Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Summer where are you?!?!
I actually was having a good day up til then. I made my way to Mango and copped a dress and shirt before I decided to go to the other mall (City Center) and see a movie. Ive been dyin to see a movie AND they have a Burger King at that mall. I LOVE BK fries, and altho I had to walk from Mango to the mall, I decided that 17 minute walk was all worth it (some of you may be familiar with my "15 min maximum walkin policy"). I ended up seeing the Proposal, with Sandra Bullock, and altho it was EXTRA cliched (of course they fell in love and ended up together) it was surprisingly funny and cute. Money well spent.....I didnt buy shit in that mall either.....When I was ready to go, it was raining cats, and stray dogs outside...lol
I still just had to go to the OTHER Mango at the Mall of Sofia. Just to soothe my fear that I would miss a good deal or something on sale. And what do you know, I got a cute pair of jeans and 2 shirts. I decided on the bus back home, and damn if that wasnt the mistake of the day. It smelled HORRIBLE on the bus, and I had to sit all the way in the back. There were mad fat and loud dudes talkin behind me and I started to get a headache. Got home, ate, and now im watchin tennis.
Uumm FYI, I got this REALLY good ice cream cake yest. OMG, that shit is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.
I remember about this time last year, it was sooooo hot. The first summer we got here, during training then when i got my own place, I just remember it being extremely hot. But now, not the case. I usually have on a thin long sleeved shirt and occasionally a sweater in teh evening. And the rain? Uumm im not a fan.
But I just keep holdin on to the fact that I will be in Milan soon, and then back in the states. It can rain everyday for eternity, as lng as I am back in the city I hold dear to my heart, NY!!!!
End of an Era/Grades
So I get tired of sitting in the office doing nothin, so I go home. Im chillin, watchin tennis and I start to get a bit tired. I take of my clothes, and get cozy in the bed. Dont you know some heifer from the school calls me, and tells me I need to speak to Mr. Peve. She puts him on the phone and he asks me to come to the school so we can figure out the final grades for the 9g together. Yes, this is the SAME Mr. Peve whom I saw earlier in the office, who said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about having to work together to write the final grades for the students. Foolishness indeed......
So I gotta get out the bed, get dresses, then walk to the school. Now I already wrote my final grades in the book, as did he, but since we share the class, we have to decide together what the final grade is for the students. I did this with the 10g teacher and altho some students didnt get the grade they CLEARLY deserved, I just let the shit slide. So I sit down and after about 5 minutes, we were done. ARE U FUCKIN KIDDIN ME?!?! we couldnt have done that over the phone?!?!
And this business of writing grades for the students. TOTAL bullshit. While I will admit that a lot of the students got really good grades, becuz they actually did really good work. On the flip side I just gotta shout out those lil fuckers who got decent grades, but did absolutely nothing this entire year. Now I wont name names, but I have a few people in mind who recieved a 4 as a grade, when they clearly deserved a 2, at best a 3. 2 9g received a 5, and I almost had a heart attack when the teacher came to those 2 students. I mean one of them speaks decent eng, and altho he is lazy as all fuck and has an attitude problem, he is really smart. But the other kid, cant speak a lick of eng and just sits in class and does NOTHING. I am a firm believer that grades should be distributed based on real work and not just character. Yeah, Id like to give you a 5 cuz I know you can speak good eng and are smart, but frankly you got mediocre grades on tests, and failed class assignments cuz you didnt bother to do them. Um sorry, you need to take this 3 and get out my face. thats what needs to be said....
Instead I just sat in the chair and let homeboy write whatever he wanted. They dont fail students at my school. And there was no point in arguing with him cuz he was gonna write the higher grade anyway. Just to refresh your memory, the grading system is on a scale of 2-6. I gave both those 9g a 3, and he gave them a 5. So naturally we should have given them a 4, following the rule that since we share the class, we should just average the grades. But he insisted "WE" give them a 5 instead of a 4.
I just shook my damn head and kept it moving. Tues NO students came and I couldnt have shit gold I was so damn excited. I hung out with my peeps from the office, including mama vanya. We walked around running errands, picked up lunch and checked out some shops. I love those ladies....
So Ive been at an all time LOW these past 2 weeks. I mean not a DIME (well stotinka) in my damn BG bank account, and barely surviving. I was so despearate I checked to see if we had money on Mon, knowing damn well it wouldnt be there. My fingers were crossed extra tight, but to no avail. But tues, aahhh thats the winner. The money was in my bank account and I might as well have been moonwalkin down the street I was so filled with joy. Especially since I could now buy essentials, like SOAP, and FOOD from the supermarket.
And of course, I had to do a lil "end of the school year celebration" shopping. HAHAHA I swear I just be giving myself all types of rationalizations to spend money. So anyway, I went to the main street in town and copped this bag Ive been eyeing for some time now. AND it was on sale, so I had to pat myself on the back for that one. I also copped 2 pairs of jeans and a shirt. Oh, and I had to pay my internet bill (thats how im writing this post right now), cable bill, and phone bills (so they can stop sending me those annoying ass text mess sayin my bill was due.... I FUCKIN KNOW THAT BITCHES). All in all, tues was a GREAT day. No work, no snot-nosed kids, and sleeping late. Ahh the good life.....
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
WOW
The 2 students who took the make up were done fairly quickly. I honestly was kinda happy. I had prepared some stuff to do with the students the other day, but was reluctant to actually do it cuz I know a lot of them just wanted to relax. In the 9th class they just wanna play cards and talk all day, so I assumed thats what the 10g wanted to do as well. But it never hurts to have some stuff to do on standby.....
Which is awesome. When the students finished early, I could sense that the 10g wanted to do something. They all looked so bored and pitiful. So I asked if they wanted to continue doin nothin, or if they wanted to do this activity I thought of the other day. Mind you, I literally can pluck something out the air and make it an activity. They were up for it, so we began.....
I decided to focus on speaking, and games for these last few days of class. I came up with a topic, in this case communication, and centered different activities and discussion questions around that. So today we talked about different ways people communicate (via phone, internet, letters, sign language). Then I asked what is necessary for communicating with a person. We played the telephone game, where you whisper something to someone and it trickles down a line of people and the last person has to say what they hear. It was quite fun and that helped them understand the question (you have to speak the same language, speak clearly, be able to understand the person etc) Then we talked about people who cant speak at all, and how they communicate. That lead into a miming game I thought of. Boys vs. Girls vs Me. I had a list and told them to think of words that could be mimed. The other two teams would watch someone mime a word from their list and if someone from the other teams could guess the word, they get a point, if not, the mimer keeps the point. It turned out better than I thought. The boys won, by a very wide margin (I had 1 damn point), but it was very fun.......
The next class was excited about the game and they did well also. My last class was the 9g and they seemed so bubbly today. I walked in and they just knew I would give them free time. Some of them were huddled around a table and began to scream for me to come over and show them how to shuffle cards. I demonstrated my superb shuffling skills, and showboated for a while, before I broke out the UNO cards and they began to get a game going. They seemed to really have fun, and even tho I just watched, I couldnt help but join in the fun by laughing at mistakes and comments people made. Then one of the girls showed me some magic tricks that were actually pretty good.
A teacher invited me to cafe and altho I had my reservations, she is really nice so I decided to go. Butterflies were clearly flyin from my wallet, but I figured if I got a coffee, I should be ok cuz I eventually found 57 stotinki strategically hiding in my bag. I dont even drink coffee....SAD, I know....
I talked with about 3 of the teachers and altho I didnt understand EVERYTHING, I must admit I held my own. WE talked about piracy, illegal downloads, the lady who has to pay millions cuz she got busted and some other stuff *pats self on the back*
It was rainin bout time we were ready to leave. I felt a bit stupid cuz the one damn day I choose to wear open toe sandals, it rains!!! What an idiot.....But the rain felt good on my humongous toes....lol
Im sittin here now waiting for the rain to subside so I can go to the supermarket and buy food. Ive been tellin people all day how I have just ketchup, jelly and ice in my fridge. I figure I should do something bout that, and of course, THANK the LORD the supermarket takes credit cards, cuz i am bummin it something serious these days. I was thinkin I should go now tho. Its just a light drizzle out and Im sure not many people will be at the market, which means I dont have to worry about being a walkin freak show for these people. I get to tense and uncomfy when I feel people staring at me......
Overall, a surprisingly pleasant day! and it gets better, im on the second shift tomorrow (class begins at 1). Why this is happening in the middle of the week and the end of the damn month, I dont know and dare not ask any questions. But the 10g also told me that they are goin on an excursion fri and wont be in school mon and tues (the last few days of work) and if the 9g decided not to come (god willing) then that means tomorrow is my UNofficial last day, since I dont work fri. I suppose Ill have to check in mon and tues. but im gonna shoot the gun and say my last day is tom......
alright folks, its that time again. Im gonna go pretend I have a life, altho we all know ill be layin in bed watchin tv/runnin to the comp to check my email like every 3.2 seconds. Good day all....
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
My Old School Homey

and of course poppa, who is a different kind of friend, but a dear one nonetheless....muah
Gotta give it up....
Mere:


What can I say about this heifer. She's smart, down to earth, cool as hell, and mad funny! Killer body, plays soccer, and from that second pic, knows how to rock some killer shoes! Just wanted to SHOUT OUT my peeps fro real. She been readin my blog from jump, and this post is LONG overdue. When I get back to the NY we gon party like its 1999...uummm somebody need to remix/update that song....anyway Just wanted to rectify the situation, and put yall on OFIICIAL notice, Mere is in the f*ckin building!!!!
Get used to this face. Im sure you will be seein a lot more pics of her, deli and I, the new musketeers crew. I already predict we gon be caught up in some shit....
Video Fab
So I do have to give the BG props, or maybe I should say the Europeans in general. There music sounds is truly like no other, and they are so eclectic. Now usually there are specific shows that cater to a specific styleof music. And while you may have shows like the former Total Request Live (MTV) those shows tend to really only cover pop music. Songs that are on the billboard charts.
While I must admit, at times it seems like the redundancy of Ciara's Love, Sex and Magic, or T.I.'s Dead and Gone is gonna make me slit a wrist, the music channels do play a wide variety of music styles.
For example, I came across this lil gem, Agnes. This song is fire (hey Alex). I got put on to some rock jams too (uumm Kings of Leon). There is also another spanish song, tu cafe. Thats a banga...
The other groups, on the scene right now are good ones too. N-Dubz, Tinchy Strider. They all use kinda techno beats but the lyrics are cool and the sound is something you can move to. My new joint is "Too Many Men" this song is hilarious.....
I know im missin a lot of music in the states. The Dream is everywhere, Fabolous seems to be back on the scene and a couple of new faces on the come up, Drake.
But for now, Europe's eclectic music tastes trumps what they got goin on in the states....
Photoshoot



Im tellin yall, my teeth are white as hell....
Stalker Status
Im just curious cuz I often feel like im a border line stalker sometimes with my actions. I call Poppa sometimes and he doesnt pick up. So then I call right back (in case it was a mistake or he didnt reach the phone in time). No answer. But then this kinda makes me mad. I wait for a few minutes then call back. No answer. Wait. Call back. And before I know it, Ive called homeboy about 10 times in the span of a ahlf hour. And Im gonna call him back later to see why the hell he didnt pick up the phone earlier.
I feel like a stalker at this point.
Uuhhh, yeah.....pick up the damn phone bitch!
Beauty Shop cont...
The style came out ok, but nothin I would really rock in the streets. I left it in for a while then took that shit out when I got home.
I also was tellin her about relaxers. Us black folks (and others i suppose) use relaxers to straighten our hair. I was tryna explain to her that my hair is extremely thick and unruly, and that without a relaxer id look like an animal. I told her that you put something like a chemical mask on your hair, let is sit for a while, then rinse it out. This allows my hair to stay straight for about 3-4 months, depending on how often I go to the salon and take care of my hair. She was so intrigued. I decided to bring her the box I have at home, just to show her what it looked like. Well when I go to the shop, she wanted me to put the relaxer in her hair!
I was inda skeptical cuz #1 her hair was fairly straight from her roots. The hair only curled at the tips, which she didnt like. #2 the relaxer I had was extra strength, which by the name indicates it is really strong. I wasnt sure how her hair would manage under the chemicals #3 her hair has already been colored treated (chemically). Now that is not a problem cuz plenty of people relax their hair even tho they have had their hair dyed. But again, I wasnt sure how her hair would manage under the extra strength chemicals.
Wouldnt you know her hair looked damn good. It was pin straight and she looked like a model or movie star. It looked like it was profressionally done, and honestly, she looked a bit younger in the face. I will say this tho: A LOT of her hair came out. I dont know if she was thinning, shedding or what. But a lot of hair came out when I was washing her hair and I almost thought she was balding or the relaxer was making her hair fall out. I was kinda scared......
But it all worked out and she was happy. She originally wanted to test it out first, to consider if it would be something she was interested in using on her BG customers in the future. She talked about possibly findin a connect to ship a few boxes to her. Im happy. She seems so open to new ideas and the ways in which amer (or me) do hair and how that differs from how BG do hair.
And she is gettin better with braiding and im quite please with my lil grasshopper!
Good day all....