"Typhoon" update: Well, I woke up this morning expecting a typhoon, and was greated by sunshine and humidity. I had the idea that I'd spend the day getting my class wonderfully prepared to start our first learning theme (with the incredibly creative title "School & Friends", chosen by yours trully), doing up my second bulletin board, and organizing everything. I really just put the finishing touches on the newsletter and seemed to make more of a mess. I went to the bank after school, but still can't get into my bank account (the school still has my passport to get my foriegn expert visa). Frustrating! It just seemed like one of those days where the small things add up.
I didn't believe there was really a typhoon overhead, but I believe it now. I'm used to the sudden, warm rains from when I lived in Japan, but I'm certainly not used to this kind of thunder. Maybe it seems extra loud because I'm 19 floors up, but it just seems to rumble longer and so much louder than anything I've ever heard before. The water level of the small pond at the centre of the apartment complex (I need to post some photos, it sounds fancier than it really is ^^) has definitely risen. It's been rumbling for almost an hour now. We were told today the government would inform the school by 8 PM if school was to be cancelled again today, so all the teachers are holding their breath and waiting to see if we'll get another day in our classrooms.
The thunder is coming later than before - just a few minutes ago it sounded as soon as the lightning had faded, and the storm definitely sounded like it was directly overhead. When I came in from the pouring rain, one of the small stray cats was inside the entryway. I went upstairs and got some milk and sliced ham, and when I came back down, a boy of about ten with a UK accent was feeding him. I asked him if he fed him often and what the cat's name was (another teacher and her son had named him Amos) and the boy told me "His name is Bobtail because he has one". On our way upstairs (the boy was all the way up on the 25th floor), he chattered about how his old school in Hong Kong was always cancelled because a tree would fall in the road where they rode their bikes, and he had once seen a tree blown down by the wind. I love the international school kids and their outlook on life at such a young age...
Anyways...two long posts in two days. I'll try and post photos soon (if anyone will actually read this - I can't believe people really want to read my babbling as well as hearing it). The thunder seems like it's getting a bit louder now - fingers crossed for no school tomorrow!
PS - Thinking of you, Owen Marshall!!! <3
