Sunday, July 20, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Rumi looks like . . .
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are likely to require to perform their role well.
Why One to one-to-one? Well, a peer tutor typically works 1:1 with a student. And 'one' of us at the Learning Centre, William Lucas who bears a striking similarity to Benjamin McKenzie, is the person in charge (though strictly speaking, working Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, he is 0.6).
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And just to prove it wasn't a fluke (now you know what I spend my free time doing), here's another:
Sunday, June 15, 2008
June 2008
This month we're into winter, and we've had a couple of good freezes in the past week. It's been difficult to train barefoot over ice. Not because of the cold, but because of limited traction.
Anyway, this coming month I'll be a 'forced bachelor'. Mami is attending a conference in Croatia, and she will visit her family in Japan after that. Coincidentally, she was at the airport the same time as Albany, my eldest daughter, on her way to a conference in Vanuatu. They'd better make the most of it. Air travel is going to be a thing of the past.
I'm going well on my own, cooking Indian dishes for the first time in a while. Banana puri, raita, cauliflower curry and rice. Yummy! But I'd better go easy on the oil. A recent ultrasound at the hospital confirmed that I'm full of gall stones - at least a dozen. They are a good size too - one was measured at 1.4 cm!
Finally, I have dabbled with posting some recent photographs of the past year or so. If you click to see all of them, they come up in colour.
Anyway, this coming month I'll be a 'forced bachelor'. Mami is attending a conference in Croatia, and she will visit her family in Japan after that. Coincidentally, she was at the airport the same time as Albany, my eldest daughter, on her way to a conference in Vanuatu. They'd better make the most of it. Air travel is going to be a thing of the past.
I'm going well on my own, cooking Indian dishes for the first time in a while. Banana puri, raita, cauliflower curry and rice. Yummy! But I'd better go easy on the oil. A recent ultrasound at the hospital confirmed that I'm full of gall stones - at least a dozen. They are a good size too - one was measured at 1.4 cm!
Finally, I have dabbled with posting some recent photographs of the past year or so. If you click to see all of them, they come up in colour.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
May 2008
Today I ate the last apple of the tree. It looked something like the image on the left - probably an heirloom of some sort. It didn't taste sickly sweet, in other words.Every day for the past two months I've helped myself. The tree is on the side of someone's driveway on the way to work. I walk by in the morning and then at night, and I pluck one each time.
The owners don't touch it. They probably don't even know that it's there. The tree grows within a hundred yards of a supermarket where people buy apples in plastic every day. Weird.
Saw What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire this month too. Very, very worthwhile seeing. It helped me clarify what I want to do.
Just back from the Regent Theatre 24-hour second-hand book sale. Mami and I walked home - well, to the car - with two cartons' worth. $50 @ a dollar a pop. You can't go wrong!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
April 2008
In April I made progress on two fronts. In terms of pedestrian training, I completed my second 12-hour walk/run, covering 77 kilometres in terrible weather. I'm very pleased about that, but will now concentrate on shorter distances in preparation for the Christchurch half-marathon early June.
I've also spent a lot of time at the computer. The final draft work of Hadashi no Tabi: Barefoot through Japan is almost complete (but how often have I promised that!). Fingers crossed, in other words. I shall make the book available on Lulu. I shall make a shortened version available online. And I've just recently learned that the slide show I prepared has been selected to grace SlideShare's homepage!
I've also spent a lot of time at the computer. The final draft work of Hadashi no Tabi: Barefoot through Japan is almost complete (but how often have I promised that!). Fingers crossed, in other words. I shall make the book available on Lulu. I shall make a shortened version available online. And I've just recently learned that the slide show I prepared has been selected to grace SlideShare's homepage!
Monday, April 14, 2008
March 2008
This month my old high school (Kaikorai Valley High School - now Kaikorai Valley College) held its 50th Jubilee. Over a thousand people attended from overseas and around the country. It was fun to catch up with the likes of Rodney Thompson, John Begg, Estelle Fraser, Peter Scott, Howard Broad, Darryl Daglish, Bryan Jamieson, Karen Little, Kevin Marlowe, Liz Sawkins, Gerald and John Schoones etc. Where's everyone else?
They've changed.
I've changed.
No one changes.
Monday, March 3, 2008
February 2008
A good month all told. Lots of sun. A lot of cold also. Some good training in terms of 24-hr barefoot walk preparation.
The main fun would have been the Otago Rail Trail Duathlon that Mami and I took part in. We formed a team of three with Paul Hamilton from work. I'll post a single photo here. If you would like to see more, read a short account (I have yet to write) at my ultradistance blog.
Work has been quite busy due to the Literacy and Numeracy evaluation that the Learning Centre has been asked to administer.
Attended the 50th birthday party of a High School classmate, Ian C, who I've seen perhaps twice in over 30 years. How we age! (Actually the two of us are in pretty good shape!)
Sunday, February 10, 2008
January 2008
Late last year Mami and I travelled to the Nelson-Motueka area in the north of the South Island. We stayed and/or visited friends along the way: James and Ilhye, Kathy and Jim, Fiona and Martin.
We also met Jurgen and Kyoko. They are involved with setting up Atamai, an eco-village that is being built. Mami and I spent a week or two looking over the land and speaking to some of the people involved. We are certainly interested.
I decided to work part-time this year. My proportion will be 0.6, and I shall be at the Learning Centre at Otago Polytechnic on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. People ask me,"So what will you do on your days off." How sad that they need to ask!
My youngest daughter, Iacinta, flew to Kiribati for a three-month stay. She is keen to pick up the language and culture. Through emails I have communicated with her more often than when she is here! Iacinta will be in the sixth form this year, at Otago Girls' High School, Vincent will be in the seventh form at Kings' High School, and Albany will be doing her second last or is it final year of her Law/Japanese double degree.
We also met Jurgen and Kyoko. They are involved with setting up Atamai, an eco-village that is being built. Mami and I spent a week or two looking over the land and speaking to some of the people involved. We are certainly interested.
I decided to work part-time this year. My proportion will be 0.6, and I shall be at the Learning Centre at Otago Polytechnic on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. People ask me,"So what will you do on your days off." How sad that they need to ask!
My youngest daughter, Iacinta, flew to Kiribati for a three-month stay. She is keen to pick up the language and culture. Through emails I have communicated with her more often than when she is here! Iacinta will be in the sixth form this year, at Otago Girls' High School, Vincent will be in the seventh form at Kings' High School, and Albany will be doing her second last or is it final year of her Law/Japanese double degree.
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