said she can see she is not getting any apology and left the room. I started to cry cuase I was in such a huge schock that any words of explanation didn't come out let alone in ENGLISH. But yeah, we talked when I calmed down and I think now she is more aware of jumping into conclusions like this. All of us keep telling each other "we will get there", "it's still the teething period".
I am also trying to get over the thing that the other au-pairs around are getting around 130 euro per week while I am getting 90. There is a girl here whom the family pay the gym membership too, I was like WTF!! I WANT TOO! But I will stay humble and modest.
Fandom wise!!
Some of you probably already noticed that I am having a little Infinite craze in past few weeks XD It's always exciting to be in new fandom, watch all the reality shows you are not getting from your fandoms anymore etc.
I am working on one fanfiction now, it's highly inspired by a book I read here, it's about how jealousy can make a little psycho from originaly perfectly sane, self-confident and composed person. I am trying it to be really worth it and as it's not Shinee fandom I neede to ask someone else for beta-read then you guys. I have agreement that I get the beta when I finish all the 4 parts XD I started 3rd part yesterday and slowly slowly it'll be coming. I don't think someone's really waiting, but....I want to write something I can be satisfied with once again. There wasn't many stories like this before -sighs-
And the pairing will be WooGyu ^^
Anyway, how'r you guys doing?
so yeah, I am in Ireland for 3 weeks already :) Yaay! Traveling around won't be that easy as I imagined cuase everything is so f*** expensive here -sighs- But I am so not going to save any cents here. I came to live here :)
I work with two little children. 4 years old girl and 2 years old boy. Boy is independet, to the extent that he won't let what you want him to do even if you promised him tripple-chocolate cookie. The girl is on the other hand used to have attention 14/7. But we are getting used to each other day by day and I hope we soon find compromise so she doesn't feel neglected and I don't go sleep with brain turned to a sponge.
I work long and short weeks. This week is a short one, means I work 12 hours only on friday. Long weeks I work MON, TUE, THU, SUN 12 hours each. Kids and time seem not to be such a load as I was afriad they'll be. But I need to meet expectation of the parents with handling the household too, which proved to be the hardest thing so far. Juggling the kids and ironing, laundry, dishes, floors (they don't take their shoes off, so the floors need to be washed every second day...)... it's hard to have everything done before their mom comes home at 8PM. She comes home when I am putting the children to bed, so everything needs to be perfect before that time.
Everyone keep saying I am doing great with my English. But I keep getting people around upset.
- "Hey!" greeting here in Ireland is very unpolite.
- when I said the girl is a little "demanding" the mom looked so angry before she realized
that I just don't feel how strong the word comes across to a native.
- once my words were misunderstood so badly because I gave out wrong tone, that the mom yelled at me in the evening when the kids were in the bed that I am better not being so nasty next time and that she deserves and apology. I was dumbfounded and before I could even overcome the shock and start to speak the mom said she can see she is not getting any apology and left the room. I started to cry cuase I was in such a huge schock that any words of explanation didn't come out let alone in ENGLISH. But yeah, we talked when I calmed down and I think now she is more aware of jumping into conclusions like this. All of us keep telling each other "we will get there", "it's still the teething period".
I am also trying to get over the thing that the other au-pairs around are getting around 130 euro per week while I am getting 90. There is a girl here whom the family pay the gym membership too, I was like WTF!! I WANT TOO! But I will stay humble and modest.
Fandom wise!!
Some of you probably already noticed that I am having a little Infinite craze in past few weeks XD It's always exciting to be in new fandom, watch all the reality shows you are not getting from your fandoms anymore etc.
I am working on one fanfiction now, it's highly inspired by a book I read here, it's about how jealousy can make a little psycho from originaly perfectly sane, self-confident and composed person. I am trying it to be really worth it and as it's not Shinee fandom I neede to ask someone else for beta-read then you guys. I have agreement that I get the beta when I finish all the 4 parts XD I started 3rd part yesterday and slowly slowly it'll be coming. I don't think someone's really waiting, but....I want to write something I can be satisfied with once again. There wasn't many stories like this before -sighs-
And the pairing will be WooGyu ^^
Anyway, how'r you guys doing?