stinky

when we were walking to the shop yesterday i could smell something really really stinky so i said to mummy "eww stinky"

mummy said "yes tiana very stinky"

i said "mmm kaohsiung farted, say excuse me kaohsiung"

the moon

i am really fascinated by the moon, i love seeing the moon in the sky with the twinkle, twinkle little stars! all last week the moon was coming out in the day time, silly moon, so one night we were walking back from the shop and i said to mummy
"Where IS the moon?"
"maybe the moon is hiding behind the clouds" said mummy

i looked up, scratched my head, put my wee hand on my chin, tapped the finger on my cheek and said "possibly"

i dont know why mummy was laughing so much, it is possible that the moon is behind the clouds, isnt it?

wow i have been in taiwan for nearly six years

can you believe it? i have been here 6 years on the 10th of october!! bloody hell, how time flies when you get older hehe

so today, i took the class to cheng ching lake park for a morning out, we all had a great time, and as we were walking up to the upper play park area i saw something move near our feet!

it was an Asiatic Cobra, can i just say that again......... we nearly stepped on A COBRA!!!!

i have been here 6 years (did i say that already) and for the first time in all that time i saw a snake and nearly stepped on the fecking thing!

so we backed off slowly, with me wishing i had shoes on instead of sandals, and watched this hooded beauty rear up and spread its hood (i am pretty sure we were out of striking distance by then) watch us for a minute or two and then slither, slide and make lots of S shapes into the ditch, we followed it (not too closely) for about 5 minutes

what an amazing site to see!

well......its started

the end of the fourth day, why does it feel like weeks?

our first day was a little shaky, starting with the mummies hanging out in the kiddies lounge and not seeming willing to leave - not through concern for their children but because it is a comfy space to hang out and chat! so at 10 (class starts at 9.30) i took the kids out for a walk to give them the hint to leave!

lunchtime wasnt good as the food i had ordered in didnt turn up, so i had to bundle the kids into the car and go buy food for them all!

nap time went well and the afternoon was fine until the mummy that wouldnt leave in the morning didnt turn up to pick up her son until 6pm - class finishes at 4.30! needless to say i was getting tired of his company by then lol

yesterday (wednesday) went great, parents droppped the kids off and left (yeeehaaa), lunch turned up on time and was yummy, the parents picked their kids up by 5pm and left immediately but both of the boys were saying to their mums - wo bu yao hui jia - or i dont want to go home! good sign i guess

tiana gets so excited that her friends come to her house every morning and hopefully this week we will find a few more friends for her

so i guess at the moment it is all good

never the right time

someone once said to me "there is no such thing as a perfect time to start your own business or have a baby, but some money in the bank helps"

well before you get excited, i am not pregnant, and no i do not have any money in the bank!

so i guess it is time to start my own business! (as i never listen to good advice)

i wonder to myself what the hell i am doing but i am doing it anyways



so here it is, what used to be the front of our lounge is now the play area














and in the middle the classroom space

and at the far end the "kiddies lounge" for storytime, quiet time and cooking of hotdogs and icecream (tiana does the cooking!)

it has been a couple of hard weeks getting it all ready as we have had to basically move house! the ground floor lounge moved up to the first floor but only after the second floor moved up to the third so that the first could move up to the second! you get the picture we moved house just not to anywhere new!

so far i only have three students! arrgh but i realise it will have to start slowly and build slowly, might mean working at nights for a few weeks to get us enough cash to keep going but if that is what it takes so be it, i am sick sick sick to the back teeth of working for money grabbing bosses, that dont give a shit about the students or the teachers

this is giving me the chance to do what i always wanted to - stay home with tiana and teach her as well - and i am getting paid for it, and as an extra bonus she has a couple of friends with her at home

so everyone send your good vibes, prayers or whatever spare cash you have to help get my little school running