ever since the cold weather has set in, it's been affecting a lot of people around me, including myself.  teachers at the elementary schools i teach seem to just snap and end up not coming back to work because of clinical depression.  a friend of mine who is on maternity leave and also teaches at one of the elementary schools i teach at told me ( Read more... )

it's kinda sad and says a lot about me that i was thinking about the new monthly curriculum at work on the 1st before i remembered that it was my brother's 23rd birthday!  total sister fail... although, i've never been much of a sister figure anyway to both of my brothers ^_^;;  you can tell i was the spoiled brat of the pack :P  thank gawd for ( Read more... )

i think that Halloween is probably gonna be my favorite holiday in the year.  granted i don't get any time off and end up working harder than usual to entertain my students, i love dressing up and just having fun!  it's good to know that my inner cosplayer never really died as i got older ^_ ( Read more... )

whelp!  it's that time again: Halloween!  i don't have much time to post since anyone who has taught English knows that Halloween is one of the busiest times in the year at your job.  i remember last year, i was arranging for a Halloween party at my old school all by myself, and i was totally frazzled by the end of the month!  fortunately, i don't ( Read more... )

( worst cold yet... )

sigh, yet another rabbit rabbit post late all because i've been sick as a dog this past week.  i haven't been to the doctors because my busy schedule has picked up again, and also because i'm just generally lazy and just hate getting out of the apartment, so i just rely on the med i brought back from Taipei last year (Panadol).  i mean, that's the ( Read more... )

last Sunday and Monday were days off for me!  it was the Japanese equivalent to Taiwan's Mid-Autumn Festival, so it's a national holiday.  i was so happy to have two days off in a row because if you know me, i only get national holidays off.  i would have only gotten Monday off, but i got last Sunday off too, because the family that i have private ( Read more... )

so, i mentioned last week that i had a good Sunday.  :)  i still had to work that day, but since my class is in the afternoon, i normally use the time in the morning to run errands, prep for my classes, do chores, etc.  that Sunday, i had a dentist appointment and since hubs went on his little trek to Kitakyushu by himself, i had to take Kay along ( Read more... )

Saturday was Kay's Sport's Day (a.k.a. undoukai)!  this is officially her second undoukai in Japan, but it was her last undoukai as a nursery school student, which meant big performances!  i unfortunately couldn't go because i work on Saturdays, and you know how i am about work.  hubs was able to go with camcorder on his right and our camera on his ( Read more... )

technically, Friday the 13th didn't really get to us on that particular day, but man oh man, the 12th sure was horrible ( Read more... )