As quickly as they arrived, they are gone again! Came back home to an apartment with a good deal less clutter. Was almost thinking I was robbed until I saw the note from Anneliese. They left a bunch of their bags, so that means they will inevitably return, but I have the house back to myself for a while. Her and Carlo are off to tour northern Viet Nam (most notably Ha Long Bay) while I am here, teaching.... but I can't complain. Having a motorbike has made things a heck of a lot easier. I've made it almost an entire week with not even a hint of a possible accident (which was almost daily on my bicycle), so becoming motorbike mobile has been quite the improvement; I no longer have to wear a "biking outfit" to school (since my work clothes would be drenched with sweat upon arrival). And I figure that if I can ride a motorbike in rush hour traffic twice a day, I can do anything... meaning architecture grad school should be no problem. =)
Don't have too much else to report... just started rehearsing with my classes for the year-end concert. My morning class is doing Michael Jackson's "Black or White" and my afternoon class decided on ABBA's "Money Money Money". I think the song choices speak for themselves and the show will prove to be... hmm... quite interesting. Teaching a class of twenty 3rd graders to dance is no easy task, especially when they are on the cusp of worrying what other students will think of them. I've been teaching the shimmy, which has been a real hit, but most of my other dance moves haven't gone over quite so well. Could really use some dancing friends to help me out here, but all the dancers I know are in NYC... which is a bit too far of a commute to teach Vietnamese school children. My classes were all very taken with the SIS talent show hip hop performance, and I think my students were under the impression that they could, as a whole, whip out some hip hop moves with no trouble. Well, the breakdancing was a failure (had a boy crying by the end of that attempt), the popping and locking was non-existent, and basically any sort of rhythmic stepping is just out of the question. We're at the point where they just shake around and shout, and I'm satisfied. I will have to buy a new camera before the show, because it's going to be too ridiculous to miss.