What's Been Paid

Earlier this month I was invited to my first ever Gold Class movie.  When you arrive, you are ushered in to an exclusive lounge with comfortable seating, tables, and an escape from the crowd.  (They also had a very nice bathroom inside, which is a huge plus!)  There are menus offering complete meals along with the regular moving going fare, and waiters/waitresses to take your order.  Running short on time before the movie starts?  No problem, they will write down your seat number (seats are assigned at movies in Singapore) and bring it to you.  

Your seat is not an ordinary movie seat.  Instead, each person has their own recliner and blanket with a small table in between for treats and drinks.  There are only 40 seats in the whole theater, so you don't have to worry about being crammed in fighting a perfect stranger for the arm rest.

After reading up on Gold Class, I was excited to give it a try.  I was especially excited that I didn't have to pay for it (A ticket costs $39 not including any food!)  The only problem was on the day we were supposed to go, I was sick.  I had actually been sick all week, and thought I had been on the mend, but woke up feeling terrible.  I decided to go back to bed and hope I started feeling better.  4 hours later, I still didn't feel great, but I knew that the ticket had already been paid for, so I pulled myself out of bed, and headed to the theater.  

This morning I was reading in 1 Peter 1:18-19.  It says "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect."  As I read these verses I was struck by the fact that Jesus has already paid for me live a different life than the empty one that was handed down to me.  He didn't pay for me to sit in a fancy seat at a movie, He paid so my life could be different.  So my life could have meaning, so my life could bring him glory.  He paid so that I could experience something that I had never experienced before, a renewed and restored relationship with him.  And he didn't pay with money.  He paid with his blood.

I pulled myself out of bed for a movie going experience (one that I enjoyed) but how often do I have that same resolve when it comes to not wasting the price Christ has paid for me?  How often to I let the excuse of being tired or sick or busy keep me from enjoying what He has bought for me?  Way too often.  This morning I was reminded that the price has already been paid.  Not just the price for my eternal salvation, but the price to allow me to live a life different from what the world has to offer.  A life filled with peace and joy and God's love.  A life lived for His glory and not my own.  I don't want to waste the price He paid!

Too much information for the second week of school!

Today was the beginning of the second week of school.  After an amazing time away at church camp this weekend, I walked into my classroom ready for the challenges that this day might bring.  I looked over my lesson plans and almost groaned when I remembered that today we would be talking about Isaiah 7:14, which says "Therefore the Lord will give you a sign, and the virgin will be with child, and bear a son, and call his name Immanuel."  Which meant, that today, on only the 5th day of school, I would get to explain to my third graders what a virgin is.  We opened our Bibles, and after a brief discussion of how the Bible is made up and why there are different versions, we jumped right in.  As we read the verse together there were a lot of confused looks on their little faces.  When the verse was finished, I asked the students if they knew what it meant to be with child.  Of course, they did not.  They thought it might mean that you were with a child.  So, after explaining that it meant you were pregnant, we moved on to virgin.  I told them that the way God created us, it takes a mom and a dad to make a baby, and a virgin is a mom without a dad.  To which one of my students replied "I disagree.  Sometimes dad's leave, so it doesn't take a mom and a dad."  We had some discussion about how although it is true that some dads leave, there was a dad to start with.  One of my other students gave a much more descriptive answer to where babies come from, and we moved on.

Later in the day, my high school TA came in to help out.  It was his first day, so I gave him a chance to introduce himself to my students, and for the kids to ask him questions.  One of the first questions they asked him was if he had a girlfriend.  He does not.  They were outraged that he didn't have a girlfriend stating "You're in high school!  You're SUPPOSED to have a girlfriend!"  He tried to explain to them that you do not have to have a girlfriend to be in high school.  Finally they let they topic drop, the bell rang, and he was heading out the door.  However, while he was on his way out, one of the students noticed that he was wearing a ring.  They asked him about it and he told them it was a purity ring.  There response:  "What's a purity ring?"  He got a troubled look on his face and replied "Um, maybe you should ask your teacher." as he ducked out the door.

This led to our second interesting discussion of the day.  This conversation led us to talking about dating, the purpose of dating, and what you should do if you decide you don't want to date someone anymore.  It was quite amusing at times, and actually led very well into our next lesson on culture and beliefs. 

It does make me curious though what was said around some dinner tables tonight.  :)

New Challenges :)

The first week of another school year is over.  I'm super excited about my class.  They seem very eager to learn, and have already dug in and done some great work. 

My favorite comment so far came from one of my new students, via his mom.  Apparently after the first day of school he went home and said "Mom, I think my teacher is a priest!  She talks about God all the time."  Her response was "I don't think so, she's a woman."

I'm super excited to get to share with this student, along with my other students, the truth about who God is. 

Reasons I LOVE my job

I've been back in Singapore a little over a week now.  In some ways it seems like I just got here, and in others, like I never left.  I have been working hard in my classroom for the last week and a half, and it's as ready as it's going to get.  We have open house tomorrow to meet the kids and let them look around.  School doesn't actually start until next Tuesday, which is good, because although my CLASSROOM is ready, my LESSONS are not. 

Being back in Singapore, and back at ICS have reminded me how truly blessed I am.  Our school year officially started this past Monday with a week long in service (minus Thursday which was Singapore's National Day).  I had tears in my eyes as our teachers gathered back together after two months apart.  There are many new faces that God has blessed us with, and many "old" faces that have become family over the last 3.5 years.

As our first meeting began we did not look at all of the work that needed done or the changes that needed made, but rather we started by joining our voices in praise to God.  Our staff has grown over the past few years and there are probably around 60 of us, who were worshiping together the great God that we serve.

After a time of worship, John, our interim director, lead us in devotions, stating that his main objective for us this year is to be a school of prayer, a school where God is #1, not just in words, but in deeds as well.  A place where students learn academics (and with excellence) but where the whole child is nurtured and loved. 

There has been a lot of work done this week, but when we focus on the ultimate goal, it is all worth it.  Now I'm super excited to meet my students tomorrow and get this year going. 

Blessing in Disguise

Flying back and forth from Singapore is not one of my favorite things to do.  I love getting where I'm going, but I don't enjoy the trips, sitting squashed next to strangers for 15 hours at a time, sitting in airports for hours, or eating disgusting airline food. 

This time when I flew back to Singapore, I thought I would shorten the trip by taking a later flight from Des Moines (actually, it was the cheapest option, but I wasn't complaining.)  Instead of the 6 hours I normally sit in Chicago, I was supposed to have just over an hour to get off my plane, grab a bite to eat, and board for my 15 hour flight to Hong Kong.  However, this was not to be. 

When I arrived in Chicago there was a notice that there was a plane change, and instead of leaving at 1:30 we would be leaving at 5.  I found a cool place to sit with an outlet and chilled for a few extra hours.  At 4:00 I headed back to my gate, to realize that while I had been avoiding the crowds they had moved the flight one more hour to 6.  There was a long line to the counter, and realizing I was going to miss my connecting flight to Singapore, I joined it, hoping to figure out what was going on. 

As I neared the front of the line, I overheard someone say that it was a line for volunteers.  I had already decided that if they offered a voucher for volunteers I would take it.  It was perfect.  Wait a day, get $600, a free motel, and free food.  Can't beat that!  As I celebrated my victory and moved closer to the front of the line, I realized that people in front of my were going to Singapore as well.  They filled me in on the announcements that had been made earlier.  Apparently the flight was overbooked by between 45-75 people!

One of the airline workers came by and asked who was volunteering, keeping a count so he knew exactly how many seats were left.  The plane started to board, and I was still waiting in line.  Finally, the people in front of my made it to the counter and explained that they were volunteering to take a flight the next day.  After a frazzled attempt to rebook them, the exasperated clerk practically yelled "I can't get you a seat tomorrow, it's already full....get on this plane NOW!"  I sheepishly told her that I too was going to Singapore, and she gave me identical instructions. 

Disappointed that I had lost out on the $600 and may have lost my aisle seat, I followed her directions cutting to the front of the line, and boarding the plane.  To my shock, the plane was almost half empty!  I sat down wondering where all the people were hiding.  I waited for the people next to me to show up, but they never did.  Although we left about 25 people standing at the gate, I had an entire row of 3 seats to myself.  I was able to stretch out and sleep for most of the 15 hours!  All I could think of was "God is so good!" 

By the time I arrived in Hong Kong, they had rebooked me on another airline, and I was off to Singapore an hour later.  Again, I had an entire row where I could stretch out and sleep.  I arrived in Singapore at 6:00, only 5.5 hours after my scheduled time, rested and ready for my day. 

Although I was tempted to surcumb to frustration, I realized that even in my hardship, there were blessings in disguise. 

Heading Back Soon

This summer has flown by!  I can't believe that I should be packing right now instead of sitting here typing this.  It is always a bittersweet thing to head back.  I am ready to get back to work and super excited to see what God is going to do this coming year.  I am ready to get back into my routine and see my Singapore friends.  I am NOT ready for the 24 hours of travelling to get there, or the goodbyes that have to be said before I can leave. 

Summer is going WAY too fast!

I'm having a hard time believing that it is already the middle of July.  This summer if flying by!  I came back to the States on June 4 and haven't really stopped since. 

We went on family vacation to DC.  It was great to see lots of sights and spend time with my family.  We ended up missing our flight home, which was a blessing in disguise.  The airline put us up in a hotel for the extra night, and we spent the next day at the Air and Space Museum.  The next day they had overbooked our flight, and Zach and I stayed again, and got $1000 travel vouchers for our trouble.  And of course, another free nights stay at another hotel.

After DC I got to spend a week at Jr. Camp sharing God's word with a great group of kids.  The day after camp I headed to Canada to spent time with a couple of friends.  I celebrated Canada Day in Toronto by taking in a Blue Jays game.  Also got to see Niagara Falls before heading home.

Two days after returning from Canada I headed to South Dakota for SERVE.  I got to go to Praise and Worship with some of my former students and hang out at the gym afterwards.  While I was there, I decided to sell my car, which just happened to give me enough money to bring one of my favorite people (Steven) back to Iowa and send him to Tri-State youth camp. 

Two more weeks at home and then heading back to Singapore for another great year.  Hoping this week gives me a little time for some rest and relaxation before the next year begins. 

Where did this year go?

Sitting here in my living room thinking about the fact that there are only 4.5 days of school left!  Where did this year go?  This is always the time of year that makes me sad....there are so many things I wanted to do with my students that I didn't get to.  And yet, it's a time of looking towards new beginnings, and knowing that a fresh start is just around the corner.

This summer we are going to try something a little different.  For the past 7 weeks I have been co-leading a Bible study for 3rd and 4th grade students.  We have studied the book of James.  When we told the kids this would be the last week, there were lots of groans.  So, we decided to continue the Bible study online as a blog.  The kids seem really excited that they are going to get to continue studying together.  And, they were asking today if they could invite friends, neighbors, and cousins to join us in studying together.  I said sure!  Then, a few of them prayed for the Bible study.  They prayed that "God would bring kids from all over the world to study His Word together."  And the crazy thing is, that could happen!  Even with the kids in my class, we will be all over the world this summer.  I'm excited to see how God is going to use this.

2012 Already?

Wow! I just realized I haven't posted on here for over a year. That is really sad. I'm going to try to do better, maybe a goal of at least once a month, but aim for even higher. Anyway, today was an amazing day! My day started with Bible, which is my favorite subject to teach. We were supposed to be talking about worship in the OT today, but of course, we never got that far. I have a few new students that have some very fundamental questions, and I decided they were more important than my lesson plans. We talked about everything, from who God is, to why He has no beginning, to why Jesus is called the "Son of David." We talked for about 45 minutes, and the students were all engaged, participating, and asking questions. Unfortunately, they had another class to get to, so I told them to put their Bibles away, it was time for PE (of all things) and they actually GROANED! They wanted to stay and keep talking about God and His Word rather than PE!!!! Then, later on we were having social studies and the same thing happened. We had run out of time and finished the lesson, so I told the students to put their things away, and again they groaned! It makes my heart happy when my students are enjoying learning!

Korean Adventures Part 2

Today was the last day of the conference. After lunch we could sign up for cultural activities. Erin and I signed up to go to a market and fort in a nearby suburb. We walked through and open market, and tried some traditional Korean snacks. Then, we went to the fort and rode a "train" around. When the trip was finished, we weren't ready to head back, so decided to find our own way home! We asked the tour guide what bus we could take to the train station, but soon realized that by the time we were finished shopping we would no longer be near those bus stops. We checked the sign, and realized that the stations were marked in English, so we decided we would be fine on our own. We did some shopping and walking through the town and then decided it was time to find our way back to the hotel. Erin voiced her opinion that we should take a taxi, but I was determined to use public transportation. I had just about given up, when we came to a bus stop. However, there was no English! I asked the other people waiting if they spoke English, and everyone shook their heads no. I continued asking anyway, if anyone knew how to get to Suwon Station. One lady pointed on the sign to all the buses we could take, and we were trying to figure out how many stops we would need to count, when she pointed at one, and made it known that we should get on. I decided it was so nice of her to help us that we had to follow her advice. We got on, and started looking, trying to figure out where we were, and when we needed to get off. We found the station, which was very large, and thought we were home free. (After all, we did the trains on Wednesday, and it had turned out fine.) I bought our tickets, and we started following the signs to the tracks. When we got there, there were two sets of tracks. All of the people were waiting on one side, so we waited there too. Then when a train came, it was on the other side. All of the people just moved to that side, so we followed. We knew that the town we needed was 3 stops away, so we started counting. When the train stopped, all the people started getting off...they told us we had to switch trains. So, we followed them. Just as the doors closed, I asked the man next to me where we were. He pointed to the stop we wanted and said there. I thought, oh well, we'll just get off at the next stop, but the man, who luckily spoke some English, told us it was an express train, and we would not be stopping for 3 more towns! I was feeling really bad by this point, because Erin had wanted to take a taxi from the start! We got off at Osan, three towns later, and got on the train heading back where we had come from. We managed to find our town, and get off! We walked to the bus stop that we had taken on Wednesday, and thought we needed a 20 something or 40 something bus. However, there weren't any listed! We decided we could go for a taxi, but taxi driver wouldn't take us to our hotel. So, we were standing there trying to figure out what to do when a 27 bus pulled up. We decided that sounded good and got on! We knew that assuming it was the right bus, it would be 15 stops to our hotel. I started counting, and got to 2, and decided if Erin was counting, I didn't need to. The only problem was, Erin wasn't counting either! We had to pay close attention, but eventually found our way back to our neighborhood. After all that adventuring, we decided we were not going to have an adventure for dinner, and ate at Annie's burgers. Overall, it was a fun day!

Korean adventures

My friend Erin and I are in Korea for an international educators' conference. We spent most of the day on Wednesday traveling. We left Singapore at 12:05 am, and arrived in Korea around noon. We took an hour and a half bus ride to our hotel, and then an hour train ride back to Seoul to meet my friend Shinhye. After doing some sight seeing and eating delicious food, we took a cable car to see the city skyline. It was about 10:18, when we decided we should probably head back to the train station. When we got to the station, our train was there, so we very quickly said goodbye to Shinhye and slipped onto the train as the doors were closing. We were very careful to keep track of where the train was, so we wouldn't miss our stop. When we were approaching our stop, they started making an announcement, which of course we couldn't understand since it was in Korean. The lights went out, and we realized, we were on the last train, and we had ridden it to the last stop! God was definitely looking out for us.

God's Grace

I'm not sure why this year is starting out so tiring....I have great students (although they have a LOT of energy) and have less planning to do than last year because I sort of know what I'm doing. :) Nonetheless, I cannot seem to get out of bed in the mornings or make my brain focus on much of anything before or after school. By God's grace, He enables my brain to work from the hours of 8-3. Today started off as "one of those days." I really don't like my schedule on Wednesday, plus, today was my day to teach chapel, and even though I was ready, I didn't feel prepared. I got to school with a bad attitude, really felt like my brain was full of cotton instead of whatever is supposed to be up there! We were supposed to meet our students early today for see you at the pole, so I headed downstairs at 7:30. I couldn't even call my students by the right name! One little girl looked at me kinda confused and said "Um, that's not my name." I apologized and told her (truthfully I might add) that it wasn't 8:00 yet, my brain wasn't working. After we prayed I did some last minute prep, and came to get my kids at 8:10. By that time, by God's grace, my brain had at least kicked in, and I put a smile on my face. I walked over to pick up my kids, and they said to me "Miss Chaplin, you look really happy today!" I was shocked, and asked why. She replied "Because today is a day that God made special for us!" What a great reminder. And as always, God's grace was enough. I made it through the day, and probably had the best Wednesday so far this year!

Jess' last week in Singapore

We were able to get tickets to volleyball. We weren't exactly sure what we were going to see, but we made it actually ended up seeing the USA girls play. :)We also made it to the zoo. Jess really wanted to ride the cow! She was not that impressed with the birds. Almost as much as she liked the fish! But I think she did like the lemurs! Jess and Hannah on Arab Street. One of the last nights she was in Singapore, we took Jess to Arab street for dinner. It was delicious! On her last day in Singapore, we took Jess to East Coast Park. It was a beautiful day, and we decided it would be a great time to randomly interview people at the beach. The first person we interviewed was Henry. He is a pastor from Uganda studying in Singapore. He said one of his favorite things to do in Singapore is sit at the beach, read, and enjoy the beauty that God created. The next person we were interviewing was flying a kite. (I think the picture is on Jess' camera.) It looked like so much fun, that we went and bought one. However, our kite flying adventures were not nearly as successful! Our kite spent more time in the sand than in the air. Only Hannah could even get it off the ground! We also walked along the beach. I love the sound of the ocean, and the feel of sand beneath my toes....why don't I go there more often?

Open House

Tonight was open house for elementary students. It was a lot of fun to meet my students parents and have a chance to talk to them. It was also great to be able to explain my procedures and homework policy....hopefully it will make more sense now. :) My favorite part of the night was when one of my students came up and asked if they could sing their memory verse to their parents. Of course I said yes. They ended up giving a mini concert. Since our door was open, they attracted additional guests to our already crowded room! But it was nice to show the parents some of the things they have been learning.

5K

My coworkers are on an exercise kick right now...every night after school they do a Bob or Jillian (from The Biggest Loser) workout in the science room. Now, before summer, it was me on an exercise kick, and I decided this week I need to get back on track. Last week I went a couple of days, and I went and did Jillian yesterday.....very painful, and I didn't even make it all the way through. The only problem is that I can't go on Tuesday and Thursday because I tutor after school....so in the spirit of getting back into exercise, I decided to tackle the 5K tonight. About 1.5K in I decided this was a bad decision, but since I'm also working on being more decisive, and I had made a decision, I stuck to it. 36 minutes after starting this hairbrained idea I finished! I wasn't the most happy about the time, but I was very excited to finish....now I have a little less than a month to get a little faster before my first race!

Sentosa and YGO

Today was a fun packed and exciting day. We slept in this morning, (yes, that was fun!) and then headed to Sentosa, an island connected to the main island by a bridge and monorail. When we got to Sentosa we bought luge tickets and rode down the trail (2 times, because once is never enough!) After the luge we had lunch on the beach and then headed back to the "mainland" for coffee before heading to the youth Olympics. We had tickets to the semi-final games tonight. The first game was between Chile and Turkey. It was very exciting and very close. The final score was 3-2 in favor of Chile. The second game was between Iran and Equatorial Guinea. The final score of that game was 1-4 in favor of Guinea! It was a lot of fun. I never knew that I enjoyed soccer, but I was very excited during the game. At half time they had a crowd participation time, seeing who would cheer the loudest and dance the hardest. My section (9 of us went together) was of course the most energetic....for real.... on our side of the field. The guy throwing the prizes was terrible though, and they never made them up to us...he even said that he was trying to throw them to us, but no such luck. So, finally, he said he would deliver the prizes in person to make sure they made it to the right people! I got a lanyard and a pin. :) Never though I'd be the winner of a dancing contest. The pin I won for dancing/singing My official youth Olympics ticket....proof of my adventure. The lanyard I won for singing/dancing. Equatorial Guinea and Iran before the semi-final game.

.Turkey and Chile before their semi-final game.

Heidi, Katie, and Heather on the sky lift to the luge....we'll have to get Heidi's pictures to see us!

1st Week of School

So, I survived the first week of school. This morning I realized that I hadn't had a first day of school for about a year and half. It gave me a good perspective on why I'm so tired! (Last year didn't really count because I had the same kids, so it wasn't really starting over.) It was hard work for them to be serious for a picture, so I promised them a silly one. I think silly comes very naturally! We used the clocks the church got for us today. They were a huge success. I gave them my speech about taking care of them and being responsible, and they got very excited when they found out that no one else had ever used them before. Not quite sure what made that so great, but ya know. Yesterday my students asked me how much older I was than Jessica. I told them to guess. They guessed between 1 and 13 years. (The one who guessed 13 was trying to be smart alec, but it didn't work. ) When I told them that she was 12 years younger one of them said "Miss Chaplin, your sister is 18, so that means YOU'RE 30?!? I didn't think you were THAT old."

Fish Spa

Jess and me at the fish spa at IMM. Doesn't she look happy to be there?

Jess' feet getting attacked by the killer (and tiny) flesh eating fishes.

My feet getting eating by the lovely and beautiful fish spa fishes.

Today Jess and I went to the mall to pick up some last minute things for my classroom. While we were wandering around, I noticed there was a fish spa. I asked Jess if she wanted to try, and since she was in the mood for an adventure, she said yes. However, after our last fish encounter I should have know it would not be Jess' favorite thing to do! We stuck our feet in and Jess started to squeal. The fish started sucking, and it was very ticklish on the toes. There was another family sharing our fish pool, and when their time was up, the fish all moved to our side. Jess asked the lady to put her feet back in because she didn't want the extra fish! The lady just laughed. It was a long 10 minutes, as Jess asked about every 30 seconds if we were done yet. I told her she could be a wimp and take her feet out, but she persevered and made it the whole time. When I asked her if she wanted to go back tomorrow, it was a definite NO. On a "happier" note, we had kaya waffles for breakfast, and adventure was a success...Jess' verdict..."yummy." We also finally got our McDonald's, but decided delivery was overrated. It was much quicker to walk across the street and pick it up ourselves.

A World Where Students LOVE School

So, today was our secondary open house at ICS. As an elementary teacher, my job was to direct traffic at the bottom of the stairs so any lost looking students and their parents could find the classrooms where their teachers were anxiously waiting to meet them and explain the joys of the upcoming year. I dragged Jess along to meet some of my students from last year who had older siblings who would be attending. First, I must say that I was given the perfect job for the day. I got to sit and chat and offer a friendly "Good morning" to just about everyone on campus, and I got to chat with parents, students, and of course Jess. The morning started off slow as families trickled in. Jess commented that she had never attended an open house at her school, and I tried to explain to her that our students love it. I don't think she was convinced until more students started arriving. First I got the greatest greetings from some of my past students with hugs that just about knocked me down (I'm being serious....a 4th grader running at full speed packs a lot of punch.) Then, as the secondary students came, there were lots of hugs and hellos. Not really sure how to convey the atmosphere in words, but by the end, Jess was convinced that there really is a world where everyone loves coming back to school. (And I'm very thankful that I get to teach in it!)

McFrustration

Last night a group of teachers decided to spend the night at school because our building is locked between 7PM and 7AM and we needed extra working time. Our plan was to work most of the night (which we did) sleep in our classrooms/library (which we did) and order McDonald's for breakfast. A little after 7 I called and ordered 6 set meals, which were supposed to be delivered before 8. (Yes, in Singapore, McDonald's delivers!) At 8:00, when it was time for our first meeting of the day, still no McDonald's. We gave Jess the money and asked her to sit outside and wait for the delivery man, and we all sat in the back of the meeting so Jess could "sneak" us in food when it finally came. At 8:25 we were dismissed to small groups to pray around the school, and still no breakfast. At about a quarter to 9 I finally called, and they told me that our order had been delivered. That's funny, we didn't have any food, and Jess still had all the money. The lady said she would call the manager and call me back. I told her it would have to be quick because I was at work and had another meeting starting at 8:50. After a few minutes she called back to say that the order had been canceled, would we like to resubmit. I checked with the other girls, all of whom agreed we were still quite hungry and would like our food. The lady asked when we would like it delivered, and I said "As soon as possible, we're very hungry." She said how about 9:10, and then she said she had to call her manager. She called back to tell me that they could not have the food delivered until 10:30 was that okay. Of course not! Here is the dialogue of what happened next. M(Me) We ordered our food two hours ago, we don't want to wait another hour and a half. FL (Food lady): Okay ma'am, when you want it? M: 9:10 FL: Cannot. They are very busy. I will deliver food at 10:30? M: No. If we can't have it by 9:30 we don't want it. FL: Oh, you want food at 10:00? M: No. FL: Oh, you want me deliver 10:30? M: No, I want it by 9:30 or I don't want it. FL: Cannot. I tell them bring you food by 10:30. M: Please just cancel the order. FL: Okay, you want me bring food at 10:00? M: No, that's lunch time and we're hungry now. FL: Okay, I bring it to you at 10:00 M: No, just cancel the order, we don't want it. FL: Oh, you no want food? M: Right. Cancel the order. FL: Okay ma'am. Three minutes later my phone rings and a man is on it. FM (Food Man): I talk to Miss Mandy M: This is Mandy FM: My manager tell me you want food by 9:00. Cannot. It is 9:00 now. M: I know, that's why I canceled the order. FM: You want me bring food 10:30? M: No! I don't want it anymore. FM: Cannot bring at 9/9:30. You want me bring 10:00? M: No! I wanted it two hours ago when I ordered it! I don't want it anymore! FM: I bring it at 10:30? M: I canceled the order. I don't want it. (Awkward silence) FM: Okay ma'am you no want it? M: That's right cancel the order. Thank you. Ahhhhh! Luckily Jess was kind enough to run to the grocery store and buy us some orange juice and bread. Not what we had hoped for, but better than nothing.