pondělí 21. listopadu 2011

World without banks

I dream of the world without banks, institutions which don't do anything useful but suck my money and get on my nerves. If nothing, they could be a bit more flexible - who has the time to go to the bank to change the phone number, especially if that person lives on the other side of Europe as if it would be a such a problem to change it online. Who wants to pay them money just because they're running one's account but actually doesn't do anything with it? But the worst part is that one has to have an account....
What's the point of having an account if you cannot use it? I really hate the fact that my CZ account is more or less useless but I still pay them money for keeping it. A huge sight! Can't wait to cancel it in December! Hopefully they won't be such a**holes like in KB where I had to wait for 3 weeks before they canceled it.
And the most annoying part is that I cannot shop online for Charlie in CZ and that sucks!

Yeah, I feel a bit better when I put it on the paper.

P.S. It was snowing today! Kinda cool! The kids were super excited. :)

čtvrtek 17. listopadu 2011

Charlie; for Charlie

My almost 2-month-old baby boy! Can't wait to pick him up!


As the day I'm flying back home's coming, I've started to do some shopping for my pup, not my family :( I'm still not in the right mood for Christmas shopping. Sight. It'll suck when the shopping spree comes and all the shops will be overcrowded. Anyway, here's what I have for my boy so far:

Hopefully the best friend; Producer: Trixie
I bought a dental ball but it smelled so badly/cheaply that I exchanged it for these Trixie bowls.
Gender neutral leach by Flexi
Plus I've got him an unbranded winter coat and a blanket. Not much yet, but even these few things make me super excited about my new friend! I wish Christmas was already here, not only because of Charlie but also 14 days of holidays from school!!! Yey! But only one week from the kindergarten. On the other hand, an EVS volunteer is coming, so I'll finally have an assistant and the kindergarten experience will get more pleasant. Or I'll just dump that job and will enjoy being with that little ball of fur. 

neděle 6. listopadu 2011

Flight tickets

I am a total looser when buying flight tickets. Any time I buy a ticket thinking that the price won't go down, it does, even with Czech airlines. When I wait until the price drops, it always increases. I wish I would understand the price policies! They're really pissing me off! You know, a penny saved is a penny earned.
If fact that's why I like travelling by bus/train - the prices are set or are only getting up.

středa 2. listopadu 2011

Just a couple of thoughts

I came home totally exhausted today. Dealing with the bank, grocery shopping, teaching both at school and kindergarten,....too much for one day, I'd say. There's so much on my mind and if I don't write it down, my head might explode :))) So, here we go:

1) I just love how my school deals with "naughty" children, they don't yelling at them but they show them love, companionship and understanding. Well, they sometimes yell at them, too, but it's not like a constant thing. I wish I would be able to love the kindergarten kids in the same way as they do love the students in my school.
2) Six hours in a row at school is less exhausting than 15 minutes with screaming kindergarten kids.
3) I just can't wait to have Charlie!
4) My days are quite exhausting with the full-time, part-time job and Estonian language course, which is going to be over this week. I'll miss you, Andrei! :( I should join a new group but I'll have to do lot of self-studying to catch up with them. Wish I had more motivation right now. I might also join a free Estonian course in December but since it's free, one has to bring too many documents. I kinda don't have time to deal with it now.
5) I'm just amazed how magically Eda (she's a head teacher) works on the kids. She's like a magic spell. Wouldn't it be great to have her in my classes all the time? :)
6) Thanks to her (Eda's) visit in my lesson, I realized, I have to slow down when speaking English because the fact that one student understands me doesn't mean the others do, too.

I'm getting pretty tired and have lots of things to do for tomorrow, tons of Estonian words, dozens of tests to correct (this is what sucks the most about teaching full time, too many tests) and a few lessons need to be planned.