Classroom Name: Teacha, play dice!
Task: Think of words for a specific category that no one else has in order to score points. If someone else wrote down the same word: no points.
Student's Method of Task Completion: Copy foreign words off English posters made in Taiwan (clearly).
Round 1 Category: Animals
Me: Alright Stacey, what've you got?
Stacey: Elephant.
Me: Who's got elephant? (no hands) Good! One point for Stacey.
Stacey: Star, Teacha, I want star!
Me: Sure. Wilson, give me an animal.
Wilson: Cock.
Me: I'm sorry, what?
Wilson: COCK!
Me: By 'cock' you mean...
Wilson: (eagerly pointing at the animal poster with a ROOSTER on it)
Me: Right. Cocka-doodle-do. Who's got cock? (no hands) Score Wilson, score.
Round 2 Category: Vegetables
Mandy: Eggplant!
Me: Whoa, good one. Who's got eggplant? (everyone) Aww, that's too bad Mandy. No star. You're up Jack.
Jack: Cum.
Me: (straight face) Cum? (he nods) I...don't...think...cum's a vegetable Jack.
Jack: (clearly confused) Yes it is!
Me: Well, what's a cum?
(At this point, all students are jumping up and down asking "What's cum, what's cum?!" until I read what he wrote.)
Me: CoRn, Jack. CORRRN.
Jack: Yes, cun is a vegetable!
So you see, teaching in Taiwan ain't all that bad. If you don't make a big reaction, the kids won't suspect they said anything bad. But in some cases, they do catch on and will use it at any chance they possibly get, in all the wrong contexts. It's cool in my book cuz it's still English right?
The past two weekends have been no different - more drinking, partying, and...weird dancing.
Anthony came to town so we grabbed a full meal to line our tummies...
My delicious wonton soup noodle with passion fruit tea
Then it's off to join our other teaching buddies at a cafe lounge, Roxy Junior's.
Alastir & Charlene
Mike, Tom, & Gemma discussing how tall Taiwan cockroaches are
Ant, me, & Trent kicking back on some NASTY appletini's
Ant successfully cradle robbing...
After we convinced Ant to give the baby back, we headed over to Roxy 99's which is under the same chain as Roxy Junior. See, you work your way up and into the world of drunken stupor and gropage. You start with Roxy Junior's, the dance and mingle with ass grabbers at Roxy 99 (think Icehouse in Binghamton), and then move into some sultry aftermath at Vibe (like a Roxy Senior). Then you wake up in broad daylight about 10ft from your doorstep, face was in the ground, with a McD's bag clutched in your left hand. What the fuck just happened? Well, for starters, this did:
Bringing back the videos...featuring Mx & Mike
Alan - one of the first teachers I've met here.
Corrie and Kat
Paul and Kat
Mike - the giver
Alastir with the giver in the back, of course
Mx
Me & Corlia - treadmill buddy
Hammie and Corlia - workout buddies
When the going gets good
Good times come in 3's
Tome & drunken Gemma. We don't know the fob in the back.
A taste of Mike's hardcore dancing. Viewer's discretion is advised.
Next weekend, we opted for something a little more mellow and laid back so we checked out this live band venue called "Oldies Goodies" entertaining, to say the least, watching these Taiwanese folk perform. Ha.
Enjoy SATC in NYC!!! Ting Ting Bao Bao (xoxo).
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