All the pieces are falling into place
Shuangliu, China, Mar 30, 2010
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Today I acquired four new students at the shoe factory where
Carla works and all of them Brazilians. I now have lunchtime class’s everyday
from 12:30 to 13:30 Tuesday to Friday, and on Monday from 11:30 to 13:30. I
could probably get more if I wanted to work on the weekend, but I need to save
some time for my Portuguese lessons. The factory would also like to employ me
to teach some of the Chinese factory employees English at nights as well; probably
two hours a night, three or four nights a week. I’m going to feel as if I am
working again. I don’t know how much I like the thought of that, but I will
effectively double my income for the next three months, so I can cope with
that. Plus three of my Brazilian students are absolute beginners, so I’ll get
the chance to use my Portuguese in my lessons. I had my first lesson today and
Jaco (my student) was so grateful that I could explain what I meant in
Portuguese, and he corrected my pronunciation. Win, win, win for me. Oh, and
I’m getting more contacts in Porto Alegre where they are all from. Today I got
the names of a few other international schools I had not previously heard
about.
It’s cold tonight, I am freezing again, I have the heater on full blast but it
doesn’t seem to be making one little bit of difference.
It won’t be long before I head to bed, I’m am falling asleep at the computer
again tonight, and it’s only 8 o’clock. I guess it doesn’t help that I woke up
this morning at about 4:30 and could not get back to sleep.
There has been no movement in my Aussie bank account, I wonder if I should be
worried…
Anyway, today I’m grateful
- That the next three months are going to fly by and before I know it I’ll be
back in Aus preparing for my move to my new home in Brazil.
- That I can go and jump into bed, curl up, snuggle in and fall asleep soon.
- That Carla came into my life. Already she has brought so much into my life,
and she knows where to go shopping in Chengdu for clothes that will fit me and
won’t look like they were made for (China) dolls. That’s what happens when you
are head and shoulders above the crowd. I had all but given up the hope of
being able to buy new clothes until I returned to Australia.