- Every school has its own chickens. And by chickens I also mean one rooster. It's always funny hearing the rooster crow and the chickens cluck as I walk into school each morning.
- There's a big mirror randomly in the middle of a wall near the entry to the school. I asked about it and they told me basically that it's specifically for checking yourself out.
- I mentioned in my last post that Japan is really cute and everything is happy; well at school during lunch they even play J-Pop--just incase you aren't feeling genki enough.
And now for other thoughts: I have no idea why God put me here instead of Northern Ireland, why that whole thing didn't work out. It's my first time not being there this time of the year and I didn't realize it would suck so badly. I miss everyone and I wish I was there. I was reading a bit about TCKs on the internet the other day (because, let's face it, us Third Culture Kids are pretty fascinating) and I came across this:
"On the surface, most adult TCKs conform to what is going on around them in such a way that attention is not drawn to them. As they meet new people and situations, they are slow to commit themselves until they have observed what is expected behavior. If what is expected is unacceptable or incomprehensible, they will quietly withdraw rather than make fools of themselves or hurt the feelings of others. They are extremely complex people who are weaving together their memories in a rapidly changing present for an uncertain future."
Veeery interesting indeed. I definitely can't do this AET thing forever (but then I doubt I can do any one job forever). It's not that I don't like it...I love working with the kids, and the adults aren't bad either but they sure make it stressful (cancelling class without telling me, uncancelling class without telling me, throwing stuff at me last minute--and then of course there's the culture stress that must be dealt with everyday). They're all really nice though. I'm thinking of looking into travel journalism, or just photography, or maybe writing books on travel with my own pictures included. All I know is I must travel and I can't have a desk job or I'll die. But the whole AET thing has such good benefits, like 20 paid days of vacation a year plus 5 extra for summer (not including weekends or national holidays), a big chunk of my housing paid by the government, and a far higher salary than I could get at this age in the states. So, just pray for me. Thanks! ~me
