27.12.2006 - Calm after the storm
We had three earthquakes yesterday. The whole room was shaking pretty heavily and i felt it was best to stand under the door way arch for some reason. I dont know why I thought to do this, I must have seen something somewhere. Also the weather is said to be the coldest so far tomorrow so I might have to strap the arctic gear back on before I head out of the house tomorrow morning. School has been going pretty well so far this week. We visited a quaint little Tea shop as part of our field trip and the children were very well behaved. I drank some cherry tea and a cup of coffee before returning to class to find out it was Japanese curry for lunch! It made me extremely happy and once I had taken care of the prep work for the afternoon I was able to squeeze in a thirty minute nap.
Tonight I plan to get some work done for the week and then generally relax for a while. Tomorrow is a pretty easy day since I dont have time to teach in the schedule of the day. I really feel that whatever feelings on loneliness and boredom brought about by the christmas holiday are behind me now and I can get back to normality, at least until the new years celebrations kick in. Im not sure what I'm going to be doing for "our" new year but the fact that I dont have to go to work on new years day means that at least I can go out and have a good time with my friends. I am still pretty strapped for cash this month though and the last few dollars I have have to go on some drumsticks come saturday. I'm kind of hoping I can find a way to explain to them that I cant pay for sticks until pay day comes around. At least that isnt so far away now.
One of the upsides of having very little money to go out for fun is that I'm dipping into all sorts of new anime and TV shows to fill the hours spent sitting on my sofa in the appartment. I have just finished re watching episode five of chobits with english dub and I also have a couple of things cued up for me. Three new promising series, Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Welcome to the NHK! and "Now and Then, here and there" look like they will be entertaining time fillers. All that and bleach fillers only last for one more episode it seems. What's left of my free time has been taken up by playing Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on the Snes emulator which is a great game and so visually striking for its time. Its actually alot like Yoshi Touch and Go, just on a grander scale with a story, bosses and such. I am really enjoying that one.
I also hope to get around to putting out another podcast when get around to it and post up some of the pictures I have been taking on my lovely new IXUS camera.
Hope everyone is doing great back home!
Take care!
Until next time,
This has been MMI
Tonight I plan to get some work done for the week and then generally relax for a while. Tomorrow is a pretty easy day since I dont have time to teach in the schedule of the day. I really feel that whatever feelings on loneliness and boredom brought about by the christmas holiday are behind me now and I can get back to normality, at least until the new years celebrations kick in. Im not sure what I'm going to be doing for "our" new year but the fact that I dont have to go to work on new years day means that at least I can go out and have a good time with my friends. I am still pretty strapped for cash this month though and the last few dollars I have have to go on some drumsticks come saturday. I'm kind of hoping I can find a way to explain to them that I cant pay for sticks until pay day comes around. At least that isnt so far away now.
One of the upsides of having very little money to go out for fun is that I'm dipping into all sorts of new anime and TV shows to fill the hours spent sitting on my sofa in the appartment. I have just finished re watching episode five of chobits with english dub and I also have a couple of things cued up for me. Three new promising series, Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Welcome to the NHK! and "Now and Then, here and there" look like they will be entertaining time fillers. All that and bleach fillers only last for one more episode it seems. What's left of my free time has been taken up by playing Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on the Snes emulator which is a great game and so visually striking for its time. Its actually alot like Yoshi Touch and Go, just on a grander scale with a story, bosses and such. I am really enjoying that one.
I also hope to get around to putting out another podcast when get around to it and post up some of the pictures I have been taking on my lovely new IXUS camera.
Hope everyone is doing great back home!
Take care!
Until next time,
This has been MMI
posted by Aaron | 4:37 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Man, just wanted to drop a line to say a belated Merry Christmas! A couple of great blogs recently, and it really sounds like you've properly made a life for yourself there now. Tom's back in Sheffield now and Ade is coming up for New Years, so i reckon you'll really be missed again man as the Aaron-shaped hole rears its head. Dave was just saying how he's totally going to miss you at New Years, and I have to agree that it won't be the same. Are you still planning a visit back to the uk in the new year - that would be awesome. Keep on truckin', Liz
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