So today is a big day in my life, I guess. I was thinking about it yesterday and realized that since I am considering teaching English as my profession for the rest of my life, today would be the first day of my career. Today I began my first day of classes, well, paid classes. My first class is with a company called Louis Vuitton. Yeah, that´s right, the Louis Vuitton. I am teaching two of their executives a few times a week. So this morning I woke up, put on some makeup, and finally wore my new pinstriped pants. I got to LV and waited outside for 20 minutes before anyone showed up. When my students finally did show up, they cancelled class. They said something about having flown in from Brasil the night before, and quick as that I was back on a bus headed home. The beauty of the story is that these clients cancel often, or so I am told, and when they cancel the day of class, i still get paid. So basically, i just got $30 dollars for waiting 20 minutes and talking 5 minutes. So far, my first day of my career is going pretty well I would say.
I live near a long thin park called Parque Forestal. It's really quite a nice park and it has a long stretch of a lane for riding bikes or jogging. And since I have a fear of riding bikes in this city, I jog. It's really pleasent. I usually listen to radioDisney on my mp3 player and jog along to Jonas Brothers, Beyonce, or Julieta Venegas. Great stuff. Yesterday on my jog I noticed that the trees were beginning to change. Fall has finally arrived and I am glad for the change. But as I was jogging through the falling leaves, I began to think about how much I like fall. And I had this special moment when I realized that I want to be here in Santiago, jogging through this park for many falls to come. After the past few weeks of cultural adjustment being a little more painful than normal, this was a nice thought to have.
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