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Rusty cogs

Upcoming Monday I’llbe teaching my first students. I’ve got a French lady and Brazilian lady who both want to learn English and I’ve been assigned to teach it to them. After one week of training I hope I’m ready.

The training was tough. From nine to five thirty every day, Monday to Friday. One teacher who was nice, but spoke very slowly and thought about every word he spoke. That guy will also be my boss.

I think I prefer him being my boss, rather than my teacher. A slow and thoughtful boss is good. A slow and thoughtful teacher is bad. I mean, it’s good if you’re trying to learn the language he is trying to teach, but bad when you understand the language just fine, but you’re trying to learn how to teach.

I’ve already started correcting my friend’s English, as training, to their great annoyance. Still, I have to practice on something.

So yeah, my life is going pretty well. We went back to Singapore, after having more than enough of Australia and things have been looking up on this side. My new won ambition and maturity are going down well here, with my landing a job within two months of arrival, as well as giving me the opportunity to free lance for a number of friends and acquaintances.

I just woke up, so this probably doesn’t make too much sense yet. Rest assured that I am good (better than yesterday) and that life is seemingly heading in the right direction. Hopefully that direction wil at one point take me away from Singapore, but we’ll see about that when it happens.

posted by Symbol @ 2.10.05