I had to actually go back and check the last time I wrote in the blog. It says I had an entry on the 20th July but I can assure it seems so much longer ago. Things have moved very quickly in the last week or so and I’ll write another entry about my new [...]
I’m really into the death throes here. Sorry. I’m feeling a little morbid at the moment. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m coming to the end of my time at the school or what but whatever it is I’m feeling a little darker. My mood was not improved when I discovered today that I [...]
I’ve resisted calculating exactly how many days I have left at Ichiko but I know it’s not many. Why not prepare a countdown like most of my other colleagues? To me that feels like an admission of defeat. One of the things I really wanted to ensure was that Ichiko didn’t break my spirit. While [...]
I realise school updates have usually been coming out at the end of the week (or at least that’s been the plan) but I didn’t have a great time today and I felt the need to vent. I hope you’ll indulge me. One of my tasks at Ichiko is to make up oral test dialogues [...]
Yes, it finally happened. After raining out twice last September and then again last Friday, this Friday just past was the day of Ichiko’s sports festival. I’d waited so long to attend this that I don’t think it was ever going to quite live up to my expectations. Not that I didn’t have fun; I [...]
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 [...]