Sunday, July 31, 2005

I moved house

Normally I would never say "I moved house." Is that even normal? But according to our textbooks it's OK and I now teach Japanese people to say this. When they ask me about the grammar I just say its Aussie English. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Either way, I now live in a different apartment. I got wireless internet today and it works - and mike - I didn't even have to restart my computer. HAHA. It's too late for me to think now. I will give you the mark update later.

bye

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

In other news, I left my suitcase on the train today. haha

Sometimes one small thing can put everything in perspective. So today at work I thought of the coolest joke. It goes something like this: what are the 21st and 18th letters of the alphabet? Answer: You Are! ahahhahaha. At the time it seemed really funny. Sometimes when really boring people tell you about their really boring job (like I a doing now) while using a really monotonous voice, things like my joke can seem really funny. Either that or I have the lamest sense of humor in the world. Either way, that's the kind of stuff I think of while I work.

In other news, Kate, those postcards were pretty good. http://postsecret.blogspot.com The sad thing is that they remind me of my life. Since I read them 24 hours ago I have had two different encounters that just made me want to write up a special postcard! The first one would say something like this:

Today I saw a crazy homeless man feeding the birds. He was having so much fun. I couldn't help but think how sad it was that this is probably the most fun he has had in weeks. It was the coolest thing I saw all day.

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This one girl I teach will cry if I call on her. Now I just wait until I see her eyes tearing up and then I call on someone else. As soon as her eyes dry up, I call on her again. I do this the entire lesson - it makes me feel good about myself.