29 de octubre
Well it’s about that time again… not a whole bunch of new news, but I’ll do my best to give a few minor updates.
At work:
Still having lots of fun with the kids… the seeming randomness with which CEIP La Inmaculada operates never fails to amuse/confuse me on a day to day basis.
Example:
Today when I walked into one of the 3rd grade classes I help out with, I was met with overwhelming, raucous applause… I’m absolutely not worthy of that kind of greeting, but it was definitely funny to be received in a classroom as though I were being announced for the starting line-up of a basketball game. Anyway, that same class period, we were playing a bingo-like game with pictures and descriptive phrases where I had to read sentences aloud such as “The mouse is in the bath”, “The mouse is behind the cooker” and “The mouse is on the basin”. The game itself was simple enough, but my nasally American accent threw these kids for a loop – the English that is taught in schools here is purely British English (as you can also tell from the vocab – I have definitely never heard anyone from home refer to an oven as a cooker). The word “bath” is a prime example about how confusing my accent can be for the students: whenever I pronounced “bath” with the short-a vowel sound, I was met with a myriad of puzzled 8 year old faces staring blankly at me. Eventually, after repeating the word two or three times, one of the students would inevitably have an epiphany (“OOOOH! Baahth, she said baahth”) and enlighten their classmates about what I had "actually" said. The part that amused me most was that this happened not just once or twice, but EVERY time I pronounced a word in a way that distinguishes American English from the British variety. Part-way through the game, we actually stopped playing so I could explain why the way I talk sounds so silly to them.
This week, I also started teaching clases particulares, which are essentially private classes/tutoring for English. This past Monday I went to a family’s nearby apartment and talked with their three children ages 7, 9 and 10 about different kinds of fruit and how to ask questions regarding the color, shape and size that different kinds of fruit has. The subject matter was pretty arbitrary – I happened to bring along some food flashcards and made up a game to play with them on my walk over. Generally what the parents want their kids to get out of these classes is an hour of individualized attention specializing in English conversation with a native speaker. It’s pretty fun, earns me a few extra euros a week, and gives me something else to do, so I can’t complain with the whole situation. The process of finding families interested in clases particulares is essentially based on word of mouth – the father of the family I’m working with is a teacher that one of my friends works with in her school, which is located in San Fernando, a city adjacent to Cádiz. Oh the joys of networking.
In life:
This past weekend, my apartment-mate Rosa had five of her best friends from home (aka Granada, where, according to them, everything from the scenery to the bus system to the food is clearly far superior) come visit. It was a really great chance to hang out with a big group of people and I definitely heard my fair share of girl gossip en español. There were times where I felt a little awkward since I was the random blond American girl amongst a group of extremely Spanish-y Spaniards who knew each other really well. However, I really appreciated that they were all very generous, friendly and invited me to tag along on their weekend activities. I’m not going to lie though, while hanging out with them was quite entertaining, it made me miss hanging out with my friends from home!!! I miss you all oh so much, so start looking for cheap plane tickets and come visit me already!
Speaking of weekend happenings, this next one I’m finally taking my first trip out of Cádiz! I’m going to visit some other auxiliares who I met during the Seville orientation and teach in the city of Córdoba. I’m excited to a) take the train, b) visit a place where there are some hills, heck even mountains! and c) get to see a new part of Spain. If you’re lucky maybe I’ll write about it later…
So, from all of the pictures of Cádiz that I’ve posted make it look like the land of eternal summer/bathing suit weather. While it is like that some of the time, as of late we’ve been having random, intense thunderstorms at night, strong sea breezes and at least a partial amount of cloud cover at most times. The last two days I’ve even worn my (light) jacket around the whole day… shocker, I know. I really can’t complain though because even when there are clouds or rain or something other than sunshine, it’s pretty much guaranteed to change into something else before too long… and I did go to the beach this weekend and managed fall asleep in the sun for a few hours… oops.
Well, since I've resorted to talking about the weather, I would say I'm out of material for now. I guess it’s off to bed for me, buenas noches!
30 October 2008
18 October 2008
Settling In
Yay, I’m writing again!
So I have a few random little anecdotes along with some actually more substantial events that need recounting, so hopefully I’ll achieve a nice balance of both here.
This week at work I got to spend significantly more time interacting with students, rather than sitting in classrooms observing and meeting with teachers. In each of the classes, I have 30-45 minutes to do some sort of lesson, preferably one that relates to the current curriculum that they are doing for that particular class. For example, one of the classes I will be helping out with is actually a math class, so part of the time I taught the how to say math terms like “10 to the fourth” and “4 cubed”. It was pretty fun and went pretty well, but it was definitely spur of the moment since I didn’t know what was going to be taught until right when I got there! Next time, I hope I can coordinate a little better with the teacher beforehand, so I feel a little more prepared when I go into the classroom.
Since it was my first time in many of the classes, I spent my alloted time doing some basic introduction activities. I introduced myself, told the students where I am from, what my family is like, what I like to do for fun, my favorite food, etc. I did all of this in English, so it took some effort to speak more slowly than usual and enunciate extra clearly. Hand gestures were also very useful. After I finished talking, each student took turns saying “Hello, my name is ____. I am from ____” and say whatever else they knew how to say in English. I was pretty impressed with some of these kids (8-9 years old) who could tell me which sports they liked to play, their preferred foods, and how many siblings they have. At the end, I let them ask me any questions that they had (in Spanish) and I answered them (in English).
Some of my favorite questions included:
Do you like hamsters?
What is your boyfriend’s name?
What is your favorite NBA team?
Is England beautiful?
Obama or McCain?
While I’m thinking about humorous student interactions, here’s a (translated) conversation I had with one of my youngest students Isabela, age seven.
Isabela: Colleen, guess what? Elizabeth (the other English Auxiliar at my school) taught me how to say my name in English!
Me: Oh, that’s great! What is it?
Isabela: It is Isabel
Me: Wow, good job! Hey, I was wondering, how do you say my name in Spanish?
Isabela: *short, contemplative pause* ... I’m pretty sure that it is some sort of vegetable.
And then she left with her friend to go to recess.
After telling my coordinator the story, we came to the conclusion that Isabela had resourcefully conjured up the word for cabbage, or “coles”, as a translation for my name.
I love the things that come out of these kids' mouths.
***
Another exciting new thing I got to do at work (this time at the secondary school) is help teach a PE class. The current section is basketball, so I got to learn bball terminology in Spanish so that I could teach the kids words in English. For those interested, my Spanish vocabulary now includes “bote” (dribble), “hacer pasos” (traveling), and “hacer dobles” (double dribble). I’m excited to keep working with both schools, as the teachers seem friendly and supportive, and the kids are fun to work with.
Other important things accomplished this week:
1) I opened my extranjero bank account, so I have somewhere to deposit my paycheck when I get it at the beginning of next month. :) This was a relatively simple process. I had to bring my passport along with a few letters from la Junta (the regional government), saying that I was a legitimate employee and would be earning money and that they should let me have an account. After about 25-30 minutes of sitting in a chair watching the nice banker lady type information and verify my identity a few times, everything was good to go.
2) I went to the oficina de extranjeros to apply for my foreign resident identfication card. This seemed to go just fine… more letters from the Junta, some photocopies and other paperwork, patient line-waiting, and a return trip to the office should get me my Spanish ID… we’ll see for sure when I go back!
Well, that should give everyone a little taste of the kind of thing I’ve been up doing as of late. I haven’t gone out or done any day trips or anything yet, but I’ve really just been enjoying settling in to my apartment, hanging out with Rosa and Vicky, and walking around Cádiz. I’m sure I’ll explore the surrounding area in time, but until then, I’m just enjoying what’s right here in front of me!
If you click on the picture below, you'll get to see some more of Cádiz :)
So I have a few random little anecdotes along with some actually more substantial events that need recounting, so hopefully I’ll achieve a nice balance of both here.
This week at work I got to spend significantly more time interacting with students, rather than sitting in classrooms observing and meeting with teachers. In each of the classes, I have 30-45 minutes to do some sort of lesson, preferably one that relates to the current curriculum that they are doing for that particular class. For example, one of the classes I will be helping out with is actually a math class, so part of the time I taught the how to say math terms like “10 to the fourth” and “4 cubed”. It was pretty fun and went pretty well, but it was definitely spur of the moment since I didn’t know what was going to be taught until right when I got there! Next time, I hope I can coordinate a little better with the teacher beforehand, so I feel a little more prepared when I go into the classroom.
Since it was my first time in many of the classes, I spent my alloted time doing some basic introduction activities. I introduced myself, told the students where I am from, what my family is like, what I like to do for fun, my favorite food, etc. I did all of this in English, so it took some effort to speak more slowly than usual and enunciate extra clearly. Hand gestures were also very useful. After I finished talking, each student took turns saying “Hello, my name is ____. I am from ____” and say whatever else they knew how to say in English. I was pretty impressed with some of these kids (8-9 years old) who could tell me which sports they liked to play, their preferred foods, and how many siblings they have. At the end, I let them ask me any questions that they had (in Spanish) and I answered them (in English).
Some of my favorite questions included:
Do you like hamsters?
What is your boyfriend’s name?
What is your favorite NBA team?
Is England beautiful?
Obama or McCain?
While I’m thinking about humorous student interactions, here’s a (translated) conversation I had with one of my youngest students Isabela, age seven.
Isabela: Colleen, guess what? Elizabeth (the other English Auxiliar at my school) taught me how to say my name in English!
Me: Oh, that’s great! What is it?
Isabela: It is Isabel
Me: Wow, good job! Hey, I was wondering, how do you say my name in Spanish?
Isabela: *short, contemplative pause* ... I’m pretty sure that it is some sort of vegetable.
And then she left with her friend to go to recess.
After telling my coordinator the story, we came to the conclusion that Isabela had resourcefully conjured up the word for cabbage, or “coles”, as a translation for my name.
I love the things that come out of these kids' mouths.
***
Another exciting new thing I got to do at work (this time at the secondary school) is help teach a PE class. The current section is basketball, so I got to learn bball terminology in Spanish so that I could teach the kids words in English. For those interested, my Spanish vocabulary now includes “bote” (dribble), “hacer pasos” (traveling), and “hacer dobles” (double dribble). I’m excited to keep working with both schools, as the teachers seem friendly and supportive, and the kids are fun to work with.
Other important things accomplished this week:
1) I opened my extranjero bank account, so I have somewhere to deposit my paycheck when I get it at the beginning of next month. :) This was a relatively simple process. I had to bring my passport along with a few letters from la Junta (the regional government), saying that I was a legitimate employee and would be earning money and that they should let me have an account. After about 25-30 minutes of sitting in a chair watching the nice banker lady type information and verify my identity a few times, everything was good to go.
2) I went to the oficina de extranjeros to apply for my foreign resident identfication card. This seemed to go just fine… more letters from the Junta, some photocopies and other paperwork, patient line-waiting, and a return trip to the office should get me my Spanish ID… we’ll see for sure when I go back!
Well, that should give everyone a little taste of the kind of thing I’ve been up doing as of late. I haven’t gone out or done any day trips or anything yet, but I’ve really just been enjoying settling in to my apartment, hanging out with Rosa and Vicky, and walking around Cádiz. I’m sure I’ll explore the surrounding area in time, but until then, I’m just enjoying what’s right here in front of me!
If you click on the picture below, you'll get to see some more of Cádiz :)
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| From Más de Cádiz |
14 October 2008
Más Fotos
As per request by a certain Tía, I'm adding a few pics of my apartment and apartment-mates. Lucky for you all we just so happened to do an apartment tour/photo shoot last night, so you get to see both my new roomies and accommodations at the SAME TIME. So efficient. However, what isn't efficient is the blog website's ability to upload photos. I've spent way too long trying to make pictures load directly to the blog that it just isn't worth it to try anymore. Instead, I'm posting a link that you can click on to get to where there are some pictures that you all can check out if you're interested. If I figured out how this silly technology business works, you should just be able to click on the picture you see below and it will take you to my entire album...
I should probably also write another update soon, but I don't think it's going to happen today... soon though!
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| Colleen-in-Cádiz |
I should probably also write another update soon, but I don't think it's going to happen today... soon though!
10 October 2008
Update!
I was looking at a calendar yesterday and to my honest surprise, I realized that I have only been in Spain for 12 (okay now when I’m writing this 13) days… not even two weeks yet! I’m not going to lie, I had to double check this fact two or three times before I even started to try and wrap my mind around it. So many events have been crammed into this tiny timeframe that it seems like much longer! Two major events that occurred this week include me moving into an apartment and starting my job!
I’ll start with a little bit about my piso. First of all, it is located in the newer part of town rather than the old casco historico. While I initially wanted to live in this older section because it is so charming, I am actually glad things worked out the way they did. My apartment is on the long straightaway of land that connects the casco historico with the mainland. It is about a 15 minute walk from my school, a 5 minute walk to the beach, and a 3-5 minute walk to the football (read: soccer) stadium (sidenote: Cadiz has its own team, but I haven’t heard much about them or seen any games yet). I am sharing the apartment with two Spanish girls who are studying at the University of Cadiz. Their names are Vicky and Rosa, and seem like a lot of fun so far. They have invited me to hang out with them on a couple different occasions and also taught me important skills such as lighting the bon-bona (the gas water heaters that everyone has here that must be lit if one wants to do such things as take a hot shower or wash dishes properly). I hate lighting the bon bona with a deep, indescribable passion... I swear I am going to end up making our apartment burst into a massive sea of flames or something equally horrendous.
The apartment itself is small-ish, especially my room, but quite adequate. Upon entering the piso, there is an open front room that has a couple of couches, the tv, a coffee table and small dining room table. To the left is a short hall that leads to the bathroom, kitchen/washing machine nook, and our three bedrooms. I have a window looking out onto the street, so I get to look down 4 floors and get to see what’s going on down there at any given point in the day. It’s actually quite a good indicator to look at what everyone else is wearing to determine whether or not I need to bring a jacket with me before going out.
The other big thing that happened this week is that I started working! Well, sort of. Two of the days were orientation – getting to know the school building, some of the teachers we (Libby, the school’s other auxiliar and I) will be working with, and introducing ourselves to the adorable, terrifyingly hyperactive hordes of children that tended to swarm around us if we stay in one place on the play patio too long. Then of course, one of the days was a holiday celebrating the city of Cadiz’s protector, the Virgen de Rosario, so no school, and then as an auxiliar (whose hours don’t even come close to the equivalent of a full time job), I have Fridays off. The first week has already gone by and I feel like I’ve done nothing! I want to work!!! I think part of the problem has been also that my work schedule wasn’t finalized until yesterday afternoon. The problem was that the Junta de Andalucia informed our school that while one auxiliar could teach full time at La Inmaculada (primary school), the other auxiliar would have to split time between there and the Instituto, the secondary school that is literally right next door. Long story short, I will be working at both schools part of the time. Since each school has distinct daily school schedules, it was very challenging to arrange time periods that would allow me to work at both schools equally. Hopefully when I start work next week on Tuesday (Monday is ANOTHER holiday, I don’t even know what they're celebrating this time), I’ll feel a little more useful…
I’ll start with a little bit about my piso. First of all, it is located in the newer part of town rather than the old casco historico. While I initially wanted to live in this older section because it is so charming, I am actually glad things worked out the way they did. My apartment is on the long straightaway of land that connects the casco historico with the mainland. It is about a 15 minute walk from my school, a 5 minute walk to the beach, and a 3-5 minute walk to the football (read: soccer) stadium (sidenote: Cadiz has its own team, but I haven’t heard much about them or seen any games yet). I am sharing the apartment with two Spanish girls who are studying at the University of Cadiz. Their names are Vicky and Rosa, and seem like a lot of fun so far. They have invited me to hang out with them on a couple different occasions and also taught me important skills such as lighting the bon-bona (the gas water heaters that everyone has here that must be lit if one wants to do such things as take a hot shower or wash dishes properly). I hate lighting the bon bona with a deep, indescribable passion... I swear I am going to end up making our apartment burst into a massive sea of flames or something equally horrendous.
The apartment itself is small-ish, especially my room, but quite adequate. Upon entering the piso, there is an open front room that has a couple of couches, the tv, a coffee table and small dining room table. To the left is a short hall that leads to the bathroom, kitchen/washing machine nook, and our three bedrooms. I have a window looking out onto the street, so I get to look down 4 floors and get to see what’s going on down there at any given point in the day. It’s actually quite a good indicator to look at what everyone else is wearing to determine whether or not I need to bring a jacket with me before going out.
The other big thing that happened this week is that I started working! Well, sort of. Two of the days were orientation – getting to know the school building, some of the teachers we (Libby, the school’s other auxiliar and I) will be working with, and introducing ourselves to the adorable, terrifyingly hyperactive hordes of children that tended to swarm around us if we stay in one place on the play patio too long. Then of course, one of the days was a holiday celebrating the city of Cadiz’s protector, the Virgen de Rosario, so no school, and then as an auxiliar (whose hours don’t even come close to the equivalent of a full time job), I have Fridays off. The first week has already gone by and I feel like I’ve done nothing! I want to work!!! I think part of the problem has been also that my work schedule wasn’t finalized until yesterday afternoon. The problem was that the Junta de Andalucia informed our school that while one auxiliar could teach full time at La Inmaculada (primary school), the other auxiliar would have to split time between there and the Instituto, the secondary school that is literally right next door. Long story short, I will be working at both schools part of the time. Since each school has distinct daily school schedules, it was very challenging to arrange time periods that would allow me to work at both schools equally. Hopefully when I start work next week on Tuesday (Monday is ANOTHER holiday, I don’t even know what they're celebrating this time), I’ll feel a little more useful…
05 October 2008
Cádiz, Cádiz!
Oh man, I should write about what’s going on… but before I do, everyone please note that when I added my previous entry (the one with all the pictures) the internet I was using to load the pictures was pretty cantankerous and then I didn’t have time to write anything about what the pics actually were. Most of it is pretty self explanatory: the flamenco show, Sevilla's cathedral/streets, and the weird one of the woman statue is actually a part of the mall I went to when I bought my cell phone.
From Sevilla, we (there are 4 others who will be teaching in the same city as me) took a train to Cádiz on Friday morning. We found our temporary lodging, the Hotel Francia y Paris, got settled, and spent the rest of the day orienting ourselves with our surroundings. For me, this included visits to two different apartment sites, neither of which had too many redeeming qualities. However, going to both places were good adventures because it meant that I got to take the bus a couple of times and get a brief just-passing-by taste of various areas in the city.
My initial impression of Cádiz is quite simple: it’s gorgeous and I love it. If you look it from a bird’s eye view, the city looks like a spoon sticking out into the water, with the food-holding part sticking out into the Atlantic Ocean. The old part of town, or the casco historico, is where we are currently staying and hopefully where I will be living as it is quite charming – lots of beach, lots of stores, restaurants, little parques/plazas and most everything is connected by, *surprise*, narrow cobblestone streets. It isn’t a very large area altogether; as you can guess from the spoon analogy, el casco historico is pretty circular and has no more of a diameter than 1 mile (I’m guessing from my Lonely Planet guide’s map…) This neighborhood is also where the Universidad de Cadiz is located, so there is a fair number of college student-type apartments around the area. Where I will actually end up finding a place though is quite up in the air.
Today (Saturday) has been almost entirely dedicated to apartment hunting. After finding that free “borrowed” wi-fi is available in the plaza right next to our hotel, a good amount of time was spent searching websites like loquo.com, Spain’s version of Craigs List. Lots of phone calls were made using my new telefono movil of course! I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and interesting conversations ensued (“Repitelo una vez más, por favor” and “Cómo se escribe el nombre de la calle?” were two commonly repeated phrases). Most of the people I spoke with were quite friendly and patient enough to repeat themselves as many times as this poor silly girl needed. I will be meeting with a few more people to see some pisos compartidos in the next few days, so hopefully I’ll find somewhere that works!
Beyond dealing with housing issues, I have gotten to walk around the city some getting to know some of the different neighborhood areas. Today we explored one of the beaches, walked around some of the old fortress-like buildings, and enjoyed the lovely sun that has been around all day every day besides when I landed in Sevilla. Well, off go eat some tapas!
From Sevilla, we (there are 4 others who will be teaching in the same city as me) took a train to Cádiz on Friday morning. We found our temporary lodging, the Hotel Francia y Paris, got settled, and spent the rest of the day orienting ourselves with our surroundings. For me, this included visits to two different apartment sites, neither of which had too many redeeming qualities. However, going to both places were good adventures because it meant that I got to take the bus a couple of times and get a brief just-passing-by taste of various areas in the city.
My initial impression of Cádiz is quite simple: it’s gorgeous and I love it. If you look it from a bird’s eye view, the city looks like a spoon sticking out into the water, with the food-holding part sticking out into the Atlantic Ocean. The old part of town, or the casco historico, is where we are currently staying and hopefully where I will be living as it is quite charming – lots of beach, lots of stores, restaurants, little parques/plazas and most everything is connected by, *surprise*, narrow cobblestone streets. It isn’t a very large area altogether; as you can guess from the spoon analogy, el casco historico is pretty circular and has no more of a diameter than 1 mile (I’m guessing from my Lonely Planet guide’s map…) This neighborhood is also where the Universidad de Cadiz is located, so there is a fair number of college student-type apartments around the area. Where I will actually end up finding a place though is quite up in the air.
Today (Saturday) has been almost entirely dedicated to apartment hunting. After finding that free “borrowed” wi-fi is available in the plaza right next to our hotel, a good amount of time was spent searching websites like loquo.com, Spain’s version of Craigs List. Lots of phone calls were made using my new telefono movil of course! I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and interesting conversations ensued (“Repitelo una vez más, por favor” and “Cómo se escribe el nombre de la calle?” were two commonly repeated phrases). Most of the people I spoke with were quite friendly and patient enough to repeat themselves as many times as this poor silly girl needed. I will be meeting with a few more people to see some pisos compartidos in the next few days, so hopefully I’ll find somewhere that works!
Beyond dealing with housing issues, I have gotten to walk around the city some getting to know some of the different neighborhood areas. Today we explored one of the beaches, walked around some of the old fortress-like buildings, and enjoyed the lovely sun that has been around all day every day besides when I landed in Sevilla. Well, off go eat some tapas!
02 October 2008
01 October 2008
I'M IN SPAIN!!!!
Hola a todos! I’ve only been in Spain for a few days now, but I thought I should write a little bit about what’s been going on so far. For those of you who aren’t exactly sure what I’m doing over here, my official title is an “auxiliar de conversación” – an English language and culture assistant – at a primary school in Cádiz, Spain. Basically, I will be working with children from the ages of 3 to 13 helping them to increase their knowledge of English as a foreign language as well as help the school establish/refine its coursework for next year when it makes the full transition to bilingual curriculum. It’s going to be a huge challenge, but I can’t wait!
Right now I’m writing from La Hespería Sevilla, the hotel where we are staying for our orientation. The first few days have been great. We have had lecture/activity sessions for about 4 hours each day and learn things like how Spain’s education system is set up and suggestions for designing and implementing class plans. They (CIEE, the organization that helped set up this whole opportunity for me and 200 of my peers) also have taught us the basics of how to open a bank account, find an apartment, and find medical services when/if we need them at all throughout the year.
Once business time is over, we get to have fun time. So far, I have gotten to enjoy various types of vino y tapas, a flamenco show, a tour of Seville’s ENORMOUS cathedral, as well as spend time wandering through the city’s incredibly narrow, windy, and confusing cobblestone streets. I love admiring all of the beautiful architecture and observing the street life in general – not going to lie, people-watching in the city center is an excellent pastime what with the crazy (“fashionable”) clothing compilations, loud/random bursts of noise, not to mention just the sheer number of people who are out and about at any given time throughout the day.
Well that’s all for right now (sorry, I’m trying really hard not to write way too much and end up boring everyone!), but I’ll try and keep this blog thinger up to date with the more interesting happenings of things over here where I am.
Right now I’m writing from La Hespería Sevilla, the hotel where we are staying for our orientation. The first few days have been great. We have had lecture/activity sessions for about 4 hours each day and learn things like how Spain’s education system is set up and suggestions for designing and implementing class plans. They (CIEE, the organization that helped set up this whole opportunity for me and 200 of my peers) also have taught us the basics of how to open a bank account, find an apartment, and find medical services when/if we need them at all throughout the year.
Once business time is over, we get to have fun time. So far, I have gotten to enjoy various types of vino y tapas, a flamenco show, a tour of Seville’s ENORMOUS cathedral, as well as spend time wandering through the city’s incredibly narrow, windy, and confusing cobblestone streets. I love admiring all of the beautiful architecture and observing the street life in general – not going to lie, people-watching in the city center is an excellent pastime what with the crazy (“fashionable”) clothing compilations, loud/random bursts of noise, not to mention just the sheer number of people who are out and about at any given time throughout the day.
Well that’s all for right now (sorry, I’m trying really hard not to write way too much and end up boring everyone!), but I’ll try and keep this blog thinger up to date with the more interesting happenings of things over here where I am.
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