Today seems to gave quite a financial theme for me. I just read something my sister posted to FB - that she bought 6m of ribbon for 2000 rupiah (around 20 aussie cents). Earlier today I was reading an article on The Age website, which contained rather alarming facts about the cost of living in Australia. Apparently Melbourne and Sydney are more expensive to live/visit/do buisness in than New York!!! Also today I bought a magnum ice cream for around $1.30 (I can't remember how much they cost at home, but it is definitely more than that!). A while back, when I told my Canadian friends the starting salary for a graduate teacher in Australia they told me I was stupid for leaving (I took a bit of a pay cut to come here, but money was not my motivation and I feel like I'm getting so much in other ways). I guess in the end it's all about perspective. To some of my students, I'm just a poor teacher without (heaven forbid) the latest gadgets or a driver, cleaner and cook. At the same time, some of the cleaning staff at my school earn around 1 million rupiah per month (about $100 - and this is only rumor, I have no solid facts). I'm grateful for what I have, which includes more magnums than I would have at home ;-)
On a completely different note, this morning I was standing next to the photocopier, gazing out the window while waiting for my worksheets to print, when I saw something move in the garden bed outside. I had to look very hard, because it was camouflaged really well, but after a while I realised it was a frog! A tiny, brown frog. Going about its buisness while I went about mine.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
3 more good things
1. I didn't have to work this weekend. I know some people did (sorry K!) but I didn't. And it felt good :-)
2. I just made a mountain of pasta, enough to feed me at lunch and tea time for a few days. Not only is it awesome comfort food, it frees me up to make more exciting things like pineapple tarte tatin (which I will take to share with my equally awesome Canadian buddies while I indoctrinate them in the wonders of Dr Who).
3. I'm watching the A League Grand Final, and dreaming of the day when I get to support Heart at the same event. One day!!
4. I know I said 3, but this is too good to leave out - my sister just sent me a set of resources for the next topic I have to teach Sec2. Collaboration between teachers (especially my - wait for it - awesome sister) is exactly what should be happening!!!
And to top it all of, here is a picture from Friday. We had celebrations for Kartini Day, and the inter-house competition was to dress up teachers in traditional clothes. The girls in my house did a great job with me (I will add pictures when I get them), and I especially loved my hair (although the kids didn't - they were exclaiming over how much thinner it is than theirs, and took a while to figure out what to do!!) which included an origami flower!
2. I just made a mountain of pasta, enough to feed me at lunch and tea time for a few days. Not only is it awesome comfort food, it frees me up to make more exciting things like pineapple tarte tatin (which I will take to share with my equally awesome Canadian buddies while I indoctrinate them in the wonders of Dr Who).
3. I'm watching the A League Grand Final, and dreaming of the day when I get to support Heart at the same event. One day!!
4. I know I said 3, but this is too good to leave out - my sister just sent me a set of resources for the next topic I have to teach Sec2. Collaboration between teachers (especially my - wait for it - awesome sister) is exactly what should be happening!!!
And to top it all of, here is a picture from Friday. We had celebrations for Kartini Day, and the inter-house competition was to dress up teachers in traditional clothes. The girls in my house did a great job with me (I will add pictures when I get them), and I especially loved my hair (although the kids didn't - they were exclaiming over how much thinner it is than theirs, and took a while to figure out what to do!!) which included an origami flower!
Update 23/4/2013
Kartini Day (including Emerson hamming it up with a whiteboard marker-drawn mustache!!!)
The aforementioned pineapple tarte-tatin (which is really just a fancy way to say puff pastry cooked over the top of pineapple, sugar and spices, then tipped upside down)
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