October 2009
5 posts
5 tags
Try to guess what came in today
I’ll give you a hint: That’s a might goofy grin, isn’t it? Despite my birthday being in August, I had yet to pick something out. On our Kyoto trip I was musing with Kassie on what I should get and we decided I should get something I want but wouldn’t normally get. I decided on an iPod touch for a couple of reasons. First of all, I couldn’t get an iPhone because of...
3 tags
These answers are right in my book!
Last week, some of the students at my junior high school had their tests and I offered myself to the teachers to help grade them. Little did I know that would be snickering away the day at these awesome answers. I wanted to share two of the best answers with you. Students were given words jumbled together and had to make a sentence using a specific grammar point learned over the semester. The...
4 tags
Google Wave - I has it
Well, thanks to a friend (and fellow Iwate English teacher) on Twitter, I got my invite into Google Wave today! I haven’t had much time to play with it yet and I’m still trying to figure things out, but I’ll try my best to give some of my impressions on it in the near future. In the meantime, if you have any questions about Google Wave, I’ll try my best to answer them.
2 tags
Da Burnz!
I have a new look. I think they were subconciously inspired by John Lennon (from this video), Wolverine, and Mr. Darcy. I watched all three of these over the weekend.
6 tags
Vacation Photos in Kyoto
As evident from some of my previous picture-posts, Kassie and I spent some vacation time in Kyoto while visiting some of Osaka and Nara. Kassie has already posted about the trip on her blog here, here, and here (part 4 coming soon right here). If you’re interested in the pictures we took, you can find them on my Picasa Web Album. We had a great time. Usually, I’m so nervous...