Yes. Yes. Yes. Blog is back and so is poker. Nine of the boys from the football team and work turned up at ours to play some Texas hold em' poker. I hadn't played properly since Korea days and have been itching for a session(the "cadillac" of poker as interpreted in the movie "Rounders") since I got here. As it was, none of the people who turned up had played before really, so it was a financially beneficial night for me if a little dull on the quality of hands that came up. The ammount of times that 2 pair won the hands was amazing considering that 7 or 8 people were on the table at the time.
Its all testing at school at the moment. With the pre Xmas holiday coming up, parents want their kids reports finalised before the big holiday. That's fine by me. It more or less means that the last couple of weeks will be relatively laid back with the bulk of the paperwork out of the way. My A1 class (beginners) is becoming my flagship class and the subject of great enjoyment. We've been doing a lot more practical usage of language and a bit less on the everyday vocabulary and grammar workshops. Lots of roleplay and acting out scenes from airports, hotels and restaurants. Its always fun to teach practical English because the students see it as the most important tool they can gain. Many of them plan to travel either for work or pleasure and will no doubt be eager to practice what they've learnt in a real setting. Obviously.
Wish I could see Utd play on Tv at the moment. They are, by all the accounts I've read, playing the best for many years. It was so much easier watching them over in Korea because of the Park Ji-Sung connection; it seems daft being just 2 borders away from the UK here and yet cant even get highlights. Enough moaning. Xmas is 2 weeks away now, I just cant wait for that flight that takes me home to my baby and a rest. Peace out.
