The little adorable Roxy made pancakes this morning. They seemed to be very good. But that was not for me!
However, I went downtown taking the Muni (Metro) up to Powel station to find out the location of St Giles school. Once I got there and found my way through a bunch of tramps, I realised I had forgotten to take money which I needed to buy the necessary plug adapter I needed to charge my computer that was running out of battery. So I had to return home and once there go back to downtown...which took me two hours.
By the time I got to Union square, the very center of dowtown, I was very hungry, it was 3 pm. I looked for a place to eat and went into this restaurant. And there I felt like beeing transported in another time space: which means 20 years ago in a US dead end with straight people (no gays) watching an american football match on a giant TV screen ! Yes this can also be a reality in San Francisco ! So you can hear the men (real men!!!) growling at every good or bad movement of their team beetwen two sips of pint of beer. I 've had the worst caleslaw ever in this restaurant!
At diner time, I played a game with my hostess, the vocabulary test:
"So guys, I propose you to set a rule, if you agree", and then I can see Cristina staring at my in a gasp thinking "you are not the person who can set the rule here!"
I continue " I want you to tell me anytime I make a mistake, ok?" Everybody nods.
"By the way, I want you to be indulgent with me, or may be "to me" or "towards me", what do you think ?" And I see the 3 faces squinting at me, asking me"but what does indulgent mean?".
And Cristina replies "If you want to be a teacher, you have to use more simple words, otherwise your students won't understand you".
I definitely felt I couldn't stay very long in this utterly positive environment!
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