Gung Ho Fat Boy!
Workday - 8:30am-4:30pm
I had an awesome day today. Well, actually it was pretty busy and chaotic. But I enjoyed it, all the same. My two piano classes had their final listening exams, and we started cleaning out the band room and music office, but this was all done in good spirits.
The best part of the day was lunch. A few of us (teachers and students) went across the street to the local Chinese restaurant to eat. Needless to say, it was packed for New Year's celebrations. Fortunately the students had been there all morning and saved some seats. It was just a lot of fun to eat and watch the festivities (the drums and a dragon coming around to collect money -- and give money, I believe). I barely ate anything, but somehow got filled up. And Chinese food is rarely all that filling! I think it was the custard-esque tart that did it.
Also, being the last day of classes for the semester, things were fairly relaxed. I said (and I can't spell this in English) "Gon Hey Fa Choy" to my students and learned to say (which I also can't spell in English) "Gon Si Fa Sai" in Mandarin! I can actually say these phrases correctly, despite my Anglicized versions of "Gung Ho Fat Boy" and "Gutsy Fat Side". The kids then replied with "now give me money!", which is apparently the traditional response. Sounds like a great custom to me! Other students argued "she isn't married!" about me, and therefore I didn't really have to give them anything. I reminded them that I'd be doing the final report cards all weekend and that it might work out better if they gave me money!
I had an awesome day today. Well, actually it was pretty busy and chaotic. But I enjoyed it, all the same. My two piano classes had their final listening exams, and we started cleaning out the band room and music office, but this was all done in good spirits.
The best part of the day was lunch. A few of us (teachers and students) went across the street to the local Chinese restaurant to eat. Needless to say, it was packed for New Year's celebrations. Fortunately the students had been there all morning and saved some seats. It was just a lot of fun to eat and watch the festivities (the drums and a dragon coming around to collect money -- and give money, I believe). I barely ate anything, but somehow got filled up. And Chinese food is rarely all that filling! I think it was the custard-esque tart that did it.
Also, being the last day of classes for the semester, things were fairly relaxed. I said (and I can't spell this in English) "Gon Hey Fa Choy" to my students and learned to say (which I also can't spell in English) "Gon Si Fa Sai" in Mandarin! I can actually say these phrases correctly, despite my Anglicized versions of "Gung Ho Fat Boy" and "Gutsy Fat Side". The kids then replied with "now give me money!", which is apparently the traditional response. Sounds like a great custom to me! Other students argued "she isn't married!" about me, and therefore I didn't really have to give them anything. I reminded them that I'd be doing the final report cards all weekend and that it might work out better if they gave me money!
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