Looking for Work and more about food

On Tuesday we had two interviews for teaching jobs.  We were very nervous but they went well.  The first one we had was a telephone interview.  The job is for teaching children 10 minutes at a time on the phone.  We had a second interview for that last night with an actual child.  It was fun.  We are hired starting at the end of April.  It will be one day a week for a little over an hour.  It will be good experience that we can add to our resume.  The other interview was for jobs that occasionally come up for anywhere from one day to a week at a time.  In both interviews it was mentioned that they will be looking for permanent teachers in September so maybe that is when we can expect some regular work.

 

More about food.  We ate donkey meat the other day!  I really didn't want to but we mentioned we were hungry to a chinese friend and she took us to a sandwich place that only sold donkey.  She said she thought it was a "very delicious" kind of food.  I said "Can I have one with no meat?"  They chuckled and said no.  I closed my eyes and took a bite.  It tasted like roast beef.  So, I guess I eat donkey meat now.  I also am addicted to lays "Numb and Spicy Hot Pot" flavored potato chips and hawthorne fruit candy.  Yum.  I can't seem to get enough.  We finally found the coffee district and bought some more coffee and a coffee grinder.  Coffee beans are not cheap, especially if they are imported.  So, we bought chinese coffee beans.  I think that we had chinese coffee at a friends house and we liked it.  We haven't tried the stuff we bought yet.   

About the pollution and weather.  Yesterday was a great day temperature-wise but not so great pollution-wise.  I stepped out of our apartment, started walking, and felt a stinging sensation in my nose.  It was that sensation you get right before you sneeze but more pungent.  I wish I could have sneezed.  Instead I felt the stinging a minute or two more.  After that it seemed to go away.  Perhaps it was my nose's initial reaction to the air and then it adjusted.  All I can say is that it was unpleasant but brief. I have not had to run for a bus in the haze so I'm not sure what effect it will have on me yet asthma-wise.