This is awkward

I'll start off by easing the tension with a joke:

What do you say to a woman with 2 black eyes?

Zen ma ban?

"Zen ma ban?" or "怎麼辦" is a pretty common expression used in Taiwan, literally translated as "how to do?" As far as I've been told, it is basically a semi-rhetorical way to say "Now what?" or (with a cocked head and eyebrows and shoulders raised) "Welp, what can we do?" It is sometimes, in a way, implying that there isn't actually anything that can be done.

Dora-Fearing Students

Recently at my kindergarten we had our Parent/Teacher meeting. This also consisted of a 40 minute demo lesson, in which the parents were able to sit inside the classroom to watch me teach. Does anybody else find this concept ridiculous? As a teacher of 3-year-olds, it's my job to set the foundation for classroom behavior. Therefore, most of my efforts involve getting the children to stop screaming out for Mommy and Daddy, sit still, and listen to me. Now they want me to do that with Mommy and Daddy in the room??

Nothing in particular

Allow me to fill in the missing pieces between the last post and this one with fluff pictures, until I come up with something interesting to write about...