2/12/2008
Update
Ok, the zoo movie does not work due to the fact that it is huge. It took me like an hour to download from the source and blogspot signs me out before it finishes downloading. So i guess you guys will not be able to watch it. On other news, 2 weeks ago i went for an interview at a junior high/high school for an english teaching job. It is in Taoyuan, which is like a not very new or nice town. The agent who contacted me told me to meet him at a train station where he would drive us to the school for the interview. I forgot to tell the agent that saki would be coming along. So, saki and i are at the train station waiting and we started guessing who the guy was and what he looked like and what he would be picking us up in. We were hoping it was not a scooter because that would just be weird, me sandwiched inbetween some random dude and saki. We kept guessing until he came and picked us up, fortunately it was a car, unfortunately it was a dirty scary looking car. It had McDonalds bags and maps all over. Luckily, saki was with me and was used to this sort of thing. So, Saki didn't want me to get this job b/c it was a bad city and far from where she lived and the school was in the middle of nowhere so I really didn't want it, but i wanted the experience of the interview. Also, another guy came along and we all went into the school to wait for the interview. I thought this guy was another agent coming along for the ride. He was a nice dude and we had a friendly chat. Right before the interview I was informed he was also applying for the job. Whateves. I also had to teach for 10 minutes on this magazine from the Jan. issue. I could not find the jan issue and i had no idea what to teach so i decided on valentines day differences/similarities from taiwan and u.s. It did not go well. I talked to fast and all my questions posed where met by confused faces looking at me. I just kept talking and talking and I didn't even know what i was talking about. Only one kid answered my questions, but he was sitting right in front of me and i kept looking at him. Anyways, i thought i did horrible and i didn't care. 1 week later they called me and wanted me for the job. I quickly said NO. So, the point is i am a great teacher! Here are some other random photos so far. Pax out.
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Hang in there buddy. Crummy cars filled with sacks of old McDonald's bags all over isn't all that bad. Who knows, you might end up engaged to that person and having a kid.
.......Like me.......
Pax out.
Not to sound too much like a nagging sister, but first of all, bringing your girlfriend to an interview is ridiculous Robert Lee. Just because you are in a crummy town doesn't mean you shouldn't be professional. I know they still wanted to hire you and I am so proud of you and your 'mad' teaching skills, but I can tell you right now that in the united states if you showed up to an interview with you girlfriend they would not give you the time of day. 2nd of all, while you interview and wait for the "perfect" job you need to just start tutoring or doing something in the meantime. It's never good to have a huge chunk of space missing on your resume. Third, as much as it's sweet that Saki doesn't want you to move "far away" unless you find a job next door to where she lives we ALL have to commute somewhere. I am happy to hear you are interviewing and that you are getting offers, but, like Jeff says, sometimes it might that be all that bad.
Whoa. I never said anything about lecturing the kid, "Miss Going on 31 and I live in an apartment without an oven".
LIVE THE DREAM, ROBOT.
(You can't see me, but everyone else in the office can see me standing with my fist raised in the air)
where are the pictures
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