Update and final attempt!

Hmmm...my word count hasn't shifted much from last time I checked - I wonder why that is?!!

Now I am using this blog as a procrastination tool...yes, I have many things to do, namely, about six hours of proof-reading for an old student of mine who is doing a PhD and is in the final stages of her thesis...I have been checking her work for nearly four years now - amazing! Her topic is macroeconomics related - about companies in Malaysia - I have learnt a lot!!

I have had a full few weeks...

I went to my friend Yoshiko's wedding last weekend - it was fantastic fun - I was able to catch up with her and her family, and also see old friends Randy, Sayuri, Katoh-sensei and so on. It was bitter-sweet as I miss my old life...but it was really great to see people again - I wouldn't get that chance so much if it were not for my few connections left in Oita.

This week was pretty big too because I decided to stay in Japan for another year and had to talk to my boss about it...I tried to negotiate a few changes to my contract...but nothing doing...I lost a bit of respect for the Japanese way of doing things - treating people like robots (and especially foreigners - like disposable robots)...but I can't be bothered fighting the battle...I have fairly good conditions here, so it is all good.

I just got the crazy idea that I could write 50,000 by the end of November - if I stayed up all night for the next two days and typed my fingers down to the bones. I have only written a few paragraphs and I can feel the OOS setting in, so I think I will give away that idea.

However, I am amazed at how much I managed to write in about two weeks...now I will have more time (next year) and I plan to do quite a lot of research and more reflecting in this blog, so I will have plenty more to write.

I wonder when I will get my first comment? If ever?!!