I  got kicked in the face today!

It was entirely my own fault as I wasn’t holding the kick pads properly. I should have been especially careful as my rather large co-worker was kicking with extreme enthusiasm (he was all happy about his new kick-pads see?). He did manage to pull his kick a little bit at the last minute though… so I don’t have a broken nose. Just a rather intriguing marbling effect on the right side of my nose. Top marks to Chris who took one look at me when I came back to the teachers’ room and in perfect deadpan said “Tough job – TEFL”. And to Mewby also, who after the initial required concern: “Ah poor you” expressed the inevitable mirth: “Pretty funny though, really, eh?” Now, (just for fun) I have to think of a different yet sufficiently dramatic story to tell in each class this week to explain away my bruisyness (and to give myself some totally undeserved macho street cred).