Not Dead, Just Sleeping

Internet's been out for most of the weekend. I'm not sure if it was due to a bit of construction going on near my apartment building or if it's just that unreliable. Either way, it caused me more stress than it should. I don't feel cut off from things at all, but I do feel cut off when the internet goes out. No matter where I am. I've never been much of a social person. More often than not, I end up going to do things with other people. Not the other way around. Jusst having a means of communication with other people is enough. Actually using it is rarely necessary.

My weekend was great, though. Saffron and I went over to Shoujai (I need to learn how these places are actually spelled) and bought some DVDs. Because they're pirated copies, which almost all DVDs and games here are, they were very cheap. Between the two of us, we purchased over 25 DVDs containing probably more than 40 movies. Most of our free time the past couple days has been spent watching movies and old episodes of South Park.

Dane took me to a store called the Metro on Sunday. It's a but like the Lotus, but it has a lot more imported items, and things are a bit more expensive. It took a while to get there by bus, so I'll probably be limiting the amount of times I make the trip there. This has, however, once again showed that I need to learn my way around the city a bit more.

Today, I tought my first classes at Jun Yuan. It cought me off guard, but luckily I (the Chinese teachers) was able to get together the things I needed to survive the ordeal. The foreign teachers before me have all mentioned how they were practically thrown into the teaching, so I consider myself lucky that I was able to observe a lot of classes before I had to do it myself. Tomorrow I'm going to Jin Du to watch Graeme for the first half of the day, and then (probably with his help) give some classes on my own.

Wednesday, I may be going to a school I haven't been to before. Graeme leaves at the end of November. He's basically been working two jobs for Kid Castle to save up some money beforehe leaves. Saffron and I were hired to replace him once he finishes. Until he finishes I may be working at this other school. I like Jin Du and Jin Yuan, and I don't really want to go tot this other school that much. Once I get into a habit or schedule that I feel comfortable with I don't like to change it. Going to this school, however temporary it may be, is really throwing a wrench into the gears of the mechanism that is my routine. Also, I'm finally beginning to learn the names of most of the teachers at the two schools I already go to.