backpacks and afterschool snacks.

FINALLY! FINALLY! FINALLY! hark! rejoice!
after being here in the sweaty city for almost 2 weeks I have finally been assigned what classes I am going to teach: (AND, I was assigned exactly what I had requested.)

My schedule is as follows:

English: grades 5,8,9
Art: grades 3-9
Computers: 5-6 (everyone has to teach a computer class..)

Also, I will be an advisor for the performing arts club (we combined choir and drama into one club and clubs will meet once a week.

So, my classroom is actually being painted right now (I'm the homeroom teacher for grade 5) with duties that include checking homework/attendance etc. The grade 5 classroom is "my" classroom and I can decorate/arrange it as I please. The subjects that I teach for grade 5 are English and Art, so I will instruct those classes in my classroom, and then change classrooms for the other grades that I teach.
We are supposed to make up a list of supplies that we would like the school to purchase for us to use during the first quarter..this should be a trip! I'm trying to think of things my elementary school teachers did that I liked so I can try and do the same things. I was always the girl in class thinking "oh, he/she should have done this...or, I can't stand this story! We should have read this.." yadda yadda yadda. So, all I'm going to be doing this weekend is thinking of the should haves and shouldn't haves and trying to compile some sort of teaching ideas.

Also, it seems that I've been chosen to participate in Sunday morning worship here for the English service. I'll be playing guitar and singing (with Pastor Mike from the Phillipines)... I was very hesitant at first as the only place I really like to sing/play is in a really nice, echoing bathroom/tub...but Pastor Mike said in his broken English: "what? if you have talent, you must be talented for God. You be talents for God?"
So, Yes Pastor Mike. I be talents for God.

Between Sunday morning/weds. night worship, club leader and teacher of 3 different subjects I think I'm going to be rather busy here...

So, update (I'm trying to make this quick because my legs are sweaty and sticking to the leather on this chair..eww).. Last night I took the adventure of a lifetime. I went with my friend Mike to Tesco/Lotus (a walmart/target like store) because he needed to get some sheets...so, we were going to take a taxi until MIke said "no! the motorcycles! they're cheaper!".
"cheaper, you say?" I replied.."I'm in."


OH MY WORD.
These motorcycles weave in and out of rush hour traffic and have nowhere to hold onto..most of the women sit side-saddle (in this case, I wasn't about to be lady like for the sake of my life)..so i hopped on one motorcycle and mike on another. we're not supposed to hold onto the driver, just sit on our hands and balance or hold on to the bottom of our seats when we go fast.
i think i peed my pants a little.

AND, they over charged us. it was probably the scariest ride i've ever been on (busch gardens has got nothin' on that ride..).

needless to say-
i'll definitely be doing that again.
(sorry, mom).

so, that's all for now.
one more hour and then i get to go back to the apartment and stop sweating for awhile. I believe I'm going to some bizzare tonight (a market with street vendors, etc.) but, we'll see. so...until whenever i get to use internet again-

all my love.