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Tag Archives: skills
I’ll go and play with words and pictures
Just finished my first video editing session in a long time (think the last time was this short thing in summer 2010 for work): a minute long clip of different English speakers for a warm up for a lesson on … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, minor thoughts, NaBloWriMo
Tagged NaBloWriMo, ooh project!, skills, teaching
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White noise
Hands up everyone who thinks the Croydon Tramlink would be vastly improved by some sort of cute animal character painted on the side: Oh. Yeah. Suddenly realising you’re looking at a very mundane thing with the addition of a ridiculously … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Learning Japanese, NaBloWriMo
Tagged Japan, NaBloWriMo, Okayama, skills
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Long time no see!
(My students love this phrase.) Sorry about the radio silence. I’ve been considering taking part in NaNoWriMo for the first time ever, as it seems a good way of giving myself a kick up the backside and actually writing. If … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Learning Japanese, NaBloWriMo
Tagged にほんご, cooking, Japan, language, language learning, NaBloWriMo, nihongo, ooh project!, skills
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Knit One
There are a few skills I’m ashamed to be lacking in my late twenties. (The main one is probably not being able to drive, but my Oyster card generally does the trick for that one). So I’m trying to get … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting
Tagged knitting, ooh project!, scarf, skills, the year of woolly thinking
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