I have travelled all this way for the coolest practicum experience ever....everyone was so jealous of what would be my amazing experience, I would get to travel everywhere on the weekends, it was going to be so relaxed and I was going to have it easy in my private school....boy were they wrong! I work longer than I ever have!!!! So much for posh!
Anyway, I'm over the whining, although I know you love to hear about it! The conference I'm planning with the kids is Saturday, which will be such a relief, and then I finally get to start teaching! That's also when the doing stuff plans start, someone taking us for the real deal indian food, chicken-fish night out, and a morning in Putra Jaya. I am really hoping to have more of a life soon so that I can tell you how exciting and wonderful Malaysia is...though I think the first weekend was exciting enough for some!!!
Now for a few more things I've noticed about Malaysia! As I live in the middle of a ginormous city, there are no chickens walking around at random, which you all know is my favorite part of developing countries! I'm sure I'll get my fill once we hit the road!!! There are, however, cats everywhere...stray, but well fed! People don't generally keep pets here, not like we do anyway! I've also noticed that the government policy seems to be to employ as many people as possible...rather than employing a few capable people and paying them well, they have decided to employ as many people as possible and not pay them well! For example, there are 15 maids to clean my classroom at the end of everyday! There is a lot of standing around here!!!! There is also a lot of laziness...let me tell you about the teksis (taxi!). They generally don't want to actually drive you anywhere!!!! They don't like it when you are not going far and won't pick you up, and if you are going far they don't want you either, and if it's raining or heavy traffic, forget it! On Friday night I had to flirt shamelessly in a little dress with a dirty ol' cabby just to get a ride into KL for Hot Pot! And the men here, well, they certainly feel that they are free to express their opinions of you, to you, at any time they like! They also feel that it's ok to take pictures of you sitting on the train, which was awesome!
Is that enough for today? I'm burnt out and it's 7pm, I have been at school for just over 12 hours and am going to do a bit more work before going home....to do more work! The disadvantage to teaching overseas is that you are constantly surrounded by the people with whom you work and so you can never escape! It is, however, the full moon tonight, which I think will involve some beers by the pool! Enjoy your morning of snow and think of me swimming in the moonlight....Peace!
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