Lately, my confidence as an ALT is not that high. I feel like I can't read the students and their abilities properly. I'm also not that creative with lesson plans. I'm not the type of ALT who is able to create endless games and activites when given a theme or goal for a lesson. I really wish I was. However, I do love the students and the school. ( Read more... )

All the students are practicing for their cultural/ sports festivals. Today there are no classes at all. It is a full day practice. It's pretty fun to see them, but it's so hot outside that it makes me sleepy. The actual cultural festival will be on Thursday and Friday. The sports festival will be on Saturday.. That means I have to go in to work on ( Read more... )

I bought a bike. Yup, a bike. I haven't ridden a bike since I was like 8, so I was basically crashing into everything. The upside though is now I can get places much faster and easier, like school and the supermarket. It's pretty awesome and everyone has bicycles here, so you don't look like a moron. Another girl who came this year and is my ( Read more... )

Hey everyone! Guess what? I'm posting from my brand new MacBook. It's so cute. I needed a new laptop to take with me abroad, so after some research, I went with my dad to the Mac store in Menlo Park mall in Edison. I decided on the MacBook because the MacAir is light and cool, but it doesn't have a disc drive and it's better for someone who is on ( Read more... )

Battlestar Galactica Spoilers:

If you don't watch BSG or don't want to be spoiled, turn back now. You will either be angry with me or completely bored. lol.

The season premiere for the last season of BSG gave last night. Woohoo! Nerds unite! It was pretty much setting up for the rest of the season. Apollo wants to take another road with his life and ( Read more... )

Books that I have read this year:

1. Baby Proof by Emily Giffin

2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

3. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

4.Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag

5. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

6. Fear of Small Numbers by Arjun Appadurai

7. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

8. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

9. The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe

10. The ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I had a better day. I found the bank easily and quickly. lol. It was right by the high school. If I had gone to the district school instead of the magnet school when I was in high school, I would have known that. Geez! lol.  I went in, took an application, sat down in a cafe near by, drank a latte while I filled in the application and ( Read more... )

I went to the interview today. It was all right. I was nervous and I had drunk coffee right before, so I was a bit hyper. If you know me, a bit hyper is like super hyper on a normal human being. I basically talked too fast and gave general answers for everything. I felt like I answered the same way for every question. I don't know. It was ok. The ( Read more... )

Last night I went out with Brian, Steph and York and guess what, Brian and Steph are going out now. Yeah, it wasn't much of a surprise for me. I always figured that they would go out together some day as soon as he left his now ex-girlfriend. When Elina wasn't around, they would so obviously flirt with each other. lol. When we went to the wax ( Read more... )

Books:

23. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
24. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

This was the second and third books of the Twilight saga and I must admit that I am in love with them. Borders is calling this the new Harry Potter and truth be told, it's just as addictive. In the first book, Twilight, Bella finds her true love, Edward, who also happens to be a ( Read more... )