gaga in hk

i have 2 stories...i know, you're excited.

story number one. i made out with one of my students today (kinda). before you go nuts, lemme explain. this boy in my K3 class (5 year olds), kissed me on the lips!!! totally took me by surprise. everyone was running around, getting into a horseshoe shape so that we could have english class, and kids always come up to me to talk to me during this time, so that's what i thought he was doing. but nope. i was wrong. he gave me a kiss, on the lips! and it was wet too! he had pouty lips and just kinda slobbered all over. ick.

story number two. i was walking in between classes and saw one of the classes watching a video, and there was a little cartoon boy with only a shirt on and his peepee showing! but that's not all! he was standing next to a closeup picture of a peepee. what the heck could this video possibly be about?!?!?! sex ed?!?!? for 5 year olds?!?!? i stayed a little longer and saw the little cartoon boy going pee in a toilet (peepee still showing). so my best guess is it's a video about how to use the toilet properly? i really have no clue. but even if it was about going to the toilet (or whatever), was showing the peepee really necessary? you can teach it without showing it. and you especially don't need a closeup picture of it.

weird day...

i'm such a hermit lately. i'm just not in the mood to do much or see people. i go to work. i play with the kids. i go home. i don't have dinner and drinks with people like i used to, and i only go out on fridays and saturdays because i feel like i'm supposed to. i don't go out for long and i don't get too crazy. but really, i'm quite content staying at home with my cats :) i'm a crazy cat lady! hahaha.

anyway. yah, so life for me has been very quiet lately. i've got a friend visiting from college this week tho, so maybe that'll encourage me to be more sociable. we'll see...

okay, i saw toto being naughty today...but it just made him cuter!!! he's not the loud annoying kind of naughty that makes me wanna slap him. he's the sticking his tongue out and making cute faces that makes me wanna hug him naughty :) too cute!

i've known this for a while, and have been refusing to admit it...but i'm not into cute kids as much as i used to. and as cute as the kids are at school...this job isn't as fun as i thought and hoped it would be. it's still fine. but i can definitely see it getting monotonous. i need more substance than just playing with cute kids...

i dont think i'll ever be completely happy with what i do. i think that's true for most of us. there's always something to complain about. and it's because we're spoiled. for most of us, our parents came to the US with nothing and were happy with anything they could get. most of our parents have worked at the same company all their lives while we complain after a year that it's "time to move on". i guess that's good also for self improvement and all that, but there's a balance. everything needs balance.

if i really think back, and be more realistic and less picky and spoiled, what i had going on in sd was really really good. my only complaint was that i was minorly bored occassionally, but what's the harm in that in the grand scheme of things? it could be much worse. and, if i remember correctly, back in school when i was more mentally challenged, i was bitching back then too! so, for now, i won't complain. yes, i see potential boredom, but that doesnt mean i should throw it out the window just yet...though i do plan on continuing my job hunt for something better while i'm here. we'll see...

i've decided which one i'm stealing. he's in my afternoon K2A class. his name is toto, and he's just the cutest thing ever!

on the very first day of class, these 3 girls warned me as soon as i walked in that toto is a naughty boy. they did the same thing the 2nd day. (i think they have a crush on him...but they're gonna have to fight me for him!) but he's been nothing but an angel as far as i know. i hear the regular teacher say "toto, stop it" every once in a while, but every time i look over at him, he's just sitting their looking so cute, shy and innocent and best of all...squishable!

haha, you guys are gonna get to hear about my students for a while until i get over it...just like when my blogs were always about my kitties when i first got 'em :)

...deal with it.

i taught for the first time today! and a kid threw up on me too! great first day, huh? actually, she threw up and some splattered on my shoes.

anyway. first day...not too bad. a bit chaotic. i've got one class with over 40 kids in it! i teach kids ages 3-5. the 3 year olds just kinda stare at me blankly. i feel like i'm talking to myself. but they're soooooo cute!!! i sooo wanna squish 'em, but i bet i'd get in trouble. o well.

but there's not much else to say about my first day. they're a bunch of cuties and so far, i like my job. :)