Sam | July 29, 2009
Women: Even though I don’t have a cold, to fully understand my predicament, visit this link immediately.
I’ve been flat out all week with some stupid virus I picked up somewhere along the way, I suspect at school. Started with feeling fairly shite, then my fever went up, and stayed up and all my bones hurt [...]
Rose | July 17, 2009
Hey You, (yes you!)
Well I seem to have acquired a icky cold from somewhere (probably a little sticky child), just your average stuffy-head, rattling brain, hacking cough sort of deal, but it seems to be on it’s way out.
But enough about me, lets talk about Hoa our Vietnamese teacher. She is adorable and very sweet, [...]
Rose | July 13, 2009
Rainy day greetings to you all,
Hanoi appears to be slowly drowning, but Sam has ventured forth to perform the Noble task of teaching English to four year olds.
Finished my first official day today. It was Music in English, so lots of singing and dancing, let me share one with you as no one should be [...]
Rose | July 5, 2009
Xin Chao!
So, several months ago when we were in Hoi An with vague ideas about teaching English in Hanoi, assuming that we would need suits and pretty formal attire, we – you may recall- bought quite a lot of tailored clothes. It turns out that the Just Kids attire is jeans/shorts and t-shirts, and has [...]
Sam | July 5, 2009
Today, I finally learned the inconvenient truth that there’s nothing more unsettling than a 6 y/old’s wirey, Vietnamese fingers up your bunghole when you’re not expecting it.
If you’re unsure, exactly, what the art of Kancho is, visit this link which is the Google Image Search for “Kancho”.
I copped it sweet, and Phuket Thailand, [...]
Rose | July 4, 2009
Sam | July 4, 2009
Just a really quick post. I’m rooted, it’s nearly midnight and I’m finishing up my lesson plans for the morning. Have a big day tomorrow. 3 classes starting at 9am and finishing at 7pm.
Today, my so called “difficult” class was a ball. After some contemptuous looks from some of the girls in the class, [...]
Sam | July 3, 2009
Tomorrow. Day one of Sammy Solo.
I’ve got the kindy class in the morning (pictured). It’s art day and this month’s theme (set by the vietnamese government) is colour and balloons so it’s colouring in balloons time. Let’s review those colours kids!
Then I have the class I’ve been warned about all week. It’s the difficult [...]
Rose | July 2, 2009
Hello my “Little Australians” (and beloved others),
Hanoi is a wonderful place – has a million things going for it.
One of these is travel by moto, however I was riding home from dinner the other night on a Xe Om (moto taxi) – as Lily was on the back of Sam’s bike – and as I [...]
Sam | July 2, 2009
5 minutes into my teaching career, and I have a “Kick Me!” sign stuck to my back, and I’m wondering how such a small person can create so much noise without an amplifier and how my boss can look so much like Leonie Wilson without being a relation. And in the back of my [...]