Friday, September 30, 2005
lesson 3: the blood day.
beautiful blue skies, the warmth of the sun and a bunch of happy students made today a good one.
the blood buses rolled onto campus this afternoon trying to recruit students to give their hard earned blood to the needy.
i asked but none of my students participated. although, i did find out an interesting fact about the relationship the japanese have with blood. apparently, the japanese believe that a certain blood group will have pre- determined effects on the character of its owner, so from birth a certain blood group will carry certain traits with it.
hmm.
what these traits are and to what blood groups they are associated still eludes me at this point.
the investigation continues...
beautiful blue skies, the warmth of the sun and a bunch of happy students made today a good one.
the blood buses rolled onto campus this afternoon trying to recruit students to give their hard earned blood to the needy.
i asked but none of my students participated. although, i did find out an interesting fact about the relationship the japanese have with blood. apparently, the japanese believe that a certain blood group will have pre- determined effects on the character of its owner, so from birth a certain blood group will carry certain traits with it.
hmm.
what these traits are and to what blood groups they are associated still eludes me at this point.
the investigation continues...
Thursday, September 29, 2005
lesson 2: the half beard.
on a previous venture to this fair and pleasant land my ex teaching buddy (i will refer to him as SpecialK) and i were in discussion one morning on the train. we would usually try and pass the time by exploring the world around us and trying to identify new and exciting ways to explain and understand it.
on this particular day we stumbled across the topic of facial hair and the different varieties of facial hair. now, dont get me wrong, i am a big fan of facial hair, for the sole reason that i hate to shave! but as our discussions progressed, deeper into the world of facial hair, SpecialK and i found a massive omission from our list.
you see, we have the 'full beard', we have the 'goatee', we have the 'brazilian' on the chin (with/ or without moustache), we have the perfect symmetry of the 'boyband member' tramlines, we have the '70's chops' , we even have the 'neck beard', but under no circumstances do we have the 'half beard'.
We HAVE the 'NECK BEARD', BUT we DONT HAVE the 'HALF BEARD'???!!! please someone explain that one to me!
so i call upon you all, glance to your right and take a good long look, absorb the image and join me in promoting the 'half beard'.
men, women, children and boyband members unite, grow your beards and shave one half off!
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
lesson 1: back to school.
awake at 7.30am and have a bowl of calbee natural fruit granola.
its raining.
catch train rammed with sleeping japanese students, who seem to continue to sleep while walking through the ticket gate and up the hill toward university like a zombie hoard of umberella weilding...well, zombies.
clock in, 'ohayo gozimas' a million then hook up with my old crew of admin freestylers who i smile at and nod at while they smile and nod back. hand out presents of marmite, dark chocolate ginger biscuits and colemans english mustard. confusion and hot lips beckon.
time to hit the classroom me thinks.
3rd floor...mmm nice...i have a lovely view, pity its being blocked by the grey of the sky.
in rock students. whoop.
after a day of easing my little buggers back into the relms of the mother-tongue i retreat back to the comfort of my cave. along the way i come across a tube of sushi that you could drown a horse with. i call it dinner.
cup of tea is calling, also shave (not whole body), iron of shirt and lesson plan for tomorrow.
until then...
