Pics from the Void
Et voila! Mine liiitle flatenzig. Well, the living room anyway. Not much to look at yet but all that is about to change – I ventured into the Guangzhou Ikea at the weekend, with the trusty Erica by my side, and proceeded to go about pricing up new curtains, a book shelf, sofa throws – all the stuff that I have convinced myself I really need. The way I see it, any sort of redecoration would certainly beat old bedsheets over hideous turquoise leather sofas and...
Read MoreMOVIN’SHAKIN’
Peoples! I have moved into my apartment! I’m trying to bridge the gap between not having internet there and not having my Mac at school – I need to get a routine going with the uploading of my pictures from camera to Mac, Mac to USB, USB to PC. I tell you what though, whilst I was trying to cram all of my computer wires into the drawers of the wardrobe in my bedroom, I had to physically stop myself and say aloud, ”No Claire, you have the whole FLAT darling!” ...
Read MoreUncharacteristically organised
This is WAY too neat for me, and I shall be observing myself with much amusement to see how long this freak-neat-streak lasts. But there it is – the stuff for my first two classes next week. I’m teaching IGCSE [the 'i' is for international] EFL – English as a First Language; and A-Level CAE – Cambridge Advanced English. The school decided to drop the literature for GCSE, because it would simply have been too difficult, so we’ve adopted EFL...
Read MoreThrow me a potter
Life was pretty much nothing but 100% awesomeness today. First I slept for seven gorgeous hours and woke up to blue skies and sunshine; next I got confirmation of all my classes and discovered the ‘bubble’ screen saver on my PC, which is amaaazzzing; then I picked up my stationary pack from the office – file-holders, stapler, notebooks, teacher’s planner – you name it, it was in there (it sort of, made the new teacher in me go all weak at the knees!); then...
Read MoreJust call me Super Woman
We’re firing on all cylinders here baby! Despite not having slept for more than three hours between yesterday morning and right now – Tuesday evening – I’m feeling surprisingly perky. I successfully got the bus to school, got my PC to do whatsoever I wanted it to, which I have to admit I was slightly impressed by; read through my Year 10 syllabus and planned my first lessons and homework – I even made a fancy handout, yay me; highlighted my timetable;...
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