(upbeat music)
(speaking foreign language)
Hello and good morning from Rabat, Morocco.
My name is Miranda, that's George,
and somewhere over here is my other cat Gigi,
and we are very excited to share with you
my life living and working in Rabat.
I'm having a bit of a lazy morning today.
My morning class was canceled,
so not exactly sure what we're gonna get up to,
but I'm gonna go have my breakfast,
get ready for the day,
and maybe you and I will
discover the city a little bit.
Hope to see you.
Okay, so I had my breakfast,
I am dressed and ready,
and I thought I'd show you around
my apartment a little bit.
So let's take a look.
Alrighty.
So as we come in, I have a nice big living space.
I just have a simple garden table
with some chairs.
And when I work on Cambly
or when I have online classes with my school,
this is where I work.
There's George again saying hello.
There's a lovely terrace out there,
which we will look at in a moment.
Then over here is the hallway.
Right here I have just a toilet,
no sink or anything, just the toilet.
And on this side is, hello, the bathroom.
So I have his and her sinks,
a shower with actually a bathtub,
which is not super common here.
There's also a bidet.
I don't use that, but if you know what that is,
there you go (laughs).
Right, so next to the bathroom,
I have my bedroom (laughs).
I just noticed that my cats
have pulled the sheet off my bed.
What are you doing?
(laughs)
Very simple, bed, cat bed.
Yeah, I bought an apartment unfurnished,
or bought, I rented an apartment unfurnished
so I don't have a ton of furniture.
And then next door is my kitchen.
Refrigerator, a little tiny range.
Not all places come with one
so I had to buy one.
An oven, a washing machine.
We've got a sink over here.
And then I have at the back
a very small little balcony
to hang my laundry
and get some nice morning sun.
The last thing I wanted to show you was
this very nice terrace,
private terrace that I have to myself.
This was actually one of the really big
sellers for me for this apartment.
I know it doesn't look like much,
it's not very great,
but a lot of places don't have something
this large and nice and private.
So yeah, this is one of my favorite parts
of the apartment and I love it.
Okay, back at home.
Turned out to be a very hot day, so...
Had a wardrobe change,
I'm getting ready for my one class today,
and I'm gonna keep answering some questions
using some of the pictures that I took
while I was walking around by the coast.
So I actually teach everyone.
I don't teach the little, little kids,
I start around eight or nine years old,
all the way through adults at my school.
I also teach business professionals,
and I teach teenagers
and adults on Cambly as well.
This changes a lot,
depending on what day of week it is.
But I would say in general,
once the school year gets going,
I'm working anywhere between
25 and 30 hours per week,
depending on private lessons
and Cambly reservation.
Yes, actually, before the pandemic,
I made pretty good money
just working at my primary school.
I didn't do anything else,
and I had plenty of money left over
at the end of every single month.
So it is possible, yeah.
So I've had several people ask about expenses,
I'm gonna get to expenses, I promise,
but I wanted to get my dinner started
because what I'm making
is gonna take a little bit of time,
and I'm actually making
one of my favorite Moroccan meals which is a
chicken tagine.
So there's some onions, some carrots,
some potatoes and chicken.
And I'm gonna put it in here
and let it cook.
Mmm.
I've never been to Asia,
and working on Cambly
I have talked to a lot of Japanese
and Korean people,
and I think it would be great to live
and work in Korea for a little bit.
Their food sounds amazing.
At my school we don't have paid vacation days,
but we do follow the regular school schedule,
so when it's a holiday, there are no classes.
And if we want to set up a vacation,
we definitely can,
we just have to request the time off
and try to help find a substitute.
All right, so before it gets too late
or this Instagram story gets way too long,
I just wanted to explain
actually how I work here.
So I do work for a language school.
I teach kids, teenagers and adults there,
as well as some business professionals.
We get paid per hour, which is great,
but we also have a guaranteed salary
of 3000 dirham or about $300.
So, like, the month of August,
there's not a lot of work,
we still get that money.
On top of that, I work when I can on Cambly,
which is a great online source.
If you want more information about Cambly,
you can send me a message,
I'd be happy to tell you about it.
And other than that,
occasionally I pick up a private class
from a friend, past students,
or even just acquaintances
for a little extra cash.
All right, well,
I feel like there was a lot more
we could have talked about,
so I'm gonna put my Instagram here.
If you guys have any other questions
about living, working in Morocco,
specifically Rabat
or using Cambly as a platform,
feel free to send a message to me
over there on my personal Instagram,
I'd be more than happy to help you.
But thanks for coming along today.
It was great to show you
a little bit of the city
and tell you a little bit about my life,
and I'm gonna go eat
that delicious dinner I just made.
See ya.
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