Elizabeth-CP/Tutoring-Week 2

Rama and I talked about meeting for tea time since it is the most convenient for both of us but the most unfortunate thing happened, when I went to CIES she wasn't there. I tried calling her but she wouldn't pick up her phone. I was so sad. It made me think that she didn't like me or something.

Since I was already at CIES, I decided to hang out and talk to some of the other students. I met SungSub (S.Korea) and he is taking Salsa classes. He is such a funny guy. We even had the pleasure to see some of his Salsa moves. I talked with JooHyun (S.Korea) and he used to be a student at CIES but now he is going back home. It made me realize how fast time goes by and how much he has learned since he first came to the U.S.. I also played games with Karis(NY) and HyeYoung (S.Korea) and it was so much fun because we couldn't figure out how to set up the game. We looked like the Three Stooges. It was really fun but I still felt bad about Rama, so I called again and nothing.

Once I was home, Rama and I chatted through facebook and she told me that she was sorry about missing our appointment. She says that she was sick, so decided to not go to tea time. But will try next week. I told her that I had researched some information about Bamako, Mali. She was really happy and invited me to visit her home and family. Also, after I read Ramin's comment about the different singers from Mali, I looked them up and listened to their songs. I especially liked Amadou and Mariam and their song Je Pense A Toi. I told Rama about it and she was so excited and gave me some background information about them. She said that they are a very famous, blind couple.


We talked about the famous Tour d'Afrique, a very famous bicycle race. After a while I asked her if she was feeling better, but only a bit. I told her to go to bed and to take some medicine so I could see her next time. She was very thankful and then she logged off. This made me realize how fortunate we are that we live in this era. Communicating with each other it is so easy but I still like our one on one meetings.

Tutoring:

Sabrina and I are supposed to tutor on Thursdays for the English Conversation Club but it was a total FAIL! So sad. I was looking forward to that day. Everything was ready to go and all we had to do was wait for Thursday. It was a horrible day. I thought the world was going to end, especially when you have FSU texting you every 5 seconds to tell students that FSU was flooded and to take cover in the nearest building. My final verdict: the weather's fault!
If this does not work next Thursday, I already had a backup plan. I asked my unni (older sister) HyeYoung if I could tutor her and she agreed. I have tutored HyeYoung before but now I have a better idea of how to teach her.

Until next time! o(^_^)o