It’s the middle of May and I’m just giving my midterms. The academic schedule here has it’s own rhyme and reason, much of which I’m still trying to figure out after 3.5 years.
The first semester always seems to start in the beginning of September and goes for 16 weeks. This is really a [...]
Her body, Brailled poems,
My hands read her in the dark,
Again & again.
Thursday is a holiday here, so I’m off to Yogyakarta for some sight seeing. I haven’t been there in three years and seeing the sights, possibly even Borobudur, will be a pleasant respite.
Yesterday was a black comedy. The electricity went out (not unusual) around 2p. The electricity came back on around 7p, but only for 3/4 of the flats in my building. I ask around and one tenant tells me it’s because the voltage is too low. I don’t really understand how [...]
I’ve been meaning to do some clean up of the last few weeks, but I’m still recovering from all the travel that I’ve been doing.
However, I just want to point out a website that I searched and found while doing some research into EFL Literature Circles (there are others, but I used the role handouts [...]
I went to the classroom to teach first period yesterday. A sign on the classroom door read that I (and anyone else teaching in that room) have been reassigned to another due to a faculty and staff table tennis tournament. The tournament is now in its second full day.