Dinner tonight cost s/. 40.50 for five people. That's about 12.50 American, total. Four of us had a two-course set menu that included a drink and a dessert. I finally tried Lomo Saltado, a popular Peruvian dish of sauteed pork with onions, red peppers, parsley, vinegar, and a few other things over fries, with rice on the side. Potatoes in ( Read more... )

Dance marathon ( Read more... )

I'm at work for a couple of hours in the middle of a day of dance. After ballet this morning Misako finished the piece that Jessica and I will do at the next studio concert. It's much shorter and less exhausting than others we've done, and I like it. Then tonight I have the class at the gym. Hopefully I'll be able to get the two short dances we ( Read more... )

At least I can say that I like my jobs, school, etc. Otherwise it would be really hard to go back after such a nice weekend. Even though the kids were pretty calm, all the ESOL teachers looked really drained after the halls had cleared after the last bell today ( Read more... )

Ballet this morning was followed by a surprise hip hop class. The body rolls and punching and approximations of barrel leaps looked much better on the teacher than on any of us ballet-types who were taking the class...but it was fun.

I'm hoping to leave work before beltway traffic gets too bad.

Good good day. I wrote an email to the guy in Chile, and got a response like an hour later, saying that yes yes they like my credentials and I can apply officially in February and that the start date could be flexible, depending on when the job in Peru finishes ( Read more... )

I think it's time to rejoin the livejournal world. It's been over a year since I last posted anything...but I do read posts from time to time, so I might as well write one myself. I've reached that great point in the semester where you know the end is near, but it's still out of reach just beyond a mountain of projects, papers, reading, and ( Read more... )

We started teaching today. The area where the school is located is not nearly as developed as the rest of the town. The school, itself, though is under serious construction, as most are during the summer, I guess. Mr. Wong, the assistant principal, picked us up at the high school (where we live) and drove us to the middle school where we would ( Read more... )

So...China. I'm having one of those "where to start" moments, for this past week has been chock full of new sights, sounds, experiences, characters, people, places...everything. We arrived in Zhengzhou, at the school where we'll be teaching, two nights ago. Since then we've been getting situated in our apartments, meeting the other ESL teachers ( Read more... )

Blah, I never know what to write about when I reappear these lengthy hiatuses ( Read more... )