Photies from Kuala Lumpur, lah?

Me and my students...

Justin (Korea) Ahmed (Yemen) Osamah (Yemen) Akram (Yemen) Ella (China) Kang (China) Rizky (how COOEL is that for a name?!?) (Indonesia) Naya (Indonesia) Amir (Iran) and Behrang (Iran)
Me and my third real life class of intermediate students, they were absolute angels to teach, 'cept the fact that Naya from Indonesia (3rd from right) had a real thirst for knowledge, which i KNOW is a good thing and all that but this sometimes led to complicated grammar questions that i had no clue what the answer was, like
"teacher, teacher, what the difference between 'unless' and 'as long as'? ''
.... well i don't bloody well know do i?? stop surprising me with bloody awkward grammatical questions that i haven't prepared for!! She came up with some class lines did Naya, like:
"teacher, teacher, when do we use 'when' and when do we use 'until' and what the difference??". And when we were talking about different uses of the word 'by', like 'by train, by bus, by accident, by cheque', she goes
"teacher, teacher, can i say 'i love you by accident'?"
"um, no, not really Naya"
"why not? i want to say i didn't mean to love someone"
"um, yes ok, but no you just wouldn't say that"
"why?" (sat there looking all expectant)
um, well, it's ok grammatically but, um, no you wouldn't say it because... oh i don't bloody well know do i?!?, just don't say it ok?? i'm english and i talk proper and you just copy me and don't ask questions!!
The students also helped loads when i was observed by my boss, they were all perfect models of student, they looked really interested and completely enthralled by my teaching and the way i imparted my VAST knowledge of the queens received english for the whole lesson, they laughed at appropriate times when i cracked jokes, they all joined in the drilling (practicing pronunciation by having them all shout stuff together) with vigour, and in all they were stars and made me look dead clever they did.

My lovely I2 class again. that's Waleed in the red (see below)
How cute is Justin (far left)!?! aaarrrr, bless!! he thinks he's justin timberlake!! And check out Amir's catalogue model pose (2nd left).








Me and some of my fellow teachers on the school bus (it's in the morning that's why we all look rough as a badger's arse). The photo doesn't quite capture the depressing interior of the bus, it had bars on the windows which served to enhance the feeling of being on a prison bus.









Limkokwing University, where I work. (Sorry, dunno how to rotate pictures!)












me in a rather fetching thobe, a traditional dress from Saudi Arabia.
One of my rubbishest student, Waleed, gave it to me as a present... i think he was trying to bribe me into passing him cos he never came to class and never did his homework.
cheeky bugger.








Rasheed (Yemen) Mohammed (Saudi Arabia) me (England) an' Jeremy (China).












Some of me fellow teachers, Ben (Scotland) Helen (England) Will (Malaysia).

Out for a nice sedate meal... who could have predicted from this lovely photo that the night would turn into one big drunken shenanigan with barfing and fightin?








Ben and Jenny (England).
Again, a nice quiet civilized couple of drinks between teachers. Who'd have guessed the mayhem that would ensue?










me an' my flat mate Ben.
... ok, getting a little more drunk now, hugging everyone and getting a little too honest about who gets up whose noses at work. You just KNOW you're gonna say something you regret when you go out with yer colleagues innit?









Ok now were crossing the border into 'completely shitfaced' and hugging random strangers: "you're my besht fwiend ya know? i luv ya! gizza hug! where u from again? france wonnit?? ooooh la la!! vraiment?? i shpeak frenchinnit tu sais? bonjournee! common sha va? moi? treshbien merci boocoop, treshbien ma petit pois!!j'adore le beer! et tu? oooooo 'abeeeete tuuuuuu? seee?? i'm like, flunet in fwench in't i? wosh that? you're not from france? ahhh, shprekken sie doiytch??? ich heisse katy! vo vooonst du?... and so on....






Shawna (Canada) Ben, Helen.













Shawna me n helen.














give me an angry meercat! i want to see anger, i want to see a raging storm of anger within! no, no, no, i don't want mild annoyance, i want anger! you're angry! you're an angry meercat! grrrrr!

3 angry meercats
Claire (Oz) Kate (USA) and han (her own little planet)







Now give me a leemur, i want a pondering existential leemur, you're a leemur, your wondering why you're here? what's this life all about? who are you? how did you come to be?

3 thoughtful leemurs
Kate and Kate (USA)







Amazingly, below, ben managed to capture the precise expression i see on all my students faces when i turn round from the board after having explained a grammar point to them...

A cool cloud.













rambutan - a freaky lookin' fruit