Normal?

Why can't I just find a "normal" job where nothing weird happens? Yes, it's related to the previous post about "why".

Question of the day...why...

...unfortunately I can't say more than that...until I leave.

Pictures?

I have a lot of pictures, but the desire to post them is less than the effort required. Hence, no pictures for now.

Accidents

I think I realized why I haven't seen any cars completely smashed up. It's because you can't drive fast enough to make a big impact.

I got my first "fuck you"

I was walking around Gulang Yu Island in Xiamen with a friend and a group of 3 middle school boys walked past us. When they were about 15 feet behind us one of them turned around and said "fuck you" in our direction. It was quite funny, and we both had a good laugh.

Teachers

Whenever I meet other teachers at my school the subject of teaching always comes up. After the usual questions I get asked 50 million times, they ask if I like teaching. Yes, I do (even if sometimes I don't). I ask them the same question, and I have yet to get a yes answer. Every teacher at my school always says they don't like teaching. Which again, begs the question, then why are you teaching?!

Which, is exactly what I'm contemplating at the moment.

To leave, or not to leave...

...that is the question.

My students...

A while ago a student came up to me and said, "I'm sorry teacher but we are very lazy". A few days ago a student said, "I don't like to speak English". When I ask them why do they go to school they say because it is better than nothing. On the contrary, it is EQUAL to nothing.

Graduation rate

99% of the students who go to my public 3-year college graduate. 99%.

Hahahah!

I go to class this afternoon and nobody was there. So, I called an admin and asked if classes were canceled. Yes, I'm sorry I thought someone told you, she says. Second time everybody in the school knows classes were canceled except me. Yay! This is fun! I was wondering why people were giving me funny looks more than usual as I walked to class.

Even the weather sucks...

In September I asked one of the admins in our department when will it cool down. She looked at me with a straight face and said November. Of course I thought she was kidding but I guess she wasn't. It's finally cooled down the past couple of days. It went from summer to winter in the span of 1 day.

This place sucks...

Zhangzhou will chew you up and spit you out, don't come here alone.

Internet

When a webpage will load through the great firewall of China, but loads faster through a proxy, you know something is seriously messed up.

Don't get me wrong...

...I still intend to study Chinese and all that, but I just don't really want to live in small town China anymore. I've seen enough. I just have to decide where I want to go next. But, I won't leave until my contract is finished in June 2009.

Something is different...

Something is different about my students this term. Even the students who are normally very active and interested have changed. I'm not sure why but it's really starting to suck. I'm ready to go home now, just have to wait for my contract to finish.

Nothing...

Nothing to report.