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Energy News
- Minister Looks for 'Courage' in the Wrong Places - AllAfrica.com - May 18, 2012 at 2:10 pm
- COLUMN-Rising costs argue against new nuclear: Gerard Wynn - Reuters - May 18, 2012 at 1:01 pm
- Renewables far less risky than nuclear; Letters - Waste Management World - May 18, 2012 at 10:48 am
- What's in the new environment minister's inbox? - Deutsche Welle - May 18, 2012 at 5:29 am
- The Green Bad Idea Japan Needs - Wall Street Journal - May 16, 2012 at 4:19 pm
- Nuclear's Once Bright and Shiny Future Blinks Out - Huffington Post - May 12, 2012 at 7:45 pm
- Why green energy might not solve the power crunch - GlobalPost - May 10, 2012 at 10:02 am
- As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - May 8, 2012 at 1:52 pm
- Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Efforts Eroded By Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - Huffington Post - May 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm
- As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise - Seattle Post Intelligencer - May 4, 2012 at 6:52 am
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In no particular order…
1. I work with good people. Stirling people. They are not only fun to hang out with but they work hard and are keen to share ideas and to help each other out. They are totally awesome.
2. The school generally treats us pretty well. We all get our own computers for example. And the pay is pretty good. And then I get a twice yearly bonus on top of that. Just like a regular Japanese employee! This is the first time I’ve experienced this in 12 years of living and working in Japan. That’s awesome.
3. My students are friendly and interested in their subject. I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome that is.
4. I can get to work by bicycle in ten minutes from my house. (You see I live in an awesome area).
5. I work a long day and I’m really busy but it’s fulfilling. I actually look forward to getting to work in the morning. Even Monday mornings! And I have a lot of opportunity to think and create and do a good job. I really enjoy that. Being paid to make stuff is awesome.
6. I have a free period at the end of the day, four days out of five. I go into the gym with a couple of my fellow teachers and they show me how to use the machines and are now teaching me kick boxing too. And they are all nice and encouraging about it too. This job is good for my health and… it’s like I’m getting paid to train! How awesome is that?
7. Yesterday I learned that on top of the two weeks we get off at Xmas and the two we get off in the spring, we will be getting two months off in the summer – and (!) we have a two week autumn break!
Awesome.
Apropos of nothing, here are some pictures from a fun night we had out at Gnome at the weekend. Felicity Greenland and Tomoko Saito conducted a singalong style workshop of British and Irish songs. And sing we did! Here are the two musicians:
Here are (villainous) Ted and Mewby:
David and Yuki:
Myself and Mewby too:
Why Ted kept pointing at me and singing “Dirty Old Man” instead of “Town” I have no idea… There’s a video of a nice Gaelic song Siúil a Rúin up on Deep Kyoto here.
