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I won't even say that this has been a busy week because I don't remember the last time I didn't have a busy week. Not that I mind, of course! Apart from busy, it has also been very warm all week and it's apparently going to continue until next Friday... and then, hopefully, we will get proper November weather. Fingers crossed, because I really want ( Read more... )

This week has been a whirlwind -- but in a good way! As I'd mentioned, I finished my working week a bit sooner than usual, on Thursday at noon to be precise and I went to Prague to meet up with an old friend of mine who managed to get a hold of two tickets for a live broadcast of Hamlet. It was the first National Theatre Live production I've ever ( Read more... )

This week has been a bit of a mixed bag. Overall, it was a great week that went by really quickly. There was one hiccough on Wednesday, though. I had sort of an incident with a student who behaved really disrespectfully towards me. I won't go into detail; it was very unpleasant and he is no longer my student ( Read more... )

When I'm not teaching, I spend a lot of time sitting at my desk - lesson planning, picture editing, internetting... you know the drill. I've always been a very clean and organised person but these traits actually seem to multiply as we are headed into the darker seasons of the year. The number one thing I do on a gloomy day is that I make myself a ( Read more... )

I have been seeing gratitude lists everywhere for the past few months and I think they are rather fantastic. To me, they represent a good exercise in how to look for the nice things in life, no matter what the current situation is. So I've decided to give it a go. I'll try to always post them on Sunday for one simple reason: to brighten the day up ( Read more... )

There was nothing Christmassy about the party, except maybe for my outfit and accessories. I need to take a close-up of that ridiculously amazing headband. I got it in London and it says Merry Christmas -- and there's a jingle bell, too. Money well spent, I'm telling ya.


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Today I had my last English class with my sixth graders. I can't quuite believe it's over... I'll still see them next week but I'll probably never teach them again. I'll miss them so much. They gave this to me today.


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My apologies for not being around and hardly commenting at all - all these Uni assignments are kicking my arse these days and I won't be around much until I finish them all. The good thing is that I'm working on it really hard, the bad thing is that it's taking up all my time and there's so much of it... but it's coming to an end, slowly but surely ( Read more... )

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