just finished a couple short bucket-fulls of laundry. i'm becoming an expert in handwashing clothes. granted i emerge from washing and wringing out clothes completely soaked... in sweat... but nonetheless i have improved. the first time that i did it this trip, i didn't wring out my clothes fully, which resulted in clothing that needed to be washing all over again a couple days later as the wet humid rotten smell overtook my "freshly cleaned" clothing... it made our entire room smell musty... and there we were trying to figure out what was causing the new found stank in our room.
so we now teach english and computers, which i find quite funny... and fun. oh, and i also started teaching someone chinese today too. i don't know what i'd do without google... and the lovely people who put up all sorts of resources on the web... because before attempting to teach, i'm scouring the net for lesson plans, proper grammar, language arts terms that i should know but don't, and just ideas for teaching. i find that i'm literally re-teaching myself grammar so that i can somewhat act credible when we teach. english was never my forte... oh well... so we continue.
this weeekend we played with the boys who live downstairs. really great boys... they love phase 10, as does jane, so they were playing for a couple hours... while i worked up a sweat playing soccer, cricket (yes i learned, although my swing is a mix between golf and baseball), volleyball (with a clothesline as our net), and basketball (with the hoop being a spot on the wall), all in a tiny space at the entrance of the building. it was super hot but we had a lot of fun. then we got to break bread with the kids, which is always nice...
church this morning, then doing some stuff in a coffee shop, then off to aunty's to hang out with the girls... her daughters and another girl who we've befriended who is temporarily staying at aunty's. it's so nice to just live life with the family. i love... fun times... delish food... aunty made the best pumpkin pie and banana bread. kid you not that pumpkin pie was probably one of the best i've ever had, and i've had some good pumpkin pie... i also tuaght my first chinese lesson today too to her daughter...
my secret fears are all coming out... i consider myself pretty brave and somewhat 'ballsy', but let's face it... i'm just a big baby. i'm terrified of bugs... don't like lightning... don't like fire or even lighting matches... and the reality of being in countries such as Asia is... you really can't avoid creepy crawlies, and most stoves and ovens and such require turning on the gas manually and then lighting it with a match. i mean, i'd get over the fears and suck it up when necessary... but, man to have to change the gas tank in the kitchen, attach it all, and relight it up, to have to light an oven... it's not easy for me. luckily i've had people around who can help with that, but gosh i wish i could just get over those things and enjoy fire! and those other things... i think i watched too much rescue 911 as a kid.
...not ready to start a busy week... but can't wait for the team to get here in a couple more days!!
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