In the space of 24 little hours, I have had no less than 5 friends sending me a link to an online job advertisement. This is unprecedented. So, I’ve taken a little look at it, and I suppose it’s alright. The position is described as “caretaker”, which is not really the sort of career I [...]
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“Tere! Do you speak English? Err… kas sa räägid inglise keelt?” I ask the cheerful looking receptionist. “Hmm,” she replies, “Very leetle beet!”. Her cheerfulness does not seem to have diminished, which is encouraging, as this is not going to be easy at all. I have come to the Nomme Ujula leisure centre, having decided [...]
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This is a Christmas card sent to me by Kat the Cat. To be slightly more accurate, it is a card that came in a package from my mum, with an accompanying note explaining that “she was sick that day, which is how we managed to get away with it”. I must say that I [...]
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So, we’re nine days into ’09. Let’s take a look at what I’ve done so far, lest the entire month slide past only for me to exclaim in dismay “Hang on – have I even been outside yet?!”. 2009: Activities so far * Coughing. Of the loud, hacking, my-lungs-are-going-to-come-out-of-my-mouth-soon variety. * Sneezing. Aren’t sneezes strange? [...]
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Our nearest library has quite a good selection of books in English, which is great. Not so great is the rather odd and dated system they have in place for members who are not officially resident in Estonia. If you have an ID card, it’s just a matter of getting your books swiped and going [...]
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There was a Braille convention of some description in the nearby shopping mall the other day. This in itself was not a particularly odd thing. It was a local event as part of “Braille 200″ – the worldwide celebration of the bicentennial of Louis Braille’s birth. However, I must admit to being completely bewildered by [...]
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Yesterday, we thought it might be nice to go and walk around a big lake. You know, as you do. It was only -4°C in Tallinn town centre as we sauntered over to the trolley bus stop, sweating uncomfortably in such unexpectedly high temperatures. (Seriously. There’s a display board outside the shopping centre next door, [...]
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Being ill all over the holidays has not exactly been a pleasant experience, but it has given me the opportunity to become reacquainted with one of my first loves. Not Mark Owen, but reading. As a child, I was not at all cool. I could quite happily spend all day in my room with a [...]
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The other night, I climbed to the top of a very steep hell. That was meant to be “hill”, but I mistyped it entirely by accident and have decided to leave it like that. This is because when temperatures are sub-zero, and you’ve got the cold, and you’re all fevery and wobbly and sniffly, and [...]
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You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
