Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • I am aloneFor the first time in my lifeBefore, I was a childThen I became a wife Now, I am aloneLiving in a new placeWhere there is only meAnd no one knows my face Sometimes I feel very aloneWondering if I’ve made a mistake,Am I out of my mind?Is my future really mine to make? Yet, I find in being aloneI am finding the real meI am learning about who I amI am…

  • At last the internet has been connected at home! So, I will be slowly updating my regular website with photos of my apartment and activities. Now that “Home” is in Abu Dhabi, I will return this blog to updates on my travels. However, I may still put some bits and pieces here about settling in and such as travel tips to the UAE. Anyway, more to come and look for updates at creativemeanderings.com!…

  • I have a special needs student in my class. She has physical trouble getting around the school, but intellectually she is quite adept. From day one, she has interrupted me while I was speaking to tell me that she didn’t have a handout since she hadn’t been to the first classes, or that she had a totally unrelated question. She constantly would tell me when she finished her work, which was always before…

  • I know that I should be updating more. Some have asked for pictures and some have wondered what has happened to me. I’m here, but I still don’t have internet at home, thus it is difficult to update my usual blog. My fingers are crossed for the internet to be connected some time this week, which is a story in itself. I will write another post for that after I get connected. 😉…

  • Cultural Observation: Negotiations are done loudly and with great expression until finally a coin is tossed to determine a winner. My students have begun working on group projects this afternoon. I have given them a rare period to begin working. One of the tasks is to determine a country to focus on, but no group may have the same country. Of course, two groups wanted the same country. Student A asks around for…

  • Issue 1: 5-minutes = late for both two hour sessions On Day 1, we discussed as a class the rule for coming in late to class. Instead of having a break half-way between the two 1-hour sessions, we go for 90-minutes straight. This means that the rule for being allowed 5-minutes to be late applies to both hourly sessions in the morning and afternoon. Yesterday wasn’t a problem because class began at 10am.…

  • Eventually I will have to stop counting the time that has passed and truly accept that this is where I live but I still am adjusting. Life isn't truly settled until I have Internet access at home (to come in a few days!) and more furniture. The good news is that my material life is in the country and en route to my new digs. So perhaps then I will feel better. The…

  • I'm not sure if it is more stressful to settle in to an apartment, start a new job with very little knowledge of the course, or walk around at night as a single woman with streets filled with only men. Votes? The past two days have been filled with information about classes. It has definitely been much more useful than some of re other stuff, but my head is swimming. I spent two…

  • It is hard to believe that three days have already passed since leaving Japan and arriving in Abu Dhabi. The days have been a blur with information overload, shopping until dropping (literally) and adjustments mentally, physically and emotionally to a new culture and place. The best part of the whole situation at the moment is the hotel I am staying at. The Rotana Beach Hotel is lovely.The photo is of the ceiling in…

  • The rain poured downLike the tears on my faceI felt as if I was going to drownAs the taxi pulled away from your place Still my heart is breakingAs I long for your armsEvery bone is achingTo feel your sweet calm Everything is newI should be excited about itYet all I can think of is youWondering if I can make here fit If I knew that you are truly mineI could endure this…

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