Much Needed Update!

First of all: A HUGE thank you to those who have started to watch me and those that have favorited my works here in deviantart!!^_^ I wish I had time to go to each of your pages to thank you for the fav's, but I don't...so I'd like to thank them right here! (Hopefully you see them ;u; ). The watches I will STILL TRY to get to your pages to thank you individually, but time time time is needed...

Secondly: I WILL be finishing the "Dark/Loving-Vampire!Japan*Reader: Prisoner" series!! As I've mentioned before: my career work is in the way of my writing, and my boss is extremely difficult to please. But being that I not only am allowed to stay at her house free room and board, I have to make sure that I'm giving my all. So please, don't worry that Chapter 4 will never happen, because it WILL. I just need some time! It shouldn't be a year like it was for the last chapter, as I am halfway done approximately (give or take a little), and I've really wanted to work on it recently. Which is a good sign! So yes, I will be, just please be patient~?^^

Thirdly: Original Update on Life in Taiwan here for me so far.

Hmm... Well, where to start? I guess would be my job, since that's what I'm here for, huh?

Last time I updated I believe I was just talking about arriving, but now I've been teaching for ALMOST 3 months time now. And let me tell you, it's been a challenge. Found out 2 months in that the students had been complaining to their parents the following matters: they can't understand me (their expectations that they SHOULD know everything I say, regardless of if they do it correctly in the end in a short time), I can't understand them when they speak Chinese, and my class is boring (I wasn't using games too often; I didn't realize that they were so significant as stupid as that sounds). It was the secretaries job to let I, the teacher, or the boss know immediately, but that didn't happen, so now the students are wanting to leave. EVEN more so because they found out: their old foreign teacher, that knew both English AND Chinese btw, wasn't returning as they had originally thought. That made them upset/angry/spiteful, and now they pretty much refuse to attend my class no matter what I do to get them in there and during class. My boss said sometimes it is the children's fault mostly, like in this case, where they are extremely spoiled only children and want everything they ask for. Though of course part of it is my fault, and my boss IS very hard on me, I would say everything is going alright so far. I mean, I really DO love teaching! The kids are wonderful, even when they're brats^^ I seem to be a bit better with older students, but my boss wants me to be specialized in the younger kids, which I understand.

All in all, just SUPER CRAZY busy, but I'm doing alright! Up's and down's in terms of cultural misunderstandings, but in the end I'm positive God will help me through it ;u; I love you guys and appreciate your support for me while I've moved temporarily! Have a great day and ttyl!

Love,

Ashley