Teaching: Day 16: Boyfriend?

Youtube video of the day...since I did not record videos of my silly students today:

I'm pretty sure my students know this song too and can do the dance as well...>_> I swear I did not teach them any of this...I only teach ENGRISH. :) So the reason I ambiguously titled this post "Boyfriend?" is because these kids can't get over the fact that girls can have friends that are boys but aren't more than "just friends." Every time we Skype with my friends that happen to be of the male species...I get bombarded with "Teacher, your boyfriend, your boyfriend?" And these so called "friends" sabotage me and tell my students "yes." -_-x AHEM ANDREW, KEVIN, AND LAKSH. And yes, Eddie, if we did webcam, I know you would too.

Breakfast: Green tea jam toasted sandwich...so good... 

My students in a nut shell...jk. Ahaha, they're silly. 

Being a teacher has its perks. The sponge cakes are from a 9th grader's birthday...and we don't even teach 9th grade. :3 

Elle was quite anxious about the 8th grade field trip tomorrow so she had me and Ashley visit the Hualien Sugar Factory today after school to prepare for tomorrow. Luckily I remembered Oak Avenue's trip to Knott's (I'm pretty sure it was middle school ._.) and how we had to do a scavenger hunt in Ghost Town before we could go on our own in the park. So we put together a scavenger/passport-like hunt for the field trip. I really hope it works out because apparently the media will be following us, and it'll be internationally aired, and the principal will be there. But most importantly, I hope the students really enjoy themselves and are able to show off the fruits of their hard work.

Why does candy land (sugar factory) look so daunting? 

Ashley's really depressed that she can't find her sweet potatoes. 

But all is well b/c we found papaya and taro ice cream. 

Dinner: Pumpkin fried rice and bamboo shoot soup. 

An unexpected, but very welcomed visitor...Why does it look like I'm choking it? ._.

The grandma that cooks our dinners made us rice wine sticky buns for her grand-daughter's birthday...I really love the hospitality here.

---Reflection---

Today as I was compiling vocabulary for the topic of emotion...for some reason, all the words that came up in my head first were negative emotions...and when I tried to think of positive ones...it was so hard that I had to Google "positive emotions." I guess this shows that I don't exactly have the most positive outlook on life, even though I might seem that way on the outside, this little incident reveals what truly is in my heart. So a lot needed meditation on that because that's where all the change happens, from the inside out. I need to stop worrying about superficial outward appearance but rather inward.