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Talk about crazy weekends
Volleyball tournament with teachers, then Remioromen concert, followed by JLPT on Sunday. And that's just the stuff I planned weeks ago...it was filled in with (a) hanging out on Friday night with a friend who'd flown in to take the JLPT, (b) driving said friend down to Naha, (c) driving another friend home after the concert (she invited me, so it ( Read more... ) -
Still so much to learn...
...to become a truly responsible person in society. I've been having problems with my internet recently, and having called the company yesterday, they sent someone to check it out this morning. It turned out to be a problem with the external cable connection, but he managed to fix it within the morning. And here's where my incompetence comes in. ( Read more... ) -
On the issues with Facebook
Over the past few months, furore has been building over the changes that Facebook, the seemingly ubiquitous networking site, has been bringing in. Changes that are designed to "enhance our web-surfing experience," but which users and critics have been quick to label an invasion of privacy ( Read more... ) -
I LOVE my kids!
By which, I mean my students, of course. From my "homeroom" class of two years ago ( Read more... ) -
Frogs legs...in Shanghai?
Yup, I had frogs legs for the very first time a few days ago. Eating this dish was one of the "things to do" that I hadn't been able to complete when I was in Europe about 5 years back (my Dad and I were in France during the wrong season. See what the ridiculous modern food economy has done to my expectations?)...so when my cousin's little children ( Read more... ) -
"I just don't understand young people these days..."
It's hard to believe my little first years, the first ones I've seen right from the time they entered high school, are now third years and the supposed leaders of the school. Especially when I encounter the new little first years that are now polluting gracing our corridors. They're a reasonably good bunch of kids this year - though quiet at first ( Read more... ) -
Leaps and bounds - how much further can we go?
Colour e-readers with video? And furthermore, the possibility of use in other devices?
Sounds really exciting. It would be fantastic to have such a 'green' device that can do everything I want with computers, tablets and smartphones (in the latter case - if I ever get one).
But I'm not sure I can wait another year or two, given that I'm already ( Read more... ) -
So the iPad's on the market...now what?
I haven't yet had the chance to step into an Apple store to check out the iPad itself...but with all the other tablets being announced left, right and center, I'm pretty certain that the iPad isn't for me. Simply because there are two things I'll want to do with it that it won't allow me to do - watch videos other than through Apple applications, ( Read more... ) -
A somewhat amusing story...
School started again yesterday...and with 25 new faces amongst the teachers, I'm not entirely sure I'm going to get anywhere with student names this year! Though thankfully, two of the teachers are actually old hands back after one year of teaching somewhere else.
This little anecdote concerns one of them.
After school was over yesterday, I ( Read more... ) -
Dressing up
Busy busy busy. Especially the last week, what with farewell parties and what not. Running about 10km altogether for the farewell ekiden, with no preparation whatsoever (I haven't run at all this year!), was probably not the best idea. However, the party at the end of that was definitely worth it, even if my photos didn't turn out quite as well as ( Read more... )