Bright Life! Bright Life!
Matilda is a childhood classic delivered by the grandfather of us all-Roald Dahl. This book tackles with issues such as neglecting parents, unappreciated children oh and an absolutely hellish dystopian school that will haunt you even into adulthood. Returning to the book at 21 was a strange experience. I’d been having a Roald Dahl binge as a cool down [...]
Last week, my elementary school 6th graders graduated and... oh my god, it was emotional. I planned my day so that I could say goodbye to the kids from both schools. I would attend the graduation ceremony at Menda Elementary (my biggest school) and then drive to Ue Elementary for the send off. Unlike in [...]
3 months into 2019, almost 9 months into JET. and oh my god time is flying! I'm glad to report that so far this year I've been really happy. Giphy Since last year my self awareness and confidence have been gradually growing and I've become more and more in touch with how I'm feeling. I'm [...]
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In a word, yes. Six months into JET and I’ve noticed a significant mental dip. My vocab has gone downhill and there are times when I feel like my sentences don’t make any sense. After repeating ‘ah ah apple’ over 100 times instead of studying literature and the history of language, I suppose that’s bound [...]
Since my last post rambling the to’s and fro’s of recontracting I made a decision. Last week I decided to recontract for another year on JET! As well as many other things, this means I’ll be coming home in August 2020, when I’m 23, and I’ll (hopefully) be coming back much more travelled, experienced and [...]
'18th January, well 11th, well 9th… 9th? 9th. Ok.' After much deliberation from my supervisor, the deadline for my recontracting decision has been set for 9th. Tomorrow. We were formally asked to recontract in December and given over the Christmas holidays to think it over. Christmas has come and gone and tomorrow I’ll be committing [...]
To honour one of my many goals of 2019, I wanted to keep up my blogging momentum and look back on December while it's still fresh. My last month of 2018 was one of the more… emotional months that I’ve had this year, considering all of the homesick-fodder events that took place this month, I [...]
‘November arrived, cold as frozen iron…’ J.K Rowling, Order of the Phoenix The month started pretty chill, with me sat in 525 café typing away waiting for my Oreo waffles. I remember feeling pretty happy at this point, Halloween had been a success and I feeling was content in my own company, recharging from another [...]
Although the last few weeks have been HECTIC I wanted to spend the last few days before I head off for Christmas getting organized. With so much happening all the time, it’s been pretty difficult to write consistently, but when I do get down to write at least there’s plenty of content! October was amazing, [...]
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