I don't want to be a teacher

When I signed up for this job. They title was "guest lecturer." What does that mean? I thought it meant I go to different classes and talk about flash animation in NY or show a few tips and answer questions. I did not think I would be a full-fledged flash animation instructor who must give grades. Or I should say a "Teacher." Even though today I was saying it's not bad at all and I could do this in NYC, I am having second thoughts about that. I am not a babysitter and if a student has missed 5 days in 2 weeks (with only 3 days having a good reason) and when the student is here rarely works on their project. What am I to do? I really hate to do it. I am very understanding when it comes to lateness as long as the students are polite and apologize and then work very hard.

The other factor again is that my class practically determines who is hired. Will the company want to hire a worker who is rarely here? The fact that he is very talented shouldn't matter here. Shit this kid's head in down listening to music.

Ok yeah I was a horrible student and should have failed many classes but I was always respectful when I there yes? Anyway I am thinking of kicking this kid out of my class. What do you think?

I Topped Up

I'm going to forget that the words "top" and "up" make up the phrase "Top Up" because I will never fully understand why that means "register". For a week I was convinced that it meant "pay up" and I constantly explained to everyone that I had already paid. It also did not help that I had my own number wrong (not my fault) so naturally when the 7-11 guy helped me register my number Maxis (the phone company) blocked my phone thinking someone had stolen my TopUp numbers. I think Ma*laysians are in love with the word "top". I see it everywhere. TopAir is the Mal*aysian air conditioner company...there is a detergent simply called TOP and of course Top Up has replaced "register," because no one could explain what it meant to me they just said "Top Up" in different ways and hand gestures over and over. Tonight, for the first time, I Topped Up completely on my own.

I'm at the cafe again. The waiters must have seen me coming because as a joke they placed a 'reserve' sign on my table. there is a mosquito having thanksgiving dinner on my right foot. something horrible bit my neck today at lunch. Right on the vain. I think it even bled a little. It looked like i had a hickey and it so very painful. I kept thinking about horsefly teeth or whatever they are called cutting into my neck. I know it wasn't but it didn't feel like a mosquito. plus I hit a fly earlier that tried landing on my food. I hit it mid air and felt it slam against my hand, but instead of killing it I pushed it in the air for a moment. could that have been a horsefly? It still hurts.

I'm having fun playing with the assignments I'm giving in class. I really don't want to grade my students. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to do with them being hired. I will post some of my animations soon.

Oh yeah I just found out yesterday that my condo has a pool and a small gym. so now I swim after work:)

more sketches

Here is a sketch of the Pretonas Twin Towers mall from memory. actually all of these sketches have been memory.

This is what the bathrooms at the school look like. I usually use the western toilet but the other day I conquered the hole-in-the-floor one. The walls come down to the floor (i like more privacy ) . there are hoses in each stall, but the floors in every toilet i've used have been wet.That's not cool. cus sometimes i think it's water but other times it smells like pee. There are also doors but i didn't draw them.
Here is the Ikea mall pronounced (Ickia with 2 syllables) from the highway.

The*se are in case B*g Br*ther is watching

Everyone may hate me for this but I can't take pictures. I was told that no place sells disposable cameras. everyone uses digital ones and can buy one for 300 US dollars. I'm not buying electronics here. I don't want to deal when them blowing up when I try to plug them in a different outlet.

so here are a few places I’ve been from photos I found online…

This is the Eye on Mala*ysia Farris wheel. It’s pretty cool and so cheesy. I love it. They also have a fountain laser light show with the Visit *alaysia commercial that I saw on the plane. The lyrics are… Mallla*aaaysiaa*a the Asian true paradise. You can do all the things in the commercial that only people with herpes get to do in the States.

I also saw the Petrona*s Twin Towers and there is of course a mall at the bottom. A big mall. They have little statues of it in the gift shops just like the Empire State Building. I love it because they have also put the mall on the plaque. I should buy a few. Oh and there’s a large pool where kids can swim on one side but the water flows down into a fountain so every time I see the water squirt up I think of all the kid pee there must be shooting beautifully in the air.

This is part of the fountain. I saw this and thought it would be a cool picture. I see someone else thought so too.

And..I saw Chinatown and was expecting to fall through a portal to “CHINATOWN” because I know that you can always buy fake LV and Lollex but, I like our Chinatown much more. There’s more traffic and fish juices on the ground, plus surprisingly fake “I heart NY” t-shirts are cheaper than “I heart KL” shirts.