It is still dark out, but I am getting ready to meet some former mentees at Rosemerah before they head off to their tutorial in JB. I keep procrastinating - I really would like to go to one of those just out of curiosity. Maybe next month. That will be the last opportunity before I head off in the big silver bird. They supposedly offer tutorials for MA students too, except they are not offered. I dont know what that means, but I dont ask. I pick my battles. Last week I spent a couple of hours coaching one of my mentees who is also in the B Ed program with these two. I am not sure how she will do with the recent assignment. She did not understand the questions. However, with my expert coaching, I think I got her to a place where she can now answer the questions. We will see.
Then, at the end of the day, I am going to meet a lovely lady who assisted me in the book shop a few months ago. She translated my question, which finally got me some photocopying done. After that she asked if we could be friends. Then, every time she called me I could not even talk - I was working. Finally yesterday, I felt guilty and knew I would like to have a visit with her before I left, at least to explain that I was not avoiding her, just working way too much. Today we shall visit at the local place - not my ultra favourite, but the local one what serves me CW8 (which is the code for the frozen ice blend coffee thing). Thank God for my blackberry. I keep all information like this, including the Malay word for many vegetables I try to find the in grocery shops - and then point the entry at the clerk. It works. I can usually find what I want using this system. Cilantro has been pulled out of the back of the shop on a regular basis for me using this one. Before that, I could never get cilantro ANYWHERE. Everyone knows I want CW8, so they begin preparation when they hear my car engine stop. And of course - I think I deserve a nice indulgent hair wash too. Somewhere in the hours of the day I have to clean my home and do some work on assignments.
Busy day.
from the last few days in Canada and forward, you can join me in my thoughts and actions as I learn how to live in a country that I had not even known the exact location until Ryan was there a few years ago. Some days I have rants and other days I have adventures, but every day is a learning experience that I embrace and thank God I was given the opportunity to know and to be. I might even upload a picture of me in this place I now call home – for now.
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