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Email titled: No water but plenty of vodka
Note: I've decided to not use people's full names, just the first letter of their names. In this post there are two guys whose names start with T so I've decided to call them T and T2.
Saturday, August 11, 2007 9:29 AM
Hey everybody,
So Thursday night I taught my first class and I was
very nervous, but I think it went pretty well. I was
being observed by my training director and three
american guys, so it was a little nerve-racking. Also
the cirriculum here is so structured, I have so much
to memorize. But I think I will enjoy it once I get
used to it.
So Thursday night I taught my first class and I was
very nervous, but I think it went pretty well. I was
being observed by my training director and three
american guys, so it was a little nerve-racking. Also
the cirriculum here is so structured, I have so much
to memorize. But I think I will enjoy it once I get
used to it.
Thursday night, we all went out to a
German pub and hung out. Then T, who is the
ring-leader of our little group, announced that we
were going to go back to his friend Artur's apartment.
We all went outside to get taxis but Artur was no
where in sight and T didn't know where he lived.
So, we stood outside for a while and eventually Artur
showed up. There were so many of us that we had to
take three different taxis. The first taxi held Artur
and others and they made it to the apartment right
away. The taxi I was in roamed the city for over an
hour in search of the apartment, but we eventually got
there. The third taxi dropped everyone off at a metro
station somewhere, so they had to get another taxi and
try again.
German pub and hung out. Then T, who is the
ring-leader of our little group, announced that we
were going to go back to his friend Artur's apartment.
We all went outside to get taxis but Artur was no
where in sight and T didn't know where he lived.
So, we stood outside for a while and eventually Artur
showed up. There were so many of us that we had to
take three different taxis. The first taxi held Artur
and others and they made it to the apartment right
away. The taxi I was in roamed the city for over an
hour in search of the apartment, but we eventually got
there. The third taxi dropped everyone off at a metro
station somewhere, so they had to get another taxi and
try again.
When we had all arrived we went up to
Artur's apartment which was huge and beautiful. From
the outside all apartment buildings look the same,
like crap. The lobbys are falling apart, not all of the lights work,
and everything smells horrible. But once inside an
apartment, everything changes. Its the communist
mentality that nobody can seem like they have more
than any one else.
Artur's apartment which was huge and beautiful. From
the outside all apartment buildings look the same,
like crap. The lobbys are falling apart, not all of the lights work,
and everything smells horrible. But once inside an
apartment, everything changes. Its the communist
mentality that nobody can seem like they have more
than any one else.
At the apartment everybody got
really drunk and Artur played guitar and sang to us,
songs that he had made up. They were very beautiful
and I was very impressed.
really drunk and Artur played guitar and sang to us,
songs that he had made up. They were very beautiful
and I was very impressed.
At 330 in the morning another American teacher,
D, wanted to go home, so
I said I'd join her in a taxi. This was very upsetting
to Artur who couldn't understand why we were leaving
so early, were we not having fun? We had to keep
explaining that we were tired. D had to work the
next day, but still Artur could not understand. Finally, we
got a taxi and went home.
I said I'd join her in a taxi. This was very upsetting
to Artur who couldn't understand why we were leaving
so early, were we not having fun? We had to keep
explaining that we were tired. D had to work the
next day, but still Artur could not understand. Finally, we
got a taxi and went home.
The next day, I traveled into the city by myself.
I got a little switched around on
the metro and had to do some backtracking, but
eventually I got to where I wanted to go. Petrivka has
an outside market that, although very ugly, has a lot
of cool stuff. I bought some things and wandered
around, then went back home.
the metro and had to do some backtracking, but
eventually I got to where I wanted to go. Petrivka has
an outside market that, although very ugly, has a lot
of cool stuff. I bought some things and wandered
around, then went back home.
| My local grocery store. |
up yesterday morning I had no
water. However, do to my waterless time in Mexico
City, I was prepared (I spent a vacation visiting a friend in Mexico City and the water kept being turned off. We would leave the faucet turned on at night and wake up to the sound of water flowing in the sink. We'd jump out of bed and fill ever bucket we could find, bathe really quickly, and fill up the toilet tank before the water shut off again. We had about an hour of flowing water to work with). When I got back that night (after going to the market),
water. However, do to my waterless time in Mexico
City, I was prepared (I spent a vacation visiting a friend in Mexico City and the water kept being turned off. We would leave the faucet turned on at night and wake up to the sound of water flowing in the sink. We'd jump out of bed and fill ever bucket we could find, bathe really quickly, and fill up the toilet tank before the water shut off again. We had about an hour of flowing water to work with). When I got back that night (after going to the market),
I was going to just buy some water at the store but then I
noticed a guy carrying buckets and decided to follow
him. He led me to a well right outside my apartment
building so I ran in and grabbed some water containers
and filled them up. I'm such a survivlist.
noticed a guy carrying buckets and decided to follow
him. He led me to a well right outside my apartment
building so I ran in and grabbed some water containers
| The well where I got my water. |
When I got back to the apartment C called me and told me
everyone was down by the canal. I walked down and met
T2 and another American teacher, S, and his
Ukrainian girlfriend along the way. Everybody was just
hanging out drinking and playing guitar, so I sat and
talked with them for a while. T kept on me about
why I didn't drink, he thought it was because I was a
bible-thumper and wanted to convert Ukrainians. Let's
say he learned never to make assumptions again. After
a while everybody got so drunk that our conversations
didn't make any sense and I went home.
everyone was down by the canal. I walked down and met
T2 and another American teacher, S, and his
Ukrainian girlfriend along the way. Everybody was just
hanging out drinking and playing guitar, so I sat and
talked with them for a while. T kept on me about
why I didn't drink, he thought it was because I was a
bible-thumper and wanted to convert Ukrainians. Let's
say he learned never to make assumptions again. After
a while everybody got so drunk that our conversations
didn't make any sense and I went home.
Everybody is really nice and I am having a good time. Today C
and I are going to the old part of town to explore, and
we will probably meet up with an Ukrainian teacher.
Tomorrow we have class. And just in case you are
worrying, my water is back on. I miss you all and hope
everything is going well. Love, Jacy
and I are going to the old part of town to explore, and
we will probably meet up with an Ukrainian teacher.
Tomorrow we have class. And just in case you are
worrying, my water is back on. I miss you all and hope
everything is going well. Love, Jacy
| View of the statue from my apartment. |
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