Heaven or Hell?

I am DEARLY sorry for this late post...Let's just say that I have been 'basking' between heaven and hell over the last 2 weeks. Let me explain:

WORK
It is GREAT (heaven part!) to work with bright students that want to learn and challenge themselves. I make them write in a book every week about different topics related to the class and it seems that a lot of them enjoy reading my comments, and so do I. Some of the students even realized that grades are not the only important part in life, but also development...AWESOME!!!!!! It was heart-warming to read these comments! :)

But the hell part was last week: On Tuesday, we had a session with a Sociology teacher that is very involved in everything...Of course, he doesn't understand English so it was in Bahasa Indonesia. So I sat there for like an eternity and listen to people's comments although I didn't understand.But I saw my kids' dirty looks...Luckily, the teacher with whom I work translated bits and pieces to me and it wasn't good...Complaints...ONLY complaints!!! At a certain point, I had to use the washroom, so I left with my purse (read: toilet paper in my purse) and it seemed like I was upset....which I was! I was a bit emotional and so was the teacher with whom I work. I am not here, on the other side of the world, to hear a bunch of 15 and 16 years old complain that they are too busy, while they have 500 different activities in which they partake!!!!!! Made me very annoyed and I lost a lot of energy (which I regained over this weekend!).

EVERYTHING ELSE
Of course most of the stuff is heaven-like...Like getting to know an Indian lady living in Singapore (read: she invited us for divinnnnnne Indian food...TP, can't wait to cook with you to learn how to do it!!!!) and she told me I could spend a couple of days with her and her family...SCORE, because it is REALLY expensive to live in Singapore...hehehe!!!! And the fruits are just tooooooooooooo yummy!!!! I tried funky fruits like snake fruit, custard apple, fresh guavas and rambutan and also the King of Fruits, durian...It was almost a guarantee that I dislike it...but everyone here is crazy for it!!!!

Anyways, I have to see my kids now and I have to prepare a Canadian weekend March 11th and 12th. I have about 40-50 people to feed and I have no oven as of yet, while I am making sheppard's pie (pate chinois) and lasagna (I know, I know, it isn't Canadian, but it goes fast and my aun't recipe is really yummy!)...Stay tuned to see what I'll do!!!! :P

PS. If you guys have any ideas about typical canadian salads or something, please send me e-mails or comments on this blog ASAP....I need to buy food!!!! :)