Wow. I'm in America!
It doesn't feel like I've been away a year, but I have.
Before I came back here, I said more than once that I didn't have a home in America, because technically I don't. However, as soon as I saw my mom, I felt like I was home.
Maybe life taught me a little lesson there. Not having a house here is one thing, but seeing my family feels like home! I'm excited to see my dad and my brother and my grandparents soon.
By the way, I'm eating pumpkin pie as I write this.
Lucky me!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Kerosene
I am so tired of the smell of kerosene.
However, I am in love with warm heat blowing on me.
Despite its nasty smell, I am in love with my kerosene heater at my apartment, which blows the warm winds of happiness across my cold, cold body.
The kerosene heaters at my school are another story. They're the old school kind that just glow and emit copious amounts of noxious fumes. I get trapped in the teachers' room for hours at a time, no windows open, breathing in all that nastiness! It does nothing for my chronic headaches. Argh.
There's no point to all this, really. I just wanted to vent.
I am so tired of the smell of kerosene.
However, I am in love with warm heat blowing on me.
Despite its nasty smell, I am in love with my kerosene heater at my apartment, which blows the warm winds of happiness across my cold, cold body.
The kerosene heaters at my school are another story. They're the old school kind that just glow and emit copious amounts of noxious fumes. I get trapped in the teachers' room for hours at a time, no windows open, breathing in all that nastiness! It does nothing for my chronic headaches. Argh.
There's no point to all this, really. I just wanted to vent.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Detroit and Hamtramck
I was really excited about going back to Michigan over the holidays.
Then I was sad, because news of my planned return was not greeted with happiness as I expected.
Then I worked that problem out, but was still feeling cautious and nervous.
Now I am feeling excited, but the nervousness still lingers! I haven't been in the US in a year! It's going to be a whole lot of weird rolled into a two week trip!
As much as I miss friends and family, I also miss places, Detroit and Hamtramck, in particular! So, here's a little photo album of things I hope to see again...
Sweet, old, run-down Hamtramck. How I miss thee! I really want to eat some yummy, ridiculously cheap, Bangladeshi "fast food" again!
Wig shops! Is it weird to miss wig shops and Korean-owned, black beauty supply stores?
Hamtramck has the best mannequins ever! EVER!
And the coolest place in Hamtramck (which used to be right down the alley from my house... The inimitable Hamtramck Disneyland!!!!!
And then there's the Heidelberg Project-Detroit's own neighborhood Disneyland! It's always changing, so I might not see these things, but I'm sure that there will be something else waiting for me!
I was really excited about going back to Michigan over the holidays.
Then I was sad, because news of my planned return was not greeted with happiness as I expected.
Then I worked that problem out, but was still feeling cautious and nervous.
Now I am feeling excited, but the nervousness still lingers! I haven't been in the US in a year! It's going to be a whole lot of weird rolled into a two week trip!
As much as I miss friends and family, I also miss places, Detroit and Hamtramck, in particular! So, here's a little photo album of things I hope to see again...
Monday, December 04, 2006
A couple of weeks ago, two of my elementary school students rang my doorbell. When I answered the door they said, "Meigan-sensei, yasai wa tabemasu ka?" Which means, "Miss Megan, do you eat vegetables?"
I told them that I loved vegetables! Then they explained that they were taking vegetable orders. I couldn't really figure out who was growing the vegetables, or why they were selling them, but I signed myself up for 1 kg of several different types.
Today I was home sick from school and had just lay down for a nap when my doorbell rang again. I didn't want to answer it, but then it occured to me that it might be my little vegetable peddlers.
I looked through the peephole and saw that it was, indeed, my students. So, I pulled the hood of my sweatshirt over my bedhead and answered the door. My students gave me a bag of lovely, dirt-covered potatoes. I told them that they looked delicious. I asked where the potatoes were from, but I couldn't understand the answer. O, well!
My students didn't comment on my sick, disheveled appearance, but the younger one said something along the lines of "Look! She's not wearing her glasses!" It's very funny the things kids notice.
Perhaps I'll make some mashed potatoes tonight. I love mashed potatoes. They are the ultimate comfort food for me, and when I make them myself I can use as much butter as I want!
I told them that I loved vegetables! Then they explained that they were taking vegetable orders. I couldn't really figure out who was growing the vegetables, or why they were selling them, but I signed myself up for 1 kg of several different types.
Today I was home sick from school and had just lay down for a nap when my doorbell rang again. I didn't want to answer it, but then it occured to me that it might be my little vegetable peddlers.
I looked through the peephole and saw that it was, indeed, my students. So, I pulled the hood of my sweatshirt over my bedhead and answered the door. My students gave me a bag of lovely, dirt-covered potatoes. I told them that they looked delicious. I asked where the potatoes were from, but I couldn't understand the answer. O, well!
My students didn't comment on my sick, disheveled appearance, but the younger one said something along the lines of "Look! She's not wearing her glasses!" It's very funny the things kids notice.
Perhaps I'll make some mashed potatoes tonight. I love mashed potatoes. They are the ultimate comfort food for me, and when I make them myself I can use as much butter as I want!
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