Month: November 2011
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‘It’s so hard to find good help, these days…’
Although I should not complain about getting good help when the Western world sees it as a luxury, in this part of the world, it’s a way of life. With both of us studying and working full-time, one area that gets lost is a regular and thorough cleaning. Since most people hire housekeepers/nannies/maids, who are…
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Vacay Day 3 in AD
Only got about five hours of sleep last night. I’m not sure why… I did go to bed around 2am, but thought I would sleep in…. Anyway, yesterday was a fairly good day, though not necessarily study-productive. I did get quite a bit of reading done, but it’s taking me longer to get through some…
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Vacay Day 2 in AD
This is just a small view of the things I have planned to get through this week. 😀 I managed to accomplish in small doses everything on my list yesterday, though not necessarily as much as I had hoped for one day. Still, it is holiday and as long as I get bits done each…
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Vacay Day 1 in AD
It dawned on me this morning that this is perhaps the first time in three years that I have stayed put during a holiday. It’s a little weird. Also, I haven’t been on my own for a while, so I have to admit that I’m quite a bit excited about the week. 🙂 After dropping…
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Zoo Drama
While I am trying to recover from midterm hell, we got some more fantastic news today at work. Our vacation went from being a week long to just two workdays. WTF? Normally, I would just roll with the punches, but after the last two days and with more marking coming up tomorrow due to the…
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Midterm HELL!
Okay, seriously, I thought it was bad when we had to double-mark 25 essays at the end of term. When I decided to do this new semester course, I figured that it would be an okay trade-off to have to teach instead of all the marking…. Then, mid-term exams were formulated – okay, I can…
