Friday, July 07, 2006

A tough week

This week has been tough and next week looks to be similar. One of the other teachers is moving to greener pastures and it will be interesting to see how the teaching schedules will change to take it into account. We have had a few intensive students recently (50 lessons a week!!) and it really does make the working day considerably busier. It has, however, changed my appreciation of my free time and sleep. Sunday is my only day completely free of lessons and will be wonderful!!!
Tristram Shandy was an unusual film. It really felt like an extended BBC2 comedy special rather than a movie. It was funny but not in a laugh-out-loud way. I would recommend it to Steve Coogan/Rob Brydon fans only.
Everything is Illuminated was a great film. I was expecting a quirky comedy but it is actually a fairly moving story about Ukranian Jews in WW2 and the effects still being felt by their families. So... I was really off the mark with the comedy genre. It has many humorous characters but it is definitely not a film to watch if you are feeling in need of some belly laughs...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

At last after getting back from Angola I have time to check your blog, so thought I'd pop in and say hello, and that there's an email in the manufacturing process (currently still in the "I am thinking I really must write an email" machine somewhere in the depths of my brain)... catch up soon, no doubt.