So it has been a little over a month of student teaching and I think I’ve gotten just about one week’s worth of sleep. Still, I’m functioning. This past Tuesday, February 26, I had my first observation. I can’t say that I did exceptionally well, but it definitely wasn’t horrible. Actually, throughout these past few weeks I’ve […]
Month: February 2013
Confrontation
Recipe of the Week: Blueberry pancakes Looking back to the first day I moved into the dorm, I wonder when it all started. I remember one of the first things the RAs told us during the very first (and last) floor meeting I attended: “You guys are going to get on each others nerves eventually. […]
Biang!
I made a trip out to Flushing today beyond my usual hours in class to try the new sit-down restaurant version of New York’s favorite Western Chinese chain, Xi’an Famous Foods. Named after a quirky regional dish (supposedly onomatopoeic) with its own ridiculously elaborate Chinese character (see above and below), Biang did not disappoint. Though […]
Insomnia, Already?
The number one thing you should never do when you dorm, is schedule classes with long breaks in between. There are too many opportunities to procrastinate, and my day feels three times as long. That’s not an exaggeration. I thought that by having large breaks, I would be able to get more work done. Unfortunately, […]
The Onslaught of Teaching
Whoever has said, “Those who can, do, those who can’t teach” are obviously increasingly ignorant because in just two weeks of preparing lessons, I’ve never had to work so hard, yet somehow, it still is rewarding. Finally, this past Friday, I taught a lesson that I was happy about. We learned together how a […]
That Sunday Class…The Best Friend Understands
Aaand how was everyone’s Valentine’s Day? Should I even ask? Yeah? No? Okay then, moving on. Today was exhausting. No, correction, today IS exhausting because look at that, today hasn’t ended yet. Oy. My date-time awareness is so far out of wack, that it’s just…it’s nonexistent. Kaput. There is no beginning or end to my […]
I have a new love.
On this Valentine’s day I would like to express my new love for the clarinet. It started with Balkan music. Never knew such an orchestral instrument could sound so exotic and soulful. Recently my friend posted this awesome clip from an Albanian film of a man playing the clarinet, and it stuck with me. The […]
Eggcellent (Please Excuse the Corniness)
Recipe of the Week: Egg White Sandwich I’m trying this new thing at the dorm. It’s called exercise – and it’s horrible. I finally caved in to my innate desire to eat all the chocolate in my sight, and the results were disastrous to say the least. Being healthy is going to take a lot […]
Snow, Tea, and The Year Of The Snake!
What a week. What a day. Shall we recap? Honestly, this week passed by in such a blur that it’s like trying to remember a drunken stupor. Aside from the fuzzy memories of being in class, and my notes which prove I was actually there and surprisingly functioning, I have nothing to show for it. […]
The Unripe Avocado
Recipe of the Week: Guacamole And we’re back! Welcome everyone to the start of a new semester. Sorry for the delayed post, I was having some issues with uploading pictures. I previously wrote about how depressing the start of the semester was because of all the rain and the snow. At a second glance I […]
