well, it's the last day in September and man was this week tough!  end of the months are so busy for me because i have to do all the planning for the daycare's curriculum for the next month.  even if we've got another teacher on board, he doesn't have the experience to even teach let alone plan anything.  although, i did give him a shot at planning ( Read more... )

so, my little girl is turning 5 this year.  it'll also be the first time she's celebrated her birthday in Japan!  living in Fukuoka without any relatives or friends for that matter makes it a wee bit hard to throw a party of any kind.  my in-laws live in Yokohama, and they're also in their 70's, so it's not like they could come all the way out here ( Read more... )

( Twas the night before Christmas )

i will just tell you right now that no matter where you are in the world, there will ALWAYS be nice people around to help you whether they are your friends, family or just total strangers ( Read more... )

finally! the "plum rain season" has started and about time too since all of Taiwan was starting to suffer from depleting reservoirs. :( even if i was sad to see the really really nice dry spring weather we were having go, i'd rather have running water than nice weather. :P ( Read more... )

first of all, belated rabbit rabbit. i never thought i'd be so swept up in things to actually go a week without a rabbit rabbit post. just reaffirms my "never say never" jinx. :P ( Read more... )

( thinking too much )

( so, the year of the Rabbit had a bit of a rough start. )

after teaching my last class for this month today, i suddenly realized that Chinese New Year is just next week! so just like Christmas holidays back home, a lot of places are closed and you really can't get anything like going to the bank or mailing a package off done during that time. this year, Chinese New Year starts on Feb. 2nd and will go on ( Read more... )

( what's been happening )