hey all,
This marks the second weekend in a row where Michi and I have planned on going rock climbing, only to make excuses the day of. It really is just...not on our top list of priorities. In this kind of weather, I'd much rather go swimming. I mean, it is still 32 degrees C at 8AM. It gets even hotter in the afternoons.
Last Saturday, Michi brough home a curry cook book. This is one of those cookbooks that has lots of pictures in it, and lots of hints and advice, and the recipes so far are really good. In Japan, curry is really easy to make because you can just go to a supermarket and pick up some roux. All you really need to do is chop some meat and veggies, fry them up, add water and the roux and you're set. But these recipes taste like the curry you get at Indian restaurants. You've got to fry the cumin seed, chop and fry the onions, add the spices and other veggies step by step, add the meat and water, etc.
So we made curry Saturday night, and also Sunday night.
Not too much else going on. We have two mornings this week when the AM kids won't be coming in, so the teachers will be using that time to make even more material. I'm going to try to pick out some professionally made workbooks for my students to use, because hand making everything is too time consuming.
I just went through another spate of downloading teaching book samples onto my phone. I'd really like to be reading Batman comics, but I'm waiting to see how much the B1 Toughpad will be.
Cheers,
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Prep Week
hey all,
This last week was prep week, which means that the teachers all spent from 9 to 6 or sometimes 7 scheduling, recording, typing and editing material. So we're totally set for the next month+, but also 100% burned out.
Anyway. I've still been going through Batman: Arkham City for my second playthrough, and I just finished it a few days ago. I also re-read Neal Stephenson's Reamde, and have just started The Mongoliad, which is by Stephenson and a collection of other authors. Decent so far.
The weather is...hot, to say the least. As in, it is 87 degrees outside before 8AM. In the afternoons, I don't even want to know how it is has been. In any case, Michi and I were going to go rock climbing at a gym for the first time in several months, but due to the heat and other factors (it seems that I am susceptible to wine headaches), we canceled. She went to yoga and I went swimming instead.
In other news, Michi has official given her month notice to her company (technically, two months notice because of unused vacation time). She's currently looking for work and taking interviews, but so far nothing she's been interested in.
Cheers,
This last week was prep week, which means that the teachers all spent from 9 to 6 or sometimes 7 scheduling, recording, typing and editing material. So we're totally set for the next month+, but also 100% burned out.
Anyway. I've still been going through Batman: Arkham City for my second playthrough, and I just finished it a few days ago. I also re-read Neal Stephenson's Reamde, and have just started The Mongoliad, which is by Stephenson and a collection of other authors. Decent so far.
The weather is...hot, to say the least. As in, it is 87 degrees outside before 8AM. In the afternoons, I don't even want to know how it is has been. In any case, Michi and I were going to go rock climbing at a gym for the first time in several months, but due to the heat and other factors (it seems that I am susceptible to wine headaches), we canceled. She went to yoga and I went swimming instead.
In other news, Michi has official given her month notice to her company (technically, two months notice because of unused vacation time). She's currently looking for work and taking interviews, but so far nothing she's been interested in.
Cheers,
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Hell on Earth
hey all,
If I haven't mentioned it recently, it is really hot here in Japan right now. I know most of you might still have those images of snow-covered mountains in your minds from my trip about a month ago, but for several weeks I've been taking three showers a day just to survive. Three ice cold showers. One in the morning to remove the night's sweat. Another when I get home to remove the day's sweat, which is quite copious and feels like a layer of glue covering my whole body. And a last one just before going to bed.
A few months ago there were worries about there not being enough electricity to go around. To be honest I'm not sure what happened, but there doesn't seem to be any lack. Michi and I were avoiding using the AC until about a week ago, but we've had it going at work for quite some time.
Still, it is muggy. I really like that word. I think I forgot it for about a year or so and was only using humid.That's what happens to your English when you live abroad.
Good time for swimming.
I've only been watching a little of the Olympics. Mr. Phelps got himself 18 gold coins, I see. Mostly Japan has been getting their butts kicked. Only other results I kinda know is that it seems like Kenya took gold, silver, and bronze in the women's marathon (but don't quote me on that). Even though one of those runners looked like she was just girl-running-to-the-toilet the whole time.
Cheers,
If I haven't mentioned it recently, it is really hot here in Japan right now. I know most of you might still have those images of snow-covered mountains in your minds from my trip about a month ago, but for several weeks I've been taking three showers a day just to survive. Three ice cold showers. One in the morning to remove the night's sweat. Another when I get home to remove the day's sweat, which is quite copious and feels like a layer of glue covering my whole body. And a last one just before going to bed.
A few months ago there were worries about there not being enough electricity to go around. To be honest I'm not sure what happened, but there doesn't seem to be any lack. Michi and I were avoiding using the AC until about a week ago, but we've had it going at work for quite some time.
Still, it is muggy. I really like that word. I think I forgot it for about a year or so and was only using humid.That's what happens to your English when you live abroad.
Good time for swimming.
I've only been watching a little of the Olympics. Mr. Phelps got himself 18 gold coins, I see. Mostly Japan has been getting their butts kicked. Only other results I kinda know is that it seems like Kenya took gold, silver, and bronze in the women's marathon (but don't quote me on that). Even though one of those runners looked like she was just girl-running-to-the-toilet the whole time.
Cheers,
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