I have no idea how I forgot to mention this, but last night Harry and I got locked in the school! It is a semi-circular shape, with buildings split into three sections, and each section has five levels. Our rooms are the far side of the third section, on the fourth...
On Saturday we went to Ba Vi which was awesome. We drove, me on the back of Connor’s bike. We had to stop and ask for directions a few times which involved a lot of gesticulation and pointing at the map, but the route was surprisingly easy and Connor has an excellent...
Harry was still refusing to teach classes because he said he learnt more from watching me, which is maybe a good job, because they were a little over excited and kept lifting up my skirt and smacking my bum! He taught the last two classes successfully, except he got...
Nearly everyone who has taught English in Vietnam raves about how great it is. And that’s for very good reason, it's a teacher's paradise. There are countless benefits of teaching in Vietnam, and each teacher’s experiences are unique, but here are some things...
First things first, stop giving yourself a hard time. It is completely natural to have nerves. Unfortunately for most teachers, those first-class nerves never really go away. You do however, learn how to deal with them. The more you plan before a lesson,...
I am still trying to arrange my flight home for Christmas. You will find that there is just as much red tape bull sh*t in other countries as there is your own! I managed to get through to the airline, who told me that I would have to wait until much nearer the time to...
On Friday night my friend and I went to the local market to buy the ingredients for dinner, which was interesting as we spoke no Vietnamese! It was so difficult trying to explain that we wanted enough pork for five people, and we wanted the part with no fat on… no we...
I have booked my first trip to the magical Halong Bay! A local friend of mine, An* who I had met through my pen friend booked a minibus for eight of us. There was a bit of a palaver over whether Connor was going to be able to come or not, because he was supposed to be...
Harry (my friend from home) got the job, which was a relief as he had just flown half way across the world to be here! He was asked a few questions and then told about his role, so as I suspected, he already had the job. However, it was not plain sailing. My...
My friend from home finally arrived! It took nearly 2 and a half hours from when his plane landed to when he arrived on the doorstep, which was a little worrying as my phone wouldn’t let me ring him. He eventually rang, and he was in the wrong place, haha, but we...
On Monday morning I was pleased to see that the one student I was meant to be teaching today was actually two because it’s always more fun with two as you can build more chemistry/ a better relationship, do more interesting tasks and play better games. Also,...
Well… I went for drinks last night and one drink quickly turned into many because one of my colleagues is definitely an alcoholic and was ordering beers for everyone every five minutes! The civilised conversation soon progressed to a huge argument over the American...
That evening I went for dinner to one of those weird restaurants where the plates go round the rotary system and you pick what you want and boil it in a pot. I put chicken in but then didn’t eat it because I had a suspicion I was going to die. I stuck to prawns,...
I was late today because my xe om driver ran out of petrol on the main road, so abandoned me on the side of the street, pushed his bike across the highway into the oncoming traffic, filled up is tank and rode back to collect me! I started teaching at 8.40am but...
I am really enjoying the time off to relax!! With such a small amount of hours the small children aren’t too bad either… I also found out I am teaching one to one on Monday for two or three hours which is going to be insanely boring and I have no idea what they level...
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