I have adjusted well to my first few weeks. I started teaching last week. The first thing I needed to do was to find out all the kids English names. There are some real weird ones like: No-no, Yo-yo, Kinki, Chili, Osama, Lola, Wing and Christ. Osama is the name of several of the East Indian students (who speak perfect Chinese - weird). The children call me "Jim Go-Ga", which apparently means "Big Brother Jim" in Cantonese. I brought my lunch to school the first day, only to be laughed at by the teachers. Apparently sandwiches are only eaten for breakfast here, and a can of coke was unheard of at any meal! One lady brought fish for lunch - which was barely cooked. As she ate she spat the bones and parts she didnt like
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