Soooooooooooooo.................

Well, I have good news and bad news, the good news is that I finally have internet access in my apartment, but the bad news is that my laptop no longer works at all! Yup, just my luck, I finally get everything organised and then this happens, fortunately I am getting a new computer sometime in the next couple of weeks, am getting a mac mini. Mum and Mark are going to get it for me this coming weekend, well I hope that's when it will be anyways, so I only have get myself a monitor and a keyboard and I'll (theoretically) be set.
Very annoying it is too. Have been sick all weekend as well, not a lot of fun really. Did however finish the Anne BIshop series, was pretty good too, may consider purchasing it myself at some point in time. Also started reading the non-fiction book that Sarah gave me about the life of a Saudi Arabian Princess, is also really good, will have to get the rest of those books off Sarah to read.
That pretty much caps off a rather dull weekend on my part.
Had the wonderful experience of having my two absolute worst classes put together again, and since I was up reading most of the night again, instead of sleeping, it was a real trial! Now I just have to get a bunch of Kindergarten schedules typed up by tomorrow and everything will be just great!
Am going now, plenty of work to get done. Don't I just have the most interesting life?

Not much to say

Just thought to let you all know that will be getting internet tomorrow and that I am sick, which means that if anyone calls me early tomorrow morning I will be extremely upset.
That be all I have to say, am going home to sleep now

Yey! I have proof that I am an alien resident

Finally got my ARC today, was going to call the internet company but I totally forgot, we were given the new text books and schedules for our kindergarten classes next semester and asked to write up schedule for what we would be teaching them and when. I have just finished as no one showed up for my last class, now I just have to type them up and add in the gym schedule. Then tomorrow we get our hogwand schedules and the new books for those too. Fun, huh!
Will promise to try and remember to call the internet company tomorrow and get them over on Saturday, but then again I have to come to work for a couple of hours because we are moving offices. Will try for as soon as I have time.
Went out to this great Chinese restraunt today and found out how to order sweet and sour pork, also found out about a place that is right on my way home where I can get it too, guess what I will be eating for dinner tonight and many nights from now on.
Oh, in other good news, next Wednesday is a public holiday, so yey, no school and all our new stuff begins here at school on Thursday.
I think thats all I have to report for today.
later

Am updating since people (parents) have been complaining

Wasn't able to update yesterday coz everyone left work early.
Well, had an event filled weekend, on Saturday Sarah, Vanessa, Nigel and I went to Yeosu. Yeosu is a coastal city which unfortunately we didn't get to see enough of, so we are going back for a weekend trip next month so as to do some more exploring. WE went for a walk around this island, whose name I can't spell off the top of my head, it's like Odongda or something, walk a long a causeway to get to it, saw a lighthounse and a cave. Bought a teatowel that showed a map of it. Missed out on seeing the dinosaur footprints, the fortress, the castle and a bunch of other stuff. Hence the reason for returning next month. Took a bunch of photos with a disposable camera and have since decided that I need a digital one and soon.
Have also decided that I need a new computer and soon too, as mine is going funny again, there is something wrong with windows again, I think, very not good.
On Sunday, wnet downtown and met Sarah for lunch, we went to the Outback Steakhouse and ate way too much food, enough that I didn't eat for the rest of the day. Did a little shopping and brought a new international calling card. Sarah and I swapped some books, unfortunately I started reading the first Steph book on Sunday evening and then just had to read the other two she lent me as well. I really hope she has some more that I can borrow or I will have to buy some.
That pretty much covers everything except for the fact that I was handed my new schedule for work today and I shall be starting at 10am instead of 12.30pm. Am not entirely sure if they can do this or not, am trying to get a copy of my contract. I'm sure that I signed on to work from 12.30 until 8.05. Very unhappy about this, especially since I don't usually get up until 10.30!

Very annoyed and going home to sleep!

Am updating since people (parents) have been complaining

Hey! Hey! It's Friday!

And thank the gods for that too! Some of my stunets were being so totally evil today that Chelsy yelled at them and made them cry. Today I have absolutely no sympathy for them either, I'm now rather grumpy and my last class got another test, they weren't very happy about it either and asked if they would be having tests every Friday, they're lucky that they aren't.
Other than this nothing particularly interesting has happened and I am going home now to sleep until Sarah calls me tomorrow as she said that she would as we may be going to Yosu, if we can be bothered I think the words were.
So later all, have a good weekend

Life is still it's boring self ...

Nothing changes there, though am happy that I have a new bike, is a pretty blue colour. Have to go all foreign teachers leaving so is a short one today.
Yey, tomorrow does be Friday and I actually have plans of leaving my apartment this weekend, miracle huh! Am possibly seeing Sarah both days, but one at least.
Tell you about it later
bye bye

Allo! Allo!

Today is like the best day of the month, PAY DAY! Sent boxes, postcards and letters today. Got up an hour early too, also bought a bike and found a shop that sells DMC cross-stitch cottons, so now Mum doesn't have to buy that stuff for me and send it to me. I bet she's happy about that too.
Other than this nothing out of the ordinary has happened, just another day, but there are only 2 days left until the weekend. There are only 2 weeks left until Alex leaves too, the new teacher is coming in for observation next week too and we are supposed to be having a meeting about timetable and course contents changes, that should be interesting. I think I may be starting work earlier and finishing earlier some days. And I will be teaching more kindergarten and less elementary and middle school classes.
Am leaving now, have to find something for dinner and buy a screw driver so I can attach my bike light to my bike so as not to get totally squished.
Later!

Lazy people

Why am I the only one updating, people complained that I didn't do it often enough, so now I do it nearly every week day at work since I don't have an internet connection at home, but those of you who do have been extremely slack, you know exactly who you are!
I mean if I can update you certainly can. Huh, finally I get to complain at you guys. Update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Still nothing of great importance to say

Though I do have a great deal of chocolate seeing as today was Valentines Day, it will take me a very long time to eat it all too.
Heard some good news today too, friends of mine who got married in December are now going to have a baby, okay so it's a little strange but very cool. Still can't imagine Bevan as a father though, a rather scary thought.
Yey, it does be pay day tomorrow (and Kat I don't care about my grammar, it is always correct when it is necessary), will be buying myself a bike and will send package to mum and postcard to Kat. I promise to remember to do these things.
Oh yeah, Sarah you want to go downtown on Saturday, I need to get a new calling card and we can grab lunch at the Outback Steakhouse as I really feel like eating something from home. Anyway, will put dosh on my phone tomorrow and call you then.

Later everyone

Still nothing interesting happening

Sarah was supposed to call me yesterday and we were going to go to some island but she didn't, so my weekend was totally boring and the Highlanders lost to the Crusaders, so that hasn't improved things any.
Did pretty much nothing except, read do cross-stitch and watch movies again.
Oh, Kat did finally write on that postcard, will send it on Wednesday or Thursday.
Haven't heard from anyone at all, so have no interesting gossip to share either. Man, my life is way boring, thank the gods I get paid on Wednesday and will have money to do stuff again.
Time to go
later all

Children are evil!

Oh, my god, today was absolutely terrible. In my first class one of the kids left the room and refused to come back in coz the others were teasing him, but it was in Korean so I wasn't a lot of help, he spent most of the time sitting out side crying.
In my second class they were running around like maniacs yelling and hitting each other. Got Ellie to yell at them and after that there was almost complete silence. Got one kid under control coz he is small enough to throw over my shoulder and he couldn't run around then.
In my fourth class, they again forgot about their test and I was frustrated from the other 2 classes, so when they found out that I was angry they decided to make me angrier coz they thought it was really funny. I gave them all zero's for their tests, they didn't think that was so funny. Then one of them kicked another in the face and all hell broke loose.
gotta go later all

Here again!

I still have absolutely nothing to report except for those who were bugging me about when I was gonna get and internet connection. Went to the immigration office today and filed all my paper work and sorry to disappoint but it will be like another fortnight before I get it as my card won't be ready until the 22nd, so everyone had better remain in excellent health for the next two weeks as they also have my passport so I can't leave the country.
Well, that is all I have to complain about today, other than the fact that the snow has turned to ice again, but you don't really care now do ya.
laters

Damn snow!

Is back to freezing here again, and oh so much fun it is too!
Though pretty much nothing at all has happening since yesterday, ther person who said was going to call me on Sunday, still hasn't called even though she got my ever so subtle hints from yesterday.
Um, am really trying to think of something to write about but all I can think is snow, it has delayed my getting and internet connection as I couldn't go to the immigration office, it has postphoned my joy at my knee feeling better as I slipped in the snow last night and landed on it, so is sore again, am hoping I won't have to go back to the doctor and it just makes me even grumpier than normal, and for those of you who know me at all this definitely isn't a good thing especially for my students (who manage to forget that they are supposed to have a test and no one studies for it).
Okay, so I think I am finished complaining for the day now, but who knows theres still like 3 hours and 45 minutes left.
Oh, I have however finished all 11 books that arrived from amazon last Thursday, whatever will I do now!

The snow has returned!

Yup, snowed the past two days. I am really hoping that it doesn't freeze tonight as the snow from yesterday melted and everything is all wet, so if it freezes getting to work tomorrow will definitely be interesting. Oh, and I missed 2 days of updating, Friday because the server wasn't working properly and yesterday because everyone left work really early last night, so there wasn't time to update. Not that I have a lot to say anyway.
Went to big department store with Sarah on Sunday, they have a supermarket at the bottom with a bunch of stuff that you can't get anywhere else in the city, actually found some maple syrup but is really expensive so will have to wait until I get paid next week.
Have read all but one of the 11 books that arrived from amazon last Thursday, may take a break frmo reading tonight though and get some much needed sleep instead.
Have decided that I need to eat more fruit and vegetables, I have been incredibly lazy in that department lately and potato chips and bagels seem to have been my staple foods, not good way to may carbs there.
Oh, yeah, I think that the goddess of Spite is in trouble as she forgot to do something that she said she was going to do on Sunday. I wonder if she remembers what it was! She should know by now that I never forget, hell I'm still mad at her for beginning the whole golden apple fiasco which led to the Trojan war. Though I shouldn't be too mad as she is also sending me books, admittedly most of them are my books but she did buy me one from Page One too.
Okay, now I am just yabbering on about absolutely nothing, will not traumatise you guys any more.
Later

I'm baaaack!

So, Osaka is a pretty cool city, extremely expensive though! It's apparently the 4th most expensive city in the world. At this stage I can't agree with that. Anyway, quite fortunately for me I met a couple of girls at the airport before I left Korea who were going to Japan for the same purpose that I was, so we decided to do everything that needed to be done together. We thought that if we got lost together it would be better and we would feel less stupid than if we got lost by ourselves.
My next problem was finding a hotel to stay in, for starters I didn't have my passport on me, it was at the consulate for my visa and every hotel I went to wanted to see my passport, which I didn't have. Also, they cost way more than what I had been given by my boss to pay for accommodation. In the end, we managed to talk the people at the hotel Courtney was staying at to give me a room as well, it cost twice as much as the director gave me to pay for it (am currently working on getting the extra dosh out of her, as have come to the conclusion that she didn't want to book it before I left because, she thought it was too expensive and she wanted to trick me into paying extra!) Not gonna work however!
Well, we then went to this German bar that was really expensive and ate food that didn't reduce our hunger at all. So after that it was like 5.30 so we found a great Japanese restraunt and I had the best chicken that I have ever eaten in my life.
Oh, there was also this really cool ferris wheel attached to the side of a building with a buncj of neon lights and stuff, we didn't go on it though as it was cold and we didn't have much money.
In the end we went back to our hotels, where I took the first bath that I have had in 6 months or more, as it was the first bath that I have seen in that time (not that I mind showers but just had to have a bath). Unfortunately, I had by this time been awake for 2 days, so the heat just made me incredibly sleepy, consquently I almost fell asleep in the bath, so decided I should get out before I dropped my book in it. Then I still couldn't stay awake so I flaked out before 9pm.
Wednesday, we had intended to go to Osaka Castle but it was pissing down with rain and we would have had to walk a fair distance to the subway station and our feet were already wet (my new boots are apparently not water proof, bugger!). So we ended up sitting in a cafe across the road from the consulate drinking coffee. We met a Palestinian and a German there, they were the owners of a ship that exported cars to Vladivostock, rather interesting guys they were too, so we talked to them for a while.
At 1.30 we picked up our visas and went back to the train station to catch the train to the airport, got on the wrong train though, it still went to the airport but we ended up having to pay anextra 500 yen each to stay on it. It was faster than the cheap train!
Got to the airport checked in, did some shopping, had to buy something to show that I had been to Japan. Flew back to Korea, almost missed the bus back to Gwangju, only made it with a couple of minutes to spare. Walked home from the bus terminal so got there about 12.30 am this morning.
Then got up and came to work today. More good news is that the 11 books I ordered on amazon also arrived today so I now have something to read.
Am going home now as I am damn tired.
later all!