September 2008
38 posts
ok, I've had enough
America, John McCain? You can not be SERIOUS.
High School, Japan Styles
Today I started my first day teaching in High Schools in Japan. Which means not only am I working in a position I am totally unqualified for, but I am also speaking in a language that no one can or wants to understand.
English in Japan schools is like PDHPE in Australia, the bludge subject where you copy things from a text book and never learn anything. My job is to ‘make English fun’...
Full Moons and Buddhist Monks
On the weekend Hon and I ventured in to the mountains in search of Autumn at Koyasan, one of the largest Buddhist areas in Japan. We slept the night in a Temple run by young, and might I say really good looking, Buddhist monks. We were treated to tasty traditional vegan food, and got up at 6am for morning services with the monks. We also walked through an ancient graveyard on a full moon, and had...
renew newcastle
So, I’ve joined this group on facebook all about using the abandoned buildings on Hunter St. in Newcastle, NSW, for community type stuff.
Anyone who heads up to TINA every October will notice the derelict but beautiful spaces that the city has to offer, all with gorgeous harbour views. The group is called renew newcastle and I think Novacastrians and Sydneysiders alike would benefit from...
When your boyfriend is a nerd...
…his internet history may read like below. I just snapped these images of what Hon has been looking at today. One time I teased him about looking up ‘pron’, but when I came over to the computer, he was reading a page titled “Abacus - The Msytery Of The Bead”. He’s pretty handy to have around…
