ab Chasing Kate: October 2006

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Comic Relief

After finishing teaching an important grammar topic that I knew would be difficult for my students, I asked them several times if they had any questions. To really drive the point home, I said (in Russian) if you have questions, ask them right now not later. I almost lost my breakfast when one of my students asked straight-faced (in Russian), "Where do babies come from?"

Edit (11.2.06) to answer Jenny T's question:

I'm not sure if my answer would be grammatically correct but I could start off with the old, "when a man loves a woman" line...

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Saturday, October 07, 2006

How American can you get?

Today another volunteer and I ran a 5K in Bishkek for an organization called Alpine Fund which helps orphans by taking them hiking and camping into the mountains. I was worried because I am probably in the worst shape of my life but we didn't come in last so that's the most important thing. There were only about 50 of us running and we certainly got weird looks but let's be honest, we were only doing it for the t-shirts.

After the run we went to a small coffee shop that we just discovered and had the best coffee I've had in a year and little deli sandwiches with pastrami (completely unheard of). We felt like we were practically in America. I don't know if it was the endorphins or the coffee but today we both found ourselves in the best moods ever. If it's anything I've found, it doesn't take a lot to make me happy here.

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