Thursday Schmursday

Today I have a work thing tonight. Some kids are coming over from TTG in Adelaide and staying with host families for the weekend. They are having a reception to welcome them and some Chinese students too and I am "translating". This means I read a prepared statement off a page right after the Japanese read a prepared statement off a page. But I am told that the food is massive and I will be taking advantage of that to stuff my face. I was hoping maybe for some free beverages too but there will be kids there so no beer. BOO.

Last night I got paid for the private English classes I took for my neighbour while he was away in Kashmir avoiding riots. It was quite a bit of money so I am heaps stoked. I was running on low this month cos of my rather indulgent trip to Hiroshima on the first weekend after I got paid. Stretching finances over a month is heaps not fun. I also received a package from a friend with such Aussie items as Arnotts Bush Biscuits, Charlesworth Party Favourite mix and a hankie with Aussie animals on it. :) I went for a walk in some weird big fat slow rain and wondered briefly whether I had perhaps turned into Superman and had the ability to run really fast which was why the rain seemed so slow. But no, still just Jo.

I am eating with the grade 3 class this week and they are SO great. They made a list of questions they want to ask me and they take it in turns to stand up and read one out to me after we finish eating. They ask me stuff like "what's your favourite flower?" (a question I recently learnt how to answer) "is your mum's cooking yummy?", "which country do you most want to go to?". They are probably the most curious bunch of little kids in the whole school. The grade 3 classes are heaps smaller too because there are 3 of them, only about 25 kids in each one so they are much better behaved and a real pleasure to hang out with mostly.