i'm really surprised that not many of the people in shops here speak English. it's even hard to find people my age that speak English. not what i was expecting at all.

so at school we've done a ton of speaking tests for new kids to place them in a level - we have to ask them a few questions and then rate their responses after. some of them just stare at us blankly or laugh and look around the room. and others understand every single thing we say, hehe. i ended up not having to do my presentation on my lesson plan cause the school was so busy, a ton of kids were coming in for tests. such a long day. 

thursday i went with cindy to see one of her friends (erin) who's leaving next week. she was giving away a bunch of her stuff she didn't want. i was hoping to steal her drapes, but she wanted to leave them for the next person (my apartment doesn't have drapes). but i did get a cup, a blow dryer, an alarm clock (mine got squished on the way over), and other misc things. whoo. she mentioned that one of her friends had an extra couch too i could have. i went to hayley's for internet, and then came back to head to bed. suddenly, i noticed a couch in the "bedroom/closet" room! i was so confused, but i figured they must've dropped it off while i was gone. the key codes to get into rooms are really easy, the ones that avalon sets up. my room is 603 and my code is 0603. i ended up changing mine to a different one after that though.