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Bookmark This Landmark Occassion With A Hallmark Watermark
Ladies and gents, what an auspicious day today, August 13th, is. Know why? Twas' upon this very day, 365 and a quarter days ago, a certain Mr JHD Orlin of The Northern Suburbs Of Joburg, Joburg, Sefrica, having departed for shores a-foreign some hours before, arrived in Taiwanarnia, a small poop-shaped island just off the coast of Imperial China ( Read more... ) -
Doctor! Doctor!
My visit to the dentist this afternoon cost me a whole R22 (100NT). This for a polish, clean, scrape, fix-up, tinker and to plug a small hole. The last time I went to the dentist, exactly the same service cost me R650! Of course that was back home in South Africa ( Read more... ) -
The Oh-My-Godasaurus
There are two kinds of teachers in this world: those who write the curriculums and those who teach 'em. Sadly, the two seems to remain at odds, with the latter being normal, sane individuals who actually have a good handle on the rigours of classroom management and why trying to explaining the present continuous tense is like asking a dwarf with no ( Read more... ) -
The Further Adventurings Into 7-11 Pop Culture Madness
[Okay, so I was gonna wait till I got pics before posting this one, but I dunno when that's gonna happen. Besides one can look on Justin's LJ for the pics. And there's a statute of limitations on blogging eventedness. This one took place last week, so I felt I'd better hustle along and make it live. C'est un voila! - Management ( Read more... ) -
Diary Of A Heterophobe
As I've gone through the process of apartment-hunting in a foreign country (which should be capitalised, but isn't; unlike punishment which shouldn't be, but sometimes is), I've realised that I'm a heterophobe. There, I've said it. It's out in the open. Dare I say it: it's out the closet. I don't like straight people ( Read more... ) -
Cooking With Dragon And Lucy
Teaching Eng-a-lish-ee to foreigners is odd work. You might, for example, find yourself going "What is it? It is a toy car." 30 times a day for 5 days in the mornings, and in the afternoons teaching another group of litlets the difference between a gerund and a continuous tense verb ( Read more... ) -
Kindergarten Pile-On
Laughter, they say, is the best medicine. To which I'd like to add, The laughter *of children* is the best medicine ( Read more... ) -
The Dreaded Latke Pudding Hurler Of Taipei-On-Sea
Presented to you(z) with the compliments of The League Of Burmese Trombonists and The Associated Association Of Reformed Jewish Llamas [sick ( Read more... ) -
Totally Amazing Ramblifications
Today, consider yourselves warned o faithful travellers into Jared's Blogdom, I shall ramble ramblingly for my own prurient pleasure. Because I can. And stuff ( Read more... )
