The Roof Might Be My New Favorite Spot

We have our schedules!

I am teaching:

• 2nd graders on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 1:30-4.
• 5th graders on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:40-6.
• Junior High Writing on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:50-8:50.
• HIGH SCHOOL Writing on Fridays! Same bat time: 6:50 to 8:50!
• And I tutor on Mondays from 5-6:30.

IT IS GOING TO BE SO FUN! My excitement is swayed only a little bit by the fact that I don't start until 1:30 every day. What am I going to do with my free mornings? Endless possibilities!

That was the most exciting thing that happened today. Because I still suffer from jet-lag, this whole day has been a bit of a blur. I do know there was a lot of talking about culture clashing (an American teaching in Taiwan, you know), but I'm sure I'll be hearing more about that when I am no longer in a sleep-hungry coma. Gerald drove us around some more, hoping it would allow us to become more familiar with the city of FengYuan. Mostly, what it did was disorient us further. However, I was rather proud of myself when I recognized a few key places he took us to that I had been to before, when I was here 9 years ago. His house was one (go me!), and a shaved ice shop in Smelly Tofu Alley (seriously) was another.

Being the niece of the owners of the school has already reaped benefits, besides having a hand in the classes that I teach.

It's day 2, and I've already been handed by both Gerald and Frances boxes of goodies, with a "Here, take this, it's for you." I keep on telling people to eat as much as they want, but they don't seem to be listening to me. Seriously, it's really good.

I live on the fourth floor of the school building, one level away from the roof. The open air is a mere staircase away from me, and so today, instead of taking pictures when we went around the city, I took pictures of FengYuan at twilight from the roof.



Cities are so beautiful.