My phone beeped half way through the morning with a message from Julia, our school receptionist. The message read, "Today will be lesson with Ksusha at 5. She is the second sister of Alex. Thanks" I had a one-on-one lesson, with a boy named Alex, last week Tuesday. He was so impressed with the lesson, the following day, Wednesday, his sister, Nestia, came for a lesson and was so happy with her lesson that she asked her mother if she could come again on Friday...

I woke up extra early with the intention of taking the early bus to the train station to go to Moscow. Only, it did not work out this way! Firstly, I missed the early morning bus so had to wait a full hour for the next bus. I finally made it to the train station and stood on the platform waiting for the train with this icy wind blowing right through me! At that moment, I realised I still wasn't fully equiped for the cold autumn and winter weather so I left the...

The last couple of days have been so busy! After my one to one lesson with Alex, I was told that his older sister wanted to come for a lesson too! She's 14 and a very bright girl. She arrived late Wednesday afternoon after my afternoon classes at school. I did tell her that I had not prepared any lessons for her as I did not know her level of English so we just chatted about all her interests and she asked me a bunch of questions which I asked her in return. ...

My first private student! YAY! I was told when I had my interview for this job that at the end of the day I would have a couple of private students and perhaps one or two midday as well when I have my afternoon break. I can see my days become jam-packed with my usual morning classes, private classes, regular afternoon classes and more private classes in the early evening. Certainly a full days work! Alex is 12 years old and a very serious boy! I wasn't sure...

The day started off pretty much like any other, classes in the morning, lunch and then a break. As I went downstairs for my usual afternoon coffee which is when the kids have their snack time, I was told that is was Aisha's birthday and we would be singing to her and having birthday cake. Aisha is in my middle group and has just turned 4. It's certainly interesting to see how different cultures celebrate different things. Firstly, all the other kids make a ci...