I: gripe about work.
You: moan about pay and conditions.
He/She: won’t be teaching today, after being blown up by a suicide bomber.
Can you think of more examples? Then TEFL Smiler has just the job for you…..
There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to talk about cricket in general right now, and another part that doesn’t ever really want to be the kind of person that just drops things like, “I had the pleasure of having dinner in the long room at Lord’s last weekend.” into the conversation.
Don’t get me […]
Ingredients
1. Large handful of my parents
1. Visitor from foreign lands, staying with a friend of said parents, who is cooking a traditional ‘native’ meal for a small group as a farewell and ‘thank you.’
Multiple bottles wine
0. People fluent in the language of guest
Many people consider this the ‘default’ recipe for misunderstanding. However, when dealing with guests from Spain […]
Wie einer, der auf fremden Meeren fuhr,
so bin ich bei den ewig Einheimischen;
die vollen Tage stehn auf ihren Tischen,
mir aber ist die Ferne voll Figur.
In mein Gesicht reicht eine Welt herein,
die vielleicht unbewohnt ist wie ein Mond,
sie aber lassen kein Gefühl allein,
und alle ihre Worte sind bewohnt.
Die Dinge, die ich weither mit mir […]
I had an ‘asthma review’ this morning. Despite having asthma since I was a baby, I’ve never had a review of it before so, as you can imagine, I was fabulously excited. The letter warning me that if I didn’t attend they’d no longer provide comprehensive medical care was almost unnecessary.
Alas, I was to be […]
