Ok, I need to vent. The Iowa DOT IS FREAKING STUPID!!! I have been trying to get my driving records from them for the past darn MONTH and they have kept on pulling "oh, but you need to do this, NOT that other thing that the person you talked to BEFORE told you" crap... oh, I so want to scream and throw a FIT right about now ( Read more... )

Ok... it has been WAY too long since I have updated this thing... over a month. Heh. So much for keeping this thing updated (not that anyone cares enough to read it, but eh... whatever ( Read more... )

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So I have been busy with classes as always, but GUESS WHAT?! My sisters are coming to visit me! Needless to say, I am VERY excited about this! I really really can't wait. I know, I know... it's still only May and they aren't coming until August, but I am still VERY excited. I plan on taking them to Expo just like I did with my parents... maybe ( Read more... )

Hey there everyone! Ok, so this is going to be a very LONG update since I have a whole CRAP load of things to talk about. So this past week (actually, since April 29th), it was Golden Week here in Japan. What is Golden Week, you ask? Well, it is basically when we have 4 holidays almost consecutively. April 29th is Green Day (like Earth Day in ( Read more... )

Oh, the stresses of being a teacher. Don't get me wrong, I really do love my job, it's just... ah, today my 3rd graders where just so freakin' NOISY. I tried to explain things to them... teach them new words... and we ended up having to repeat things SO many times becuz they just wouldn't -SHUT-UP-. I mean, I am pretty sure it's just the class ( Read more... )

Hey peoples. I had a really busy weekend, just like I mentioned before... but it was still fun. Got to meet up with people in Takayama... which was cool. I felt a little awkward at one point because of how one particular person decided to shadow me... and I mean, literally shadow me... was rather... uncomfortable... but eh, oh well. On Sunday ( Read more... )

...k... so my lesson that I planned for my third and fourth graders today worked out really well... but the lesson I planned out for my 5th and 6th graders kinda flopped... bah... oh well. Guess it differs from class to class, right ( Read more... )

So classes have started up again and I am busy, busy, busy! Have lots to do, teaching lots of classes, and with all these new teachers, it's kinda stressful. Oh, and just an FYI for all you people out there who don't know how the Japanese educational system works for teachers, apparently the government decides where teachers teach... and how long ( Read more... )

Yeah, so becuz I don't have any way of getting to my email or AIM now that they put a firewall up here at school, I am BORED OUT OF MY MIND! Well, the good news is that this boredome motivated me to plan my lessons for the next two months... so I'm all set! (^_^) But yes, I have all those lessons planned, and if everything GOES according to plan ( Read more... )