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Hakuba 47 - 13 Hakuba Cortina - 13 Hakuba Goryu - 14 (+) Happo-one - 6 (-)

jesus, well spotted i bow to your greater korean ski-jo knowledge. Muju is awful low down, but once you get to the second set of lifts half way up it was almost empty. Im hoping if i find somewhere to ride itll be much the same once you escape the bottom lift bedlam.

Its kinda funny. But was doing a spot of research on it last night. Celta is MUCH more prized in the middle east and europe, But Tefl is more recognised in Korea. Its also much much easier As we all know, im not exactly swimming in self motivation as far as esl goes so going with the tefl. The risk is that because tefl isnt standardized to a consistently high quality that over time its value will diminish, whereas the celta (because it has very rigid levels of assessment) will remain as the essential ESL qualification for positions around the world. Basically right now the two are seen as rel

Oh Korea! how i look forward to your sweet cool embrace once more! Decided to do the tefl. You should see the certificate, (my mate has one) it looks like it was done in MS word. But who cares! its legit. Heres a picture to remind you exactly why i going back there. Korean mountains are... an experience... Id like you to have a wee look at that watermark and realise that this photo is supposed to SELL korean winter sports to the world. Lookie! you can compete in a race taking up an entire third of the mountain, or play on a sledge taking up another third, or if you just want to ride, theres

Hakuba 47 - 12 Hakuba Cortina - 12 Hakuba Goryu - 12 (+) Happo-one - 7 Tsugaike Kogen - 2 (-)

Dunno if im giving myself a needless headache, but here it is. As of August 1st i dont work in Thailand no more. Just handed in my resignation. Gonna do the Tefl in koh samui or the celta in bangkok. I know the celta is more prestigious, and will carry me further, but i want OUT of this stupid career, and the only requirement for a PS job in korea is the in-class 120 hour tefl. The celta means more should i decide to head elsewhere and maybe try and push my earnings up in the private side of things (plus it leads to the delta if i find myself stuck here in another five years and happen to have

Hakuba 47 - 10 (+) Hakuba Cortina - 11 Hakuba Goryu - 11 Hakuba Iwatake - 2 (-) Happo-one - 6 Tsugaike Kogen - 5

I just heard about the illumiroom. Its not quite as amazing as my brain decided it was going to be, but things are getting entertaining Its in its infancy, but its clear that once you start getting games with the kinect controller and you have 360 degree projection/alteration of your environment then immersion gaming will have taken a bit of a step. The next step of course will be 3d manipulation and once thats locked in, hooray! lawnmower man! Please have this all come together for internet pronbefore i die god!

right, i missed 85% of that (stupid teaching!) someone fill me in on anything pre-destiny. Anything scream I MUST PLAY THIS NOWWWWWW!!!???

Theyve just destroyed xbox. 399 dollars, 399 euros, and 349 quid. Id actually consider it now

destiny is KILLING it! Cant freaking wait for that game to be honest. I aint a fps person, but this ticks all my mmo boxes so far.

bunch of games that look exactly like games from the last two or three years on PC with nothing particularly ground breaking or interesting in terms of gameplay. Its early doors in the cycle and maybe the one game that looked like it genuinely might grab my attention was about a thirty second cutscene demo by black tusk studios. But otherwise bunch of shooters, a fighter, a racing game, 2 zombie games, 2 token indie games, a pc game, and massive bullshit games like world of tanks and minecraft... its all lowest common denominator stuff. Oh! and halo! And lots and lots of "Exclusive for xbox!!!

tedious thus far. I know, games games games, but metal gear solid (non xbox exclusive), a new, slim (???couldnt see it - feed sucks) xbox 360, now theyre banging on about world of tanks on xbox 360. I really need to get some sleep. I just switched out my interview. Ill do it on Wednesday morning instead Watching the gameplay from Ryse. Was actually keen on this since it was supposed to showcase the kinect. But holy hell is it some clunky cliche looking bullshit. Theyre now presenting a car??? An actual car. Hooray! Does it come with the xbox one? "Now lets take a look at our

part 2 of the xbox saga in 4 minutes live from e3 if you can find a stream. This is apparently the 'games' one. Only unless they reveal in-game DMT the whole things going to be "thats nice... how about that whole used games/always on/backwards incompatibility/exorbitant cost for live/obsession with EA sports/USAfocuserevealwithatonneofshitthatwontworkanywehereelseintheworld thing?" Xbox - on! (it took me 4 minutes to type that believe it or not - i couldnt remember what else i was going to write after xbox live cost). ETA: Silly me, starts at 1.30am Japan time, not 1.00. Youve still go

Its honestly amazing, i really couldnt give less of a four x about consoles, but i am LOVING the gossip and bitching about this wave. E3, an event barely register is hyped and ready to kick off. Heres to microsoft cocking it up. Its not that i hate microsoft. Its just that its been hilarious so far and long may it continue.

but still marginally less important than atsui/samui desu ne?!? That being said, as a fellow brit you might also feel the same pang of cultural guilt i felt writing that.

Veep just gets better and better. Watched a few episodes first time around. Liked it, but was too busy trying to map on the thick of it that it eventually slipped away. Started watching season 2 and my goodness, it might actually be even better than its incredible predecessor. Definitely watch it without the seinfeld/iannucci goggles and youll thank me. Barbarous writing and once again some phenomenal casting.

hakuba, nozawa, zao, niseko, myoko, yuzawa (i reckon you need them all to compete), shiga kogen. Id also add in some tohoku thing so metabo doesnt feel left out but honestly itll escape censure based entirely on the fact only he's been there

Hakuba 47 - 8 (+) Hakuba Cortina - 7 Hakuba Goryu - 7 (+1) Hakuba Iwatake - 5 Hakuba Norikura - 5 Hakuba Sanosaka - 3 Happo-one - 6 Tsugaike Kogen - 4 (-1) AT LAST!!! REVENGE ON TSUGAIKE!!! Once we're done with this tiny little insignificant area, can we do the big 7?

i honestly have no idea. Also, the recruiter, for no reason at all decided to reschedule my appointment ten minutes AFTER the interview was supposed to take place (interview was supposed to take place at 7.30 am). Massive red flag with these guys. They also sent me an email at 2am trying to reschedule it to 6am, then obviously realised i would have been asleep and 20 minutes later switched it back to the correct time. :? (which they rescheduled to Monday 6am at 7.40am my time).Its pretty clear that the dude just wanted to get home early. What a douchebag.

term by term contract.

yeah, i need to have money when i go back and the most consistent money was in Korea (well, actually it was on JET). Its just that i kept spending it on month long stints snowboarding in Japan and then moving here It also comes with the bonus that you can start from zero since they fly you in. ETA: Just woke up bright and early to get to school on time for my interview with the recruiter only to realise its tomorrow. FFFUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

Ive had IBS since arriving in Trat. Well actually since the day of that fateful bus journey from Bangkok (eyes passim). And in other non thai related news, you must have a TEFL to teach public school in Korea. This isnt terrible since i can conceivably get one in the hols in october. But it does mean that now im kinda stuck here until the start of the school year in Korea. That being said, have an interview with a recruiter tomorrow for a placement in Gangwon Do (one of the first lines of defence against the NorK's). Ill get the gen from them on the situation. What im hoping is that due to

food is nommy to hell. Love it. But unfortunately i have this phobia that what im eating isnt what i think im eating (i honestly have a shopping list of, lets call them, quirks). Its my own fault too. When i was around 17 or 18 i went to the supermarket with my folks (as you would), and bought myself some chocolate and a 2 litre bottle of 7-up. When i got home, i started tucking into it and my sister asked me for some. I said 'sure' then backwashed into (as any older brother would). Only id been eatin the chocolate so the backwash was grim to look at. She obviously declined my generous offer a

fnar fnar.