Advent Tree

I wrote the new listening test today based on my weekend in Osaka I've tried to keep I simple and I've written a selection of questions so Tachikawa-sensei can choose the most suitable. I didn't have much else to do for the day, what with the exams starting today.

Towards the end of the day I came up with a good idea; make an advent calendar in the shape of a Christmas Tree, with a bauble for each day before Christmas. The noticeboard has been empty since the school festival and with teh earthquake I didn;t think it appropriate to put anything up. But Christmas is coming, even the shops in Japan are getting into teh Festive Spirit, and I am an ALT so I'm supposed to come up with inter-cultural ideas. Each bauble on the tree will represent each day before Christmas, and when the day arrives, I'll turn over the bauble and reveal a short piece of English text describing some element of Christmas. It's genius.

So I've sketched out the shape of the tree and worked out what subject will appear behind each bauble. There isn't any green or red paper in the office so I've been out and bought some. I can't wait til tomorrow now so that I can start on it.

But before then, I'm off out tonight to Sabbath with the ALTs, Keiko and Hiromi. I'm driving because I've taken so many cold remedies I can't drink. I don't mind because I think the remedies are doing the trick and my cold is getting better, which is a good thing since I'm scheduled to play two footy matches this weekend.