The times they are a changing... finally.
New job and jobs; goodbye to the old, hello to the new... the more things change the more they stay the same? We shall see.
This morning, Saturday morning, I was up at the crack of dawn... it was so early that I was up before my son! That's how early it was. I was teaching a new student, a new class, for a new company, and of course nothing was quite how I was told it would be or how I expected it would - just that it was different material, no tape player... usual stuff, no problem, happens all the time, do something else, joke about it, it ain't the end of the world or the class.
Then off to Waseda for some serious listening and grammar with people who had paid their own money to be told the difference between the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuos... I have been using that grammar my whole life but recently I have decided I don't know enough... did you spot it?
So now I have just the one day off, until June hits and Select gently slides away to starboard and drifts towards the horizon. Not too far away though as I am still doing two classes for Them, but at least now I'm not on the same ship.
Recent Bees buzzing around my mind: voice recorders vs. mini MP3 players with voice recording... why? Because I want to be able to record every second of my entire waking day... don't ask why.
Reason 2.0 - the software that is finally gonna make John a big balloon in the Electronica and ambient music scene!
It's been a busy few weeks, and when I look back on them at the end of the year I will this as the turning point... where I'm heading now is a good question but I think we are afloat again and on a new heading... hoist the mainsail! Full steam ahead!
Saturday, May 21, 2005
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Saturday, March 26, 2005
We Went Up A Mountain And Came Down A Hill
Hiking in Chichibu last weekend with William. Lovely day and a good walk.
The beard and moustache also had a lovely day, and in fact were so taken with the mountains and the sheer nature of it all that they decided to stay! I'm think Golden Week might be the next best growing season.
Lift Up Your Eyes
So Tokyo may not be the most beautiful city in the world, far from it, but all you have to do is look beyond the skyline and there is the big blue beautiful sky. It's just so blue, and we so often take that colour for granted. But look at it! It's so bloody blue! Isn't that just amazing, and it's there for anyone to see.
On The Buses
And where is this bus going? It's not a good idea to stay on the bus too long because there's a good chance it won't take you where you want to go. If you stay on the same bus too long you won't get anywhere.
Get off the bloody bus! It's small, crowded and boring.
Get off the bloody bus and walk!
You will see a lot more and you will get to where you want to go independently, which is the best way to travel.
And these one-man buses are the worst, you know. Driver, conductor, money taker... they think they know what their doing and where they are going, but they are driving around in ever decreasing circles.
Get off the bloody bus!
Ding Ding!
