It's been a while!
I'm back from Tokyo and funnily enough... off to Tokyo next week hopefully to do some volunteer work and network! I went to Tokyo for a conference and since then a lot has happened.
My laptop broke down so I had to buy a new one; and in a hurry, I got a Sony Vaio. I probably paid more than usual as I had to get one with an English OS and it was only available in Tokyo. It's been a mixed bag, weather-wise. We still get snow (last week and this week) so spring isn't quite here yet! I have been busy updating my link profile, résumé, and looking at job opportunities in Australia and Japan, although I doubt that I can find anything as an accountant in Japan because I'm not bilingual enough.
Here's a pic I took from the staffroom last week - on Graduation Day (for the 3rd graders) - yes that's snow in March!
click on the pic for a larger version
Incidentally, a JET (another English teacher whom I don't know) made a video in the series of "Shit, XX says". His is titled "Shit my Japanese students say." You may not quite get it if you don't know Japanese or Japanese schools but it amused me greatly because this is how my students actually behave. Most of them spend their time in class procrastinating and doing anything but study... I honestly don't know how they get through school or learn anything. It's so different from when I went to school in Australia.
Here's the link if anyone's interested; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7RmPCP7OI I kid you not, I actually have students who behave like this, as silly as it may appear. He's got the accent, how they behave and what they say down to the pat!
For those interested, these bunch of people (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57hyGaRYNos) have attempted to explain the meaning for non-Japanese speakers.
My laptop broke down so I had to buy a new one; and in a hurry, I got a Sony Vaio. I probably paid more than usual as I had to get one with an English OS and it was only available in Tokyo. It's been a mixed bag, weather-wise. We still get snow (last week and this week) so spring isn't quite here yet! I have been busy updating my link profile, résumé, and looking at job opportunities in Australia and Japan, although I doubt that I can find anything as an accountant in Japan because I'm not bilingual enough.
Here's a pic I took from the staffroom last week - on Graduation Day (for the 3rd graders) - yes that's snow in March!
click on the pic for a larger version
Incidentally, a JET (another English teacher whom I don't know) made a video in the series of "Shit, XX says". His is titled "Shit my Japanese students say." You may not quite get it if you don't know Japanese or Japanese schools but it amused me greatly because this is how my students actually behave. Most of them spend their time in class procrastinating and doing anything but study... I honestly don't know how they get through school or learn anything. It's so different from when I went to school in Australia.
Here's the link if anyone's interested; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7RmPCP7OI I kid you not, I actually have students who behave like this, as silly as it may appear. He's got the accent, how they behave and what they say down to the pat!
For those interested, these bunch of people (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57hyGaRYNos) have attempted to explain the meaning for non-Japanese speakers.