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June and warmth are finally here to stay! My temporary staffroom overlooks a tree-lined mini-lake rather than the baseball pitch as the previous one did, and I seem to spend half my time watching the leaves flutter in the breeze. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m British, so forgive me for the weather talk, but the end of May was glorious; hot, but with cooling breezes, night time and shady spots remaining cool. Essentially, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perfect British summer weather and I love it. Of course the rains will come and humidity head through the roof, but I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but smile for the moment at least.<\/p>\n
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The end of May also, of course, meant the real start of the end for us leaving JET in the summer \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the 2013 contingent (hello if anyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reading!) are finding out their placements. As soon as I started seeing posts on the Hyogo AJET Facebook page it all became that more immediate. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve attempted to start a manual to relate some of the ins and outs of life of my school. 5,500 words later, I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in overkill territory and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not even done yet. That said, there might be something in it somewhere that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be useful. At the very least writing it kept me entertained during the midterm exams.<\/p>\n
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I have a horrible feeling that these last few months are going to fly by in a haze of busy-ness. My cunning plan to slowly but steadily improve the cleanliness of my house (so I have less to do just<\/i> before I move out) has rather fallen by the wayside. I keep noting things I could do, and then deciding that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just be doing them again before too long. I managed to pack away the kotatsu blanket, heat-tech and jumpers in a vacuum bag though, so that made me feel like I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d done something. Now if I could just get off my arse long enough to sand and varnish the table\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
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But hey, enough talk of moving and cleaning. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hyogo Times, err, time. This month we have the return of Miso Green, a trip to the top of Japan and time spent appreciating the fleet footed inhabitants of the Hanshin racecourse. We also have another delicious treat being whipped up in the Kicchiri kitchen and some suggestions for a night on the tiles in, shock horror \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Osaka! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s at times like this that I wish my computer had a glare-free screen so I could toddle off outside, sit down in the sun, and peruse.<\/p>\n
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Enjoy!<\/p>\n
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Imi<\/p>\n
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P.S. The joys of getting everything together before the PDF is actually due out. Can you tell that I wrote this before May 28th\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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