Wow, four in a row. If I keep this up I might have a weblog on my hands. The end of my fourth week finds me taking it easy thanks to Golden Week after a few days off and a trip to the cinema. Still, it wasn’t all fun and games. I did have to [...]
It’s the end of the week and Rui is out tonight with some girlfriend from college. I should be spending this time far more constructively. Instead, since I’ll be going fishing (yes, fishing) tomorrow, I thought I’d write up the blog entry for this week now otherwise might not get the chance. That’s right. It’s [...]
I really should have come up with a more interesting title, I realise, but when you’re onto a good thing keep on gooding it is, I think, the expression. Either way, week 2 has come to an end and not without the same lingering concerns as last week. I still find myself reacting negatively towards [...]
The end of my first week back teaching has come and it hasn’t been without some lessons for me either. God, that’s tortured. That’s what happens when I try to use ‘I’ less in my writing. Suffice to say, I had a few classes, learnt some stuff and am looking forward to week 2. The [...]
I was recently informed of a JET Programme event coming up in May that calls for me to prepare a kind of ‘mini-exhibition’ about my home town and home country. It’s the last Board of Education-related event that I will be asked to participate in before my contract ends in August. Although there is a sentimental quality to it, [...]
Today’s comic isn’t entirely accurate. Things didn’t quite get as bad as that but I did lose the last week of updates due to computer problems. It all started last Monday when, for reasons unbeknownst, my computer decided it wasn’t going to work any more. Actually, it’s been grumpy for the past few months now and [...]
So here I am in Japan. I’m set up now living with Rui in a place called Minoh; a suburb on the northern outskirts of Osaka. It’s a pretty nice place, nestled at the base of some mountains (the name of which I should probably look up) and situated about 40 minutes away by train [...]