Monthly Archives: March 2011

A teacher was so overcome by sadness from being transferred to another school that he broke down and cried while making an annoucement about a broken board found in the career counselling room. I was picking at my nails and … Continue reading →

I have discovered the beauty of ranting in an email, then deleting all the potentially hurtful comments, before writing something short and simple to convey the information you wanted to convey in the first place.

Twice a week, when I go to Kawaura High School, I would greet N sensei . Today, I had a lot of time, so as she walked into the teacher’s room? I went ‘Hi N sensei, how are you?’ ‘I’m … Continue reading →

Alligator, Crocodile – Dream Symbols Guest Author – Aisling Ireland When I lived in Florida, I saw an eerie nighttime sight in some of the lakes there that did not have great amounts of human traffic. One could shine a … Continue reading →

I dream a lot. but i almost never remember them except when it gets so saturated with fear that I wake up shaken. Last night, I dream about a crocodile a huge ass 2 meter long, giganormous crocodile and how … Continue reading →

Kocho collects good fortune goods. I found out today, when he asked if he could have the large fake fire cracker decoration I had hung up on the English board to herald the arrival of Chinese New Year. I said … Continue reading →

I have a Nekobus that sits on my table. I call her Nessie. In Japanese, neko means cat, so, I have a catbus sitting on my table. In Totoro, where the character originates from, Nekobus appears at the command of … Continue reading →

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