Rainbow Hill

How now, brown cow.

2008-04-21T12:34:34Z

Well part of the battle is won. I've made it home, finished my course and landed a job, all without completely depleting my savings. The hardest part is yet to come, finding an apartment. Not an easy task in Brisbane at the moment, where most peo...

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Evaporating leisure.

2008-03-07T03:16:24Z

I've been having such a good time in Brisbane since I've been back. I've found time to do all the things I have to do, like prepare for my course, and find work. I've also had plenty of leisure time, which will end tomorrow when my course starts. ...

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It's the course you need, of course.

2008-02-28T11:45:38Z

After a fruitless week of searching for work in teaching English as a second language, rather than throwing in the towel completely, I've decided to take another qualification. Despite almost 5 years experience teaching English, employers don't wa...

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My experience as a language learner.

2008-02-21T01:41:40Z

When I first considered a job teaching English in Japan I had a vague idea of what learning a foreign language might be like. My experience of learning a language at school in Australia was disjointed at best, and was centred around standardised c...

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Back in Brisbane

2008-02-19T04:22:55Z

It's been about three years, since I saw Brisbane but I never imagined it as green as this. It's almost as if I've been transported back to the Brisbane of my youth, except for the traffic and the development. Things are alive, growing, and the ai...

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年もう一つ増えた。

2008-01-29T17:55:06Z

昨日は僕の誕生日でした。一日中楽しく過ごして良かった。おとといの夜、妻に大きいな抱っこをされて、ちょっと寝坊して、今朝からずっといい日でした。ビザの事がまだ続いているけど今日は、僕の出生証明書が届いてちょっと安心しました。後はパスポートだけで準備ができるようになります。息子がちょっと元気になったので図書館に行ってきました。そこでいつも彼がひとつずっつ本を返しながら、尾声で「はいどうぞう！」って言っています。風邪がまだ残っているけど調子がいいので嬉しいです。図書館の帰り道で...

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お金が抄かなくても愛情がいっぱい。

2008-01-25T17:37:47Z

来月帰国するので日本語を使う機会がすくなくなるかも知れません。今の家庭の影響でいろんなことを覚えられました。大切なのはお金が抄かなくても愛情がいっぱい。今から日本が寂しくなる一歩で、ちょっとだけ家族と跳ねれると厳しいです。六月ぐらい妻の両親が妻と子供たちをオーストラリアまで見送ってくれるのであんしんします。おばあさんとおじいさんは一週間で日本に帰るつもりですけど。もちろん僕たちがいつか日本に帰ってきます。二人子供がいるのでおばあさんとおじいさんと一緒にお正月とか時間をゆくりすごした...

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オーストラリアのビザの準備を進んでいる。

2008-01-24T15:52:39Z

最近、引越しや家族のオーストラリアのビザのことなどばかりを考えっています。今朝皆に役に立つように、早起き、紙ゴミを捨ててきて、必死で引越しの準備を続けてしました。必死で働いていたのでおばさんたちの個人レッソンをさっぱり忘れました。ちょっと休憩を取って、携帯が鳴って、そのおばさんたちからメールが来ました。「今日のレッソンに来られる？」って。そう言いわれってもしょうがなくて、レッソンの気もありませんでした。すまんこと。それでも引越し準備とビザを取るの手続きが進んでいます。今晩もやる気...

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Fading out.

2008-01-11T17:31:56Z

This is the beginning of a big year, after the train wreck of last year, time to count my blessings: the love and support of my family here in Japan and in Australia. a beautiful wife that has expresses her commitment to our relationship with de...

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Coffee breathes life in to conversation.

2007-12-19T13:00:09Z

In Japan people will pay exorbitant prices to have you talk to them in English, in stuffy little glass cubicles, in forty minute fixes. When the venue for formal study of language school chain is gone, they will have you around for coffee. I lov...

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