Okay, So I’ve been here almost 1 month…I really need to set some time aside to write on my blog. I have come to the conclusion that I am busier than last year socializing…surprise, surprise.
Where should I begin…When I got to Kuwait I felt like I was living in an oven! It was extremely hot. It was great to see everyone again and meet the newbies. At the girls campus…construction of the 3rd floor put everything behind schedule. The hallways were filthy, desks and shelves everywhere. My classroom was a disaster compared to last year. I had new air conditioners in my room..but they were not hooked up. Last year if you can remember I walked into a classroom that had the desks lined up in rows…this year my desks were scattered everywhere under a layer of dust. But in the end it all came together. I didn’t stress too much about it because I knew what I had in all of my boxes and where everything was going to go.
The first day of school was great. My girls were shy but full of smiles. I’ve been told many times this is the best class ACA has ever had..and well I can honestly say I agree. I think the honey moon stage is over..and the girls are themselves. I wish I had a hidden video camera so you could see how amazing my students are this year. They are ridiculously smart ..they raise their hands and do not interrupt. They never get out of there seats unless they raise their hand and ask to…they whisper at all times including art. Even well I tell them its free time you could hear a pin drop. I love it…the girls love it…it’s a great learning environment.
Some highlights over the past month:
· I am in the Arab Times Newspaper…I went to the Canadian Embassy with some other teachers from my school and our picture was taken for the paper. So of course I bought a copy! I scanned it to show all of you.
· I went on a road trip to Wafra it is a farming community in Kuwait. This is where all the green houses are that grow the vegetables we eat from the store. Here we saw camels and oil fields. We also accidently went to the Saudi Arabia Border and got into a wee bit of trouble.
(don’t worry everything was fine…just we took pictures…and were in the customs area so they weren’t happy with us. So lucky for me I switched my camera card before the men came to talk to us and when they asked for my camera I told them I deleted the photos. Then on our way out the police stopped us again and we had to go back to Saudi Border…we still are unsure of why we had to go back we think it might have been because we didn’t exit the right road. It’s quite the confusing story to tell. But I can tell you this I will not be going near the Saudi Border again any time soon. I have officially visited all the borders that touch Kuwait because last year I went to the Iraq border.
· I went to Entertainment City which is an amusement park in Kuwait. It was lots of fun. However I went on a ride called the Tornado and it flipped you upside and around and around..and I got a tad bit dizzy and felt sick afterwards.
· Today was Gergean at school. (Sorta like Halloween at home) Only the girls go door to door for candy 7 nights in a row! Also they wear sparkly dresses instead of costumes. I got LOTS and LOTS of CANDY…Sigh I love candy. Good thing I bought a GYM MEMBERSHIP!! WHoohoo!!
So that’s my life in a nutshell. I am leaving for INDONESIA on Sept.25th. I will be travelling with my friend Amanda and living with her friend Arnold whose family lives in Jakarta. I am excited as it will be nice to live with an Indonesian family instead of a hotel.
Hope all is well with everyone. Next post will be when I return from my trip. Sometime near Oct. 10th.
Love you all.
-Krista
September 15, 2008
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