“I want nobody nobody but you *clap* *clap*, I want nobody nobody but you”

Hey kids,

I’m updating my blog and it hasn’t been a few weeks!! haha

This past week was ok.  My school had a teacher come in and teach a demo for my class.  Before she came in one of the teachers asked me if I was ok, because I had looked sad when they had told me earlier in the week.  I told her it was just because this was making it more real (and this started the water works)! As the teacher came in and taught my kids a lesson I hid in the lunch area crying, being consoled by my Chinese teacher who was starting to cry as well.  It was awful! I’ve been telling people for weeks about how I don’t know how I’m going to leave these kids and I’ll be crying for the next three weeks!
I tried to explain I’m just a crier, and I’m not good at good-byes as it is. Still didn’t make the other teachers looking at me feel any better, and proceeded to use it to their benefit when they begged me to stay the next day.

Anyways enough of that.  The rest of the week was school and that’s about it.  Friday we watched ‘The Killing Fields’ In prep for our trip to Cambodia. Need to finish more books about Cambodia and Vietnam in the next few weeks.  Saturday Renee and I did some shopping – well mostly  me to get new running shoes as my other shoes killed my feet last weekend.  After figuring out I have enormous feet (especially for Taiwan standards…) I got the only pair they could find for me.  They’re cute, so I’m not to worried about it.  We then went to get our hair done.  Now I know I’ve mentioned it before to a few people, but Taiwanese hairwashes are the best things EVER!  They wash your hair and massage your scalp and shoulders for like 30 mins….it’s amazing! Plus its super cheap so we like to go a lot.  It also helps take the grime and smog out of our hair, plus I get semi-normal (aka non-frizzy) hair for a few days! Saturday night was a birthday party for a friend in our complex.  It was a good night!

Today we went and played frisbee again, with the foreigners instead of the Taiwanese people from before.  This being an impromptu discussion at the party last night and it was all arranged for this afternoon.  It was a lot of fun and I think I might look into doing it when I come back home (just need to not suck at throwing it!! haha).  After we went for dinner with another friend (yummy Korean food) and now I’m in my pj’s bundled up keeping warm.

This week there isn’t much planned besides the usual.  I have another birthday party this weekend at KTV and I’m looking forward to that. Then I think on Sunday we’re going to a town near by and tour the area.  Don’t know much about that though.

OH! The reason I started this post was to talk about music and dancing, and share in the wonder of Korean-pop!  In Taiwan there has been a couple of ‘catchy’ songs that have been really popular here.  In the summer a song called “Sorry, Sorry” came out and took everyone by storm.  It’s really fun and catchy and everyone knows the dance moves.  I know Theresa’s students would dance for her, and my older class would always sing it in class.  Plus we’d pull it out at our party’s because it’s just so much fun!  Right now there is a new one starting and it’s being played EVERYWHERE.  The kids are also starting to do the dance moves in class….
So attached below are the two music videos.
Enjoy!