Update

Training is now officially over and all of us teachers have scattered across Hong Kong to our respective homes... because school starts tomorrow! It's nerve-wracking and yet exciting at the same time. I met a couple of the teachers at my school earlier this week and they seem pretty nice. The work ethic here is seriously hard core though -- I need to clock in and clock out on the computer system so they can check whether I'm punctual and if I'm putting in enough hours. Intense!

The good news is that the search is over and I have found a home, woohoo! Alas, I can't move in for a few weeks but when I finally do, I'll be very close to work AND Cat will be most excited by this detail: the apartment has an in-unit washing machine! The day has finally come. I will be hauling my ass and Ikea bag full of laundry to the laundromat no more. La!

Ok, more tales to come. In the meantime, the answer to the previous post is that a shroff is like a cashier. And aubergine is eggplant. I learned a new British term today for zucchini but I've already gone and forgotten it. Go figure.