'so I increase the suspense with my voice and a bag'...

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...was one of the more obtuse things that I heard today, when we went to do some training today, so that we can take over some of the kids groups when one of the teachers goes at the end of the month. The training was in Kashii, which is about 10 minutes east of Fukuoka, and was pretty average - except that the 8-hour training day became a 14-hour marathon, due to the train timetable. Nobody's fault, really; Kashii's not a big stop on the Express train in that it 's so near Hakata that if you actually wanted anything, you'd just go there. Anyhow, this meant that when we finished for the day, at about 7.30, we had to go away from Nakatsu to Hakata, before hanging about there for a half hour, before coming back again. Boo. Anyway, what with that and the upcoming Chibiko training (2-4 years old, taught with parents present, mainly to stop me from being a human set of monkey bars, i reckon) there'll be more variety on the teaching front, and it'll take some of the pressure off the other teachers there who are already trained.

On another note, i bought myself a Flickr Pro account tonight, on account of them only recording the 200 most recent photos on the regular account - that was ok when i wasn't taking many, but now i'd like them to be about all the time, and i'd be well miffed if they started disappearing from the blog posts. Thus, i can now upload them in their original bigness, so if people want to DL them they should all be there (J, i reckon that'll fix your problem...)

The balding gentleman in the picture was seen today in Kashii outside a ramen restaurant - had it been open i would have tried some, but unfortunately it was way too early. Next time i see his shiny pate, I'll grab one.

On a side note, I got some gum from my folks the other day - it was much appreciated, and i've chomped about a packet and a half. Should last for ages, then.