All Things Asian. Except BBQ

Hey all! I am sitting at my desk working like I have been all week. It’s been pretty uneventful but I will fill you in on everything on my mind. I subbed 5 times from Thursday to Monday because both Drew and Kendall were gone so most of my free periods were spent dealing with other children and babysitting. From one of Kendall’s classes I got 3 students who owe me detention but Drew’s classes were pretty good. By Monday I was definitely done subbing so I told the administration’s assistant that I would not sub for at least a week. Thankfully, there’s really only one week left of school. The next week is review week when most kids don’t even come to school and then after that it’s finals!

My theatre students went to the elementary school this week to read stories for some classes there as that was their second-to-last summative grade and the last one is a fairy tale or legend performed on stage. It’s short and there’s not many lines for people to memorize-if they have to memorize. Speech and Debate students are also on that same track-they have one more debate to do for me and then I won’t even make them come in for class. I’m not telling them to skip school, just that they don’t have to come to class for me. Same for the theatre class once we’ve done our last performance.

This weekend was actually pretty full for it being a weekend. Thursday I went to jiu jitsu with Mike and then after was just a very chill night watching a movie and eating. Friday Jessica, Mike and I went to brunch at Texas BBQ and were there from 11am-5 or 6pm. It seemed like it would never really end because we were trying to get all the food and beer we could in the time period allowed. But it was a lot of fun. And kind of awkward-I saw one of my students there and she got me a drink because she “never comes to my class”. She was also a little drunk but it is not rare to see your students out and about and even at bars.

After the brunch we were going to play laser tag (after a quick nap). Mike and I were supposed to meet up with some people and then go but they all bailed for one reason or another. When we got there the lady at the counter said we had to have at least 3 people, so instead we sat down for some shisha and then made a surprise visit to Donna who lived in the area. We were only there for an hour as it was late and she had two dogs. Yesterday nothing really happened. I got to sleep in and work all morning/afternoon and then some of us decided to go to a Korean play thing that one of the students told us about. A few of my students saw the brochure that someone gave me and seemed genuinely interested in going and asked if I would. There were 6 of us teachers going to the show but since we had to split into 2 cars, we basically stayed split for the whole night. Mike and I wanted to eat at the Indian restaurant in the souq that we liked a while ago but then the others wanted to go to a Moroccan restaurant in another part of the city. 
Then, when we got to the culture hall where the show was, we got there first so we were further up in the line since they didn’t join us. Oh well, it didn’t matter. The cost was free anyways and there was still a line. We got in and were looking to see where we could sit and see if we could find a huge spot for all of us teachers and then the student that invited most of us came up behind us and said hello. He’s a really good kid and even took a picture with us afterwards but he wanted to say hi before the show even began. Anyways, as Mike and I were standing there looking and chatting with our student, the “VIP” section was opened up by one row and we got to sit four rows from the front. The other group of teachers was too late though, so they had to sit waaaaaaaaay in the back corner. The show itself, called Nanta, was actually really cool and funny. It is the longest running show for South Korea and it has been to Broadway already. They were here to help celebrate the 40^th anniversary of political relations with Bahrain. They did a lot of musical stuff with kitchen utensils and supplies like knives and cutting boards or spoons and water jugs. They told an entire story about working in a kitchen while only saying like 10 words. They were really good and it was a lot of fun and worth the wait in line.

Anyways, that’s all I’ve got for this week. Only 2 weeks of school left with kids, then one week without before I go on my next adventure! I’m not ready for summer break or anything. See ya!