Saturday, June 05, 2010

Take nothing for granted!

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Lunch today was the first real meal I had eaten for something like 45 hours! For what seems like most of my life I have been drinking water ...
Thursday, June 03, 2010

Everything to be tested!

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The public examinations are now in full flow and couples of pupils are being taken for the oral part of the certificate that they are trying...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

And the Devil showed him the whole world . . .

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Almost as soon as I had sat down with my morning cup of tea the IT teacher came in a gave me three pages of glossy print out headed “12 reas...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

The end is slow!

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It is no fun teaching recalcitrant kids in the fag end of a term. I know that in the UK teachers are enjoying their second blissful day of h...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Death by trendy!

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There is a price to be paid for using examples in English grammar which are drawn from current events. While illustrating some previously ab...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

A fine bad day!

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Well, if nothing else the Eurovision Song Contest shows that the God of the Bible is alive and well and living in Mainland Europe. He is, as...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

It's hard to resist!

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By 10.05 am this morning I had read a whole slate of reviews of a gadget that I do not want. The words said one thing but the pictures of th...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Escape?

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The festivities in school last night to celebrate the graduation of certain students went on until 11.00 pm: I shudder to think of the state...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Another bloody day!

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Conrad came to mind as I went from the relatively clear, clean air of Castelldefels to the dingy pall over the dark heart of Barcelona. The ...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Time to unlock

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The camera is beginning to reveal some of its secrets and I still have not had recourse to the CD Rom guides. I would still feel so much mor...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

When is the weekend?

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A relatively free drive to school with only two traffic jams: one thinks not about the airy and sunshine filled journey of May butt rather o...
Monday, May 24, 2010

The long weekend end

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The pall of misery that usually accompanies the last day of a long weekend was somewhat mitigated by the eventual arrival of my new camera. ...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

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I did feel something of traitor as I bought a bottle of Champagne for Jane yesterday afternoon as a partial recompense for her continuing ge...
Friday, May 21, 2010

Where is the justice?

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There is nothing guaranteed to lessen the enjoyment of a day than to find out that one of your free periods has been taken away and that fur...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Unwelcome truth!

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My humiliation is complete. Toni, playing in a foreign language and in what was obviously a British biased version beat me in the Wii game o...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

A Crime for our Times!

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The government has made an announcement that their cost cutting exercise which up to now has included Civil Servants is going to be extended...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

At least I'm not up to my neck!

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Today I checked the other cars: a paucity of poo! It therefore follows that the pigeons are being deliberately spiteful. Perhaps it is somet...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Life is worth living!

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Another glorious day! Some might say that because of the victory of Barça in the league last night, but for me, as always, it is connec...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

It's in the air!

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Even if the yellow film of what I took to airborne powdered sand turns out not to be what I thought but some form of pollen – it proves noth...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

I'm wet enough already!

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Friday 14th May 2010 Roll of thunder, hear my cry! The day has dawned (if you can call it that) with thunder and lightning and torrential ra...