there weren't any tables or chairs in the class room on friday because they needed them to make a lounges for other teachers. I didn't say or do anything, just let the kids respond to the environment and this is what they chose to do. I love it.
this really sweet and very shy middle school boy gave me a seed on Wednesday. It was such a sweet and kind gesture, I really felt so happy. Those kids are so wonderful.
this was the bathroom tile at this duck place we went to. All I am going to say is that duck, while it tastes wonderfully amazing, possess fat that is impossible to chew. I almost died six or seven times that night.
this is my delightful kitchen flower, otherwise known as a rice cooker. In this picture it is cooking an african stew that was absolutely amazing. this was the first time since I have been here that I actually took the time to make something that I would have made at home adn I have got to say that I loved it, I really really loved it. It was so delicious and comforting. Here is the recipe: dice some onion, crunch some peanuts with sesame oil, cube some sweet potatos, slice some zuchini ( watch out for your finger) cut some chicken, crumble some rosemary and then pour in some beef stock and tomato sauce. cook it a bit and then eat!! So yummy!
then they dragged over this massive table to sit at. I love to watch them solve problems and such a creative way. Independently and as a group, responding to the situation with innovation and confidence. sigh, kids are the best.
art major, yes. master face painter, no. Why do I always end up as the face painter at events, when my skill in this area is sooooo non existent?
I thought that this was a really cool house. This was near an English festival that we had to participate in.
this is what it looks like when I do my laundry. I have to hang it all over my apt because I don't have a dryer. Luckily my apartment is roughly the size of a dryer so my clothes are none the wiser. My jeggings report having felt virtually no culture shock whatsoever.
this is peering into the doorway of my maintenance closet. I guess that is what it is called, it is basically, a tiny tiny room with windows and important electronic looking boxes and a radiator looking thing. Kind of like my entire basement back home comrpressed into a 3 foot square room.
close up of the laundry.