Entries Tagged as ‘Today’
November 4, 2009
Lonliness II
Last night, one of my colleagues asked me “do you ever feel lonely living in a foreign country”? and without hesistation, i said “yes”. and she asked “when do you feel it the most” and i said “at meal times”. It was a special day- yesteday.
November 1, 2009
Lonliness…
is most acute after you have experienced something exciting and then leave with nothing ‘cept a single goodbye.
October 29, 2009
Anne, you are a slob
sometimes i feel so tired i drop everything I have around the house and vegetate in front of the tv. WHY DO I FEEL SO EXHUASTED?
October 27, 2009
Adoration
i love teaching in japan. i love teaching in the schools that i teach in japan. why? because the students i teach are so open, uninhibited, crazy and just simply lovable. They are responsive, they try their best to understand me (generally) and they laugh at my terrible drawing, gasping in amazement when one of [...]
October 18, 2009
Orientation
I live within a housing compound that consists of 5 teachers (which includes me). On my right lives my JTE (Japanese Teacher of English) who I teach 3 of my classes with. Let’s call him CG. He is shy, is passionate about basketball and probably devotes all his time to the basketball team in school. [...]
October 18, 2009
Reconnecting
It’s been 2.5 months since I’ve set foot on Japanese soil and yet i’ve not posted a single entry here. Why? why? why? – I would love to say that i’ve been busy enjoying myself so much that i’ve not had time to write. but we all know that would just be a load of [...]
June 27, 2009
Herstory
It’s amazing how quickly time passes when you are enjoying yourself or indulging in nothingness as I have been doing for the past few months. My weeks fly by so swiftly I confuse the month that I am currently living in. However, I feel the urge not to lump all my days together and consider [...]
June 18, 2009
Visitor from Nihon
Junko touched down in hot and humid Singapore last night! So, Liting and I met up with her for dinner and drinks. It was great fun =) Conversation snippets shall remain private, but we touched on many funny topics. Had dinner @ Chatterbox and free drinks at St James, but forgot to take photos of [...]
