Friday, March 19, 2010
♥ A Procrastination Meme
Listening to… Frank Sinatra and Adam Lambert, the most unlikely pair ever
Reading… History in Practice by Ludmilla Jordanova and my own creations
Watching… Merlin and any movie I so desire
Buying… nothing... but thinking of buying a new camera, mine is horribly outdated and dying a painful and shameful death.
Wanting… to go to Thailand, but I don't think it's going to happen, that and the secret to the world...
Trying… to gain my fluency in Latin back, as well as my brain
Loving… the weather, blue skies, and planning trips abroad, but mostly, loving how I'm realizing things about myself.
Planning… my move back to London. It's glorious.
Cooking… I’m offing my conbini obsession and making things now. Most recently Yorkshire pudding and beef strew with a strawberry trifle. I want to know how to cook and I want to eat healthy again, I cannot wait until I can go all organic and whole wheat once more. Dear lord.
Inspired by… my own dreams, blue skies, and the hopeful future ahead of me.
Reading… History in Practice by Ludmilla Jordanova and my own creations
Watching… Merlin and any movie I so desire
Buying… nothing... but thinking of buying a new camera, mine is horribly outdated and dying a painful and shameful death.
Wanting… to go to Thailand, but I don't think it's going to happen, that and the secret to the world...
Trying… to gain my fluency in Latin back, as well as my brain
Loving… the weather, blue skies, and planning trips abroad, but mostly, loving how I'm realizing things about myself.
Planning… my move back to London. It's glorious.
Cooking… I’m offing my conbini obsession and making things now. Most recently Yorkshire pudding and beef strew with a strawberry trifle. I want to know how to cook and I want to eat healthy again, I cannot wait until I can go all organic and whole wheat once more. Dear lord.
Inspired by… my own dreams, blue skies, and the hopeful future ahead of me.
Labels: musings
10:47 AM
Monday, March 15, 2010
♥ Pure Joy in Acceptance
The entrance exam results were posted just 23 minutes ago, and already a few hundred eager fourteen-year-olds have screamed, shouted, cried, jumped, and sobbed their way about Yaizu Chuo's campus. For 240 of them, their dream has come true getting into this school, for 100 of them, the dismal reality of private school and non-funded schooling is in their future. I have seen both of these reactions as I gazed out the window. I saw the disappointing stare, but it is mostly overshadowed by the pure joy of those accepted into this school. It's not the top school in the area, that honor goes to Fujieda Higashi, but it is just below it, and one that is quite popular to apply to.
My current students are outsides, cheering, honking horns, and shouting congratulations to the newbies, trying to recruit them for their clubs. They're now a part of this school and are being treated as such.
I couldn't stop smiling as I watched my future students cry with happiness, their parents hug them, cheer them on. It's the most emotion I've seen publicly in this country that wasn't drunken, and for that I am very happy for so many of them. I know what it feels like to get that acceptance letter or posting when you had doubts, when it was the one thing you wanted. I remember jumping for joy, smiling like crazy, and sobbing hysterically. I've been there. It's one of the best feelings in the world.
The honkings of bike horns will probably go on for another hour or so. It's such a great sound. I love this sense of joy.
Live it up kiddos. I'll see you in class.
Labels: musings, school, yaizu chuo
12:28 PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
♥ Nothing Special
It's rainy and cold and generally boring as HELL.
The last exams of the school year are today and as such, there will be even less to do than usual around here starting tomorrow. Fail.
In the meantime, I started a more academic/thoughtful/slightly more intelligent blog, if that interests you at all. Please follow and comment and all that jazz.
Bespectacled Curls
I'm also on Twitter now (ahgahd) CurlyFourEyes
The last exams of the school year are today and as such, there will be even less to do than usual around here starting tomorrow. Fail.
In the meantime, I started a more academic/thoughtful/slightly more intelligent blog, if that interests you at all. Please follow and comment and all that jazz.
Bespectacled Curls
I'm also on Twitter now (ahgahd) CurlyFourEyes
Labels: musings
9:45 AM
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