it's back

So Canada's version of Idol is back and I have to admit, I'm caught up in Idol fever already. I know right? They have only finished picking the top 24 and this is just an example of why I'm so excited.



Holy crap. Sebastian Pigott, Oliver Pigott, Tetiana Ostapowych and Mookie Morris. Seriously probably the best thing I have seen on any Idol at any time. They are absolutely amazing and I'm so happy they all made it. This is what Canadian talent is all about.


The whole top 24 is incredibly talented. There are few pop singers (and those that are would be female) I was blown away watching the Toronto rounds and very happy with who the judges put through to the next round. I can only hope that they are a sign of good things to come.

it's official

So it's official.....I'm going back to Taiwan.

I had talked to my old school last week but I applied to main office today so it is officially official. I even found out I'll be making my old wage which totally rocks because if you've been away for a year, they totally don't need to do that. I won't have many hours at the beginning but I'll be there, and I'll be picking the rest up in November/December. It will be tight at first, but I still think I have money in my Taiwanese account so really, that's just a bonus!

I am really happy about the decision I have made. I have really enjoyed my experience teaching ESL here, but there is just so much of Taiwan that I miss. As a friend at work said, I'll get it out of my system eventually :) So that's it. It's done. Come September, I'll be an expat once again.

So after all that freaking out about getting jobs and whatever else....pointless.

I think I'm going back to Taiwan.

Well, okay, it wasn't really pointless because you know, now I have experience teaching English in Canada. I just miss Taiwan and everything Asian so much right now. So I think I'm going back. In September.

I am also trying to decide if I should keep this blog going or not. I don't really have anything to write about as I really have no life other than work (how sad is that) I might keep it going, or I might stop for the summer and start again when I'm back in Taiwan. I'll have to see. I'll sleep on it.

wtf?

Has anyone seen this? Charging $15 to check your bag? That's ridiculous! I'm glad I fly with Canadian airlines and I will not be impressed if they follow suit. I mean, first they make you check all your lotions and liquids so you can't just have carry-on luggage anymore, and now they are making you pay for it. I realize gas prices are high, but come on. I call bull shit.

tragedy

I had this whole post about all the tragedies that are totally bringing me down this past week, like that in Myanmar, China and especially in my home town...which occurred about 5 blocks from my parents house. When they mean a quiet residential street, they're not kidding. I did have a whole post about it all but I couldn't quite put into words how it all makes me feel.

Depressed at the amount of people that have died in the first two and the absolutely tragic death of the 4 people involved in the third.

Relieved that my family or friends were not directly involved. Aware that tragedy can strike any place and time and no one is unaffected by it.

Lucky that none of the typhoons or earthquakes I experienced in Taiwan were any worse than they were.

I cannot put into words how awful I felt when I heard that the pedestrian in the helicopter crash was an international student from Kenya. How can you tell his parents who sent him to Canada for an education that their son died in a horrible accident like that? My heart goes out to them.

huh?

So, I'm sitting watching American Idol rewind (I know, I should be planning for my class tomorrow but I'm procrastinating once again) so I'm watching and some guy just sang an NKOTB song for their audition. No shitting. Who knew that would get you through to Hollywood, but it did! Anyway, enough of the crap tv I'm watching.

So it's Sunday and like I said I should be planning for my class, since you know, they seem to go a lot better that way but I really don't feel like it. I'm doing laundry instead so you know I must be procrastinating a lot if that's the case. I'm still feeling like something is pulling me back to Asia. Everyday I wish I was there and that I want to go back. I am really enjoying it in Calgary but the job isn't exactly what I thought it would be (yeah, like no hours) and I can't really move out of my sisters until I get a job with more hours (which totally sucks ass) but it's just too expensive to be paying rent, student loans and saving money for my travel addiction on 20 hours a week, even if it is a decent wage.

I put in a class request for the summer semester but now I'm sort of regretting my choices. I put in for the classes that I liked teaching this semester but they are at night again (which for some reason, I enjoy) but now I don't know if I should find a day job and not teach during the day, but then, I came home to specifically teach. I didn't go to school for my degree just to end up working nights at what I want to and work in a mall during the day. So I could go back to Taiwan. The hours aren't much better, but it doesn't cost nearly as much to live there.

Ah well, lots to think about....now I'm going to hang out with my cousin.

what's that breeze?

I can feel a breeze. Since it's windy outside, not all that unusual except for the fact that I'm lying in bed and this breeze is coming through the closed window. Closed window. Strongly. It's freaking cold and now it's making me want to sleep. Which I've been doing too much of. This split shift just makes me want to sleep. Seriously. I'm trying to remember how much I slept in Taiwan, and well yeah, I guess I'm just a person that loves to sleep. Seriously. Especially in winter. If I were an animal I think I would be a bear so I could hibernate all winter. God, that would be so nice. So it really pisses me off when I can't sleep, like last week. I was up between 4am and 5am all week. I guess that would be why I slept almost the entire time while visiting my parents last week.

The jury is still out on whether I like my new job or not. Some days it's alright (like Monday and Wednesday nights when I have my beginner class that don't know how to talk back or be jackasses yet) but other days it's so incredibly awful. I never thought I would say this, but I actually like teaching kids and teenagers better. TEENAGERS! I can't believe I just said that. Oh well, only 6 more weeks of term left. Only 6 more weeks, then I can decide what I want to do next. Now that just opens a whole other can of worms.