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9 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04
Japanese graduation ceremonies = sob fest. The ceremony is so well orchestrated, emotions get evoked ever so often and approach fever pitch and when they reach a crescendo, Bang! the dam bursts open. Students AND teachers start crying. I don’t like i...
7 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.11
Resilience. I heard it preached during assemblies, stressed by teachers, discussed among students, but just what is it? No one has ever explained it to me. “This is Kumamon,” Mr Heng placed a Russian doll in the shape of a rosy-cheeked black bear on...
7 Dec 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.05
My supervisor used the following 3-2-1 template with me. Scroll down and see if it helps you think about your professional performance this year: 3 Key Achievements: Identify and describe 3 major high points from your work this year. Share: o why is...
6 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04
I was a spring all wound up, taut and in tension as I waited anxiously for his arrival. The bell rang, the announcements came and went, but he was nowhere in sight. Just when I was about to give up hope and turn my mind to other matters, I spotted hi...
5 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.06
The diagram above shows igusa, a beloved material from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto that is used to make tatami mats. Igusa can be used to make the seat of chairs because it is strong. One thing unique about Kumamoto is its night illumination festivals...
3 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.08
I was *under the impression* that searching for a needle in a haystack (or in this case, *a smiling ball among other unmarked balls* would be impossible. However, life has not *robbed my son of his optimism*. *From the time he was able to walk*, he h...
3 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.07
Many of you know that I’m a good drinker. But do you know what the food I turn to in my hangover state is? Presenting to you Joma Cheesecake from Vientiane, Laos! 😍 One memorable Saturday night, I partied too hard with the Laotian teachers. Though,...
2 Dec 2025 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.06
this is how my weeknights for last week went:mon-watched harry potter and the half-blood princetues-watched blindness wed-stoned and did nothingthurs-watched finale of Prison Breakfri-went for translation class. mercifully, i stayed for the entire th...
2 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.06
December is my favourite month because I not only get to consolidate my resources, but also spend the crucial time needed to revise pivotal Science concepts for my boy. I’m seriously in love with PCF Sparkletots’ brand of education. I didn’t eve...
30 Nov 2025 3 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei $0.04
Fast forward 3 years from the time I wrote Part 1 of this note. I'm really glad to have exhibited the courage to leave MOE and embark on a new adventure at SP. I'm also quite proud of the fact that I would have attained my translation diploma at the...
