(Us awesome teachers hanging out at Lansang National Park! Awesome time. I've got a crapton of bruises and cuts and scratches to prove it.)
I've been mildly sick lately, due to the trek to the waterfall I had on Tuesday when we all played hooky and left school to go to Lansang National Park, so come Wednesday, I had a sore throat, a stuffy nose, and a splitting headache. None of that helped when my M3/5 and M3/6 class decided to be louder and ADD more than usual, so by the time my least favorite class comes along (M3/8), I was ready to crack some skulls. Fortunately, I didn't. But I wasn't interested in putting up with their "I don't give a s**t about English" attitude, so I did something I would never do with my higher-level classes: pushed all of the desks out of my way to get to the back of the room to deal with the kids who were playing a board game; snatched away cell phones and DVDs that I saw out (without warning! gasp!), and they were perfect(ish) little angels afterward. Also, over half of them took the speaking test! I was so pleased! Unfortunately, I am far too nice to be that angry at them again, so we'll see what happens next week on Monday.
As for Thanksgiving, a group of us farang (foreigners!) went to a German pizza place called 'Baan Pizza' (meaning 'Home Pizza')--not the most traditional meal, but it was nice. It was the first time I could really connect and have fun with the people that I work with. We went out for drinks, but I just had a pineapple smoothie, and chatted. I was so relieved and thankful that I had these people in my life at this moment, sharing it with me. Life would have been absolute hell if I was by myself, so many, many thanks to N, L, PN, J, A, R, and everyone else. :)
I'm going to Lopburi this weekend for the monkey banquet. Not a big fan of monkeys, but it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I may as well take it! I hope they don't break my camera. I want to make it back to Tak safely and without rabies.
Look out for a blog post update with cute/horrifying/wtf monkey pictures!
I'm glad to hear you finally got to connect with some coworkers more. Especially since it sounded like you were having troubles before. :(
ReplyDeleteAnd, OMG, angry Teacha Lu would have been QUITE the sight to see. You go girl.
I love when you talk about people by initial. You know so many people that it ends up being half the alphabet. "Then me and K and S and O, E, W, E, PP, C & F all went to dinner with A, J, L, K, D, C, S, Q & Z!"
Does it make you angry at me when I make fun of you? Because I never tire of it. <3
I agree with Cerasi, I like angry teacha Liu. And see? They behaved! Crack the whip and they will respond. And maybe they'll behave Monday too.
ReplyDelete@ Cerasi: Is it weird that I miss you egging her on? And Ada finally hitting you once you make her angry enough? I know, it's a weird thing to miss.... :)
I'm glad you had a nice Thanksgiving! And I think Cylon will enjoy the monkey pics.