Dear Joanne,
I apologize for leaving you without any current information on my life. Don't leave. I can change. I can be better.
Seriously, though. Thank you, Joanne for renewing my motivation by letting me know that someone other than Mom was reading. (hi, Mom!) So as i write this, in what is "real" time November 21st (but what is "real"?). I am looking back and filling in the holes in time and space. Which will be challenging since those holes most likely are mirrored in my memory. Maybe now is a good time to try out that fictional memoir thing that seems to be so trendy. Self-fiction. I like it.
I begin here in October and i will proceed randomly, like the storyline from Heroes, as suits my shortened attention span, a product of my generation's - hey look! a squirrel!
Where was i? Oh yeah, writing about me (snore). I often let the blog lag because, quite frankly, i bore myself. So i will be making an effort to be as interesting as possible (interesting to myself - Symian Days nor any of its staff bear any responsibility, legal or otherwise, for your lack of amusement).
Recently i started a new job. Well, a second job. So i now work at Berlitz most days and at Kansai Gaidai University twice a week. The name is actually an abbreviation of "Kansai Gaikokugo Daigaku." Try saying that three times fast! (please don't actually try).
I am grateful to my friend Mark for recommending me for the job and i am very excited to expand my teaching ability, adding University to both my repertoire and resume. It does however mean that i will be even busier (goodbye, social life). But i do think it's worth it. And it also provides a much needed boost to my monthly income, which is a relief. So now i don't have to stress about getting extra lessons at Berlitz. If i do, cool, if not, i can use the time to grade papers. But first i need to assign some papers. Yikes.
This is the fancy new campus to which i now commute twice a week:
Symian is: typing slowly.
Currently Reading: i don't recall.
Currently Listening: i don't recall. (thank you, Cheney)
Kanji of the Day: 放 ほう／はな
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