Do work, son!, or: You're telling me that thing is nuclear!
Thanks to the internet I am able to stay up on all non-firewalled stuff happening in America but sometimes it takes awhile for me to hear about things. Like MTV's Rob and Big, my new favorite show. Have you seen this? It's a hilarious show about a 300 pound security guard and his 140 pound professional skateboarding roommate/boss. I've watched almost all of them thanks to MTV posting their shows on-line. I suggest it if you haven't seen it already -
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/rob_and_big/series.jhtml
In other news, I am showing Back to the Future to my senior 1 classes. They really like it, but I was surprised how often they cuss in this PG movie. I guess when I am at the apartment watching it I don't notice it. But throw in 22 15 year old Chinese kids who seem to only be able to remember english swear words and every bomb dropped catches my attention. So why am I watching a movie? Am I lazy and unoriginal? Betty might say yes...
In my class I have a teaching partner, a Chinese teacher who can help explain difficult concepts to the students in Chinese. My friend Helen is my teaching partner in Senior 1. Helen and her husband just had a baby girl(btdubs - Chinese thoughts on pregnancy are out of this world...maybe fodder for another post)! While she is out, a Junior English teacher, Nancy, is filling in for her. Nancy, like me, doesn't really care for Senior students because they are lazy and they like it like that. Nancy asked if we would be watching any movies because she was tired of the students. I grudgingly agreed to her request...rriigghhtt.
Fun bullets:
-It came out last year, but mewithoutYou's third album Brother Sister is great. When these guys have kids they'll be down with Elimination Communication.
-There is only one time in China, Beijing Time. China is bigger than the ol' US but they only have 1 time zone. Urumqi, the capital of the province I live in is 2050 miles from Beijing. The upside of this~ Roscoe wakes me up to take him out when the sun rises, 830 thank you very much!
-I watched Amelie with Betty. I used to work at a video store. This title was very popular but I never got around to watching it. It's a lot of fun and in French. I don't know French but I am used to hearing people talk and not understand them. Unlike my daily life, this movie is subtitled in english.
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/rob_and_big/series.jhtml
In other news, I am showing Back to the Future to my senior 1 classes. They really like it, but I was surprised how often they cuss in this PG movie. I guess when I am at the apartment watching it I don't notice it. But throw in 22 15 year old Chinese kids who seem to only be able to remember english swear words and every bomb dropped catches my attention. So why am I watching a movie? Am I lazy and unoriginal? Betty might say yes...
In my class I have a teaching partner, a Chinese teacher who can help explain difficult concepts to the students in Chinese. My friend Helen is my teaching partner in Senior 1. Helen and her husband just had a baby girl(btdubs - Chinese thoughts on pregnancy are out of this world...maybe fodder for another post)! While she is out, a Junior English teacher, Nancy, is filling in for her. Nancy, like me, doesn't really care for Senior students because they are lazy and they like it like that. Nancy asked if we would be watching any movies because she was tired of the students. I grudgingly agreed to her request...rriigghhtt.
Fun bullets:
-It came out last year, but mewithoutYou's third album Brother Sister is great. When these guys have kids they'll be down with Elimination Communication.
-There is only one time in China, Beijing Time. China is bigger than the ol' US but they only have 1 time zone. Urumqi, the capital of the province I live in is 2050 miles from Beijing. The upside of this~ Roscoe wakes me up to take him out when the sun rises, 830 thank you very much!
-I watched Amelie with Betty. I used to work at a video store. This title was very popular but I never got around to watching it. It's a lot of fun and in French. I don't know French but I am used to hearing people talk and not understand them. Unlike my daily life, this movie is subtitled in english.
I love Back to the Future. I saw a Delorean parked in front of a store the other day, I course, I thought of the movie.
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