Saturday, March 31, 2012 Rainy

　Drove our first-born son's stuff over to his new place. He now has his wife. He has moved out of his parents' place today. My wife kept me company to and back from there. It was dangerous to drive in the rain-especially these highways. The monotony of driving makes me sleepy.

Friday, March 30, 2012 Cloudy

　Prepared for the next staff meeting on April 2. Also got ready for the English teachers' meeting on the same day. Disposed of the attendance slips for this past school year by shredding them. April is a hectic month.

Thursday, March 29, 2012 Fair

　Spent much time reading Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game. Will be done. It is a very thick papberback, though. I was put on the spot for not uploading some info on the work I have done this past school year. It was just that the info was still a mess, but it was done on shor notice. Lack of consideration or imagination pervails at the workplace these days. Following suit with the bosses? Yesterday had an English study session with my Korean friend.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Cloudy

　Today's staff meeting was kind of a mess because the matters to discuss could not be decided by majority vote. We seem to be going through a transitional period. The direction in which we are moving is not necessarily correct, though. Yesterday helped enclose the necessary document in the pre-adressed envelopes. This was for the entrance exam committee. On Sunday took it easy at home.

Saturday, March 24, 2012 Fair and windy.

　Our first-born son went to his new place. I drove over to my mother's place for her 83rd birthday and also with a gift for my niece's newly-born baby. I watched a new Chinese drama on TV this evening. Chinese history is fun. A bit too cruel, though.

Friday, March 23, 2012 Rainy

　How come somebody can tell such a transparent lie? Also why are some people impudent enough to make such personal remarks? Curses come home to roost. Everyone is fighting over a limited amount of pie, being willful and selfish. A big talker wins the game. Really grease for the squeaking wheel. Such is life.

Thursday, March 22, 2012 Cloudy

　Our English Department is in trouble now. Rumors spread, ... by whom? Anyway it is always a black sheep or a scapegoat that any group of people try to find. I have seen this so many times. It seems that this is in our nature. Because of YOU I am or we are like this. Putting the blame on someone else is a very self-righteous way which most people utilize. This is what is happening now.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Cloudy

　Again we seemed to have fewer applicants than last year today. Well, this 2012 seems to be a transitional year for this high school. Yesterday two Chinese serial dramas ended-"Qin Emperor" and "Queens." Chinese history was really so harsh nobody won. Everyone was a loser in one way or another.

Monday, March 19, 2012 Cloudy

　Day one of the latter entrance exam for our school. Not as many applicants as usual. There was a curriculum committee meeting as usual. The day after tomorrow our English department rep will let me know the details. Yesterday drove over to our first-born son's condo for the first time. Quite conveniently situated. On the 17th inactive due to the bad weather.

Friday, March 16, 2012 Cloudy

　Yesterday was quite chilly. So was today. I took a few hours off and came back home both days. Yesterday I burned the midnight oil working on the Super Crossword Puzzel. Today I typed in some info into the electronic school records. My smartphone is still handful. Every day is a struggle. It is an expensive gadget.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Fair

　Did not realize that I had not written in my diary for so long. Today being a substitute holiday, went to the dentist for a checkup, paid the Korean class tuition for the next term, checked out a couple of books at the library, bought something for lunch, relaxing for the rest of the day, watching the recordings of the morning Korean drama and the Chinese drama "The Qin First Emperor." The day before yesterday was the last day for the Chinese course. Said to my teahcer "Glad to know you" in Chinese. In the Korean class, our teacher complained about her chest bone pain, so another teacher, who was leaving Japan soon, came in and talked with us in Korean. Mrach the 11th and 13th were our school's entrance exam days. I interviewed some exmainees and also wan on telephone duty.

Saturday, March 10, 2012 Cloudy

　Things did not go as planned. Did not read at all. Did not study Korean or Chinese at all. Just watched the recordings of some Chinese dramas. Yesterday at work applicants fell short of the necessary number. Took a couple of hours off. My wife bought me a plastic cover for my Smartphone.

Thursday, March 8, 2012 Cloudy

　Yesterday in charge of receiving applications. Today on telephone duty down in the office. Still struggling with my Smartphone, which is really an expensive gadget. This morning started my slow joggiing in the field in back of our place. I jogged very slowly for 30 minutes for so.

Tuesday, Mrach 6, 2012 Cloudy

　The weather was nasty yesterday andthe day before yesterday, which means I was unable to tale a walk. Yesterday double-checked the subjects the homeroom kids are taking next school year. The new Smartphone was taken to the au shop because there was something wrong with it. The problem was solved all right. Today went to the Korean class and also the Chinese. The latter was a mess because I did not do my reviewing. Too bad.

Sunday, March 4, 2012 Rainy

　Day one for our school's application. Not many applicants came to the place I was in charge of today, but having forgotten how to go through all the procedure, made some mistakes, which I corrected later. Today's sum-up Student Council teachers' meeting lasted for over an hour.

Saturday, March 3, 2012 Cloudy

　My wife and I visited the neighborhood au shop to buy a Smartphone. It took us over two hours just to listen to their explanation. Back home struggled setting up the Smartphome until midnight. Still we had a lot of questions to ask, though.

Friday, March 2, 2012 Cloudy

　So very busy settleing Student Council accounts. That was almost done anyway. Just a couple of students who came at the last minutes. The way the contract English teacher dealt with the one who came at the very last minute was just incredible, preposterous. The interview with the boss was just as I had expected-faultfinding from above, not assessing the whole job properly. Education is no longer education. No future for Osakan public education.

Thursday, March 1, 2012 Cloudy

　There was an explanation meeting about the coming entrance examination, which took over an hour. Worked on the Super Crossword. Took two hours off and came back home. We Englsih teachers are now wondering what will become of our Englsih department workloadwise. I am afraid the management has little idea about our situation.