Wow, this is so much easier than trying to email everyone. Or writing back to Amanda in Spanish.
My first week has been pretty busy, but I am happy to say I landed a job at ingles empresarial, and I will begin teaching English on Monday. The people there are great. The owner Gordon is very helpful and went though things very slowly since I am very much a newbie. They have so many clients that even he teaches some classes while managing the company. Debbie is the academic coordinator and she teaches classes as well. We went over some technical things and what to expect today for about two hours today. She is pretty crazy, but in an awesome kind of way. She is off the wall and loud, but very knowledgable after having taught for 12 years.
I am in an internet cafe right now writing this. I hope to find permanent housing in the next few days. The school is great with helping its employees and told me they would help me find housing. They also offer free spanish classes on fridays, set their teachers up with a costan rican bank account and give you a cell phone.
The people here have been very nice helping me with my horrible Spanish. I have been able to take the bus effectively and order my meals without much problem. Although the other day I ordered a number two at Burger King, which was supposed to be an egg and cheese sandwich meal. But I guess she misunderstood my numero dos for doce and I got a whopper instead at 9 oclock in the morning.
I even got to see a baseball game on Sunday. They have a nice athletic area with baseball fields, softball fields and basketball courts a few minutes outside the center of San Jose. Everyone seems to be out playing sports or jogging on the weekends.
Okay rant over. Until next time.
