Laundry and Pronunciation of "Est"

Time: 10:34pm or 22h34 or about 10h et demi du soir or 2234 hours, yeah there are many ways to tell time. Too many.

A note about laundry, I have to buy two tokens for five euros every time I want to do laundry. Also, I went out to buy laundry detergent because it's not provided. Also, there's a certain way one has to do the laundry otherwise the token will be eaten and the only way to know this is to ask a nun who only speaks French. Luckily, I knew the word "to wash" is laver and now I think the word to dry is "sechager" but I'm not sure. Anyway, 1, put press the unlock button and put clothes in. 2, Close the door and put in soap. 3, turn the dial to the setting you want. 4, put token in. 5, press start. That's the washing machine. THe dryer is a bit more strange yet easier. 1, press unlock button, otherwise one cannot open it no matter how much one tirez (pull). 2, put clothes in. 3, close door and set it to the right number A is for colours and I have no fricking clue what B is for. You would think it would say, "blancs" or  Non-colours but it says something entirely different and I don't feel like writing it down. 4, put token in. 5, press start.

Now, with the washing machine, it tells you how long it's going to wash for, so you're like "oh 50 minutes I can check my email and go on facebook, study for that silly midterm tomorrow" but with the dryer, one doesn't know if it's half  an hour, an hour, fifty minutes, forty-five minutes or what. I'm guessing it takes an hour but I wasn't there when I did laundry the first time. WHen I went upstairs, someone had taken it out and because I had to leave for something, maybe a Civilization class or some musuem visit or maybe it was to walk the Quartier Latin, je ne sais pas.

Aussi, I keep forgetting to say s'il vous plait which was my favorite phrase. It means please but the way it sounds is so lovely. Also, people keep say "est" Il est, instead of Il "eh" and when we're in the same class, I have no idea who's right. I mean I have had maybe four or five teachers and they all said, "Il eh" not Il esst. ALthough, I think it's the Scottish guy who tends to say Il esst, je ne sais pas and my teacher doesn't correct it so I really get more confused if that's right or not. I was talking about laundry and I end up on "Il est", this is why I should not teach because it would be very hard to keep up with me. I say teaching because of the conversation I had briefly in the cafe at Monet's house's area. Someone asked if I would teach and I was clear on that I wouldn't. I mean I can guide people and help them understand things in a different way but not teach. Those who are gifted with the calling should do it and at the moment I feel like I am not one of them. I may change my mind. Nothing's set in stone yet. Although the internet is the new stone. People, be careful what you say.

Notice that I don't tell any rumours in this, just pure opinion of what happened. I can't say facts because I'm human and can't be completely objective. Humans who can be, aren't. Sorry if that offends your world view and I'm only saying sorry out of politeness. I may be more snippy between now and Saturday.