Good & Bad about today

@Toll: and very pretty women. lol. Hungary is definitely on my list. I wish I could travel everywhere right now. I will be in Prague for a while. It is only a short train hop to Budapest. Unless the trains are like the Deutsche Bahn...

Yeah, I forgot the pretty women. Magyar Államvasútak is not as good but it isn't bad either. Trains are a little dirty, sometimes they are delayed and in summer they are often crowded, but that's all.

[Aldhissla]

@Fenrir: Till when are you going to stay in Prague again? And if that doesn't work out: Maybe you're interested to hit Summer Breeze Festival with us?

Good: Finally getting a proper slatted frame for my bed today. I simply couldn't afford one when I bought the bed as a student, then I kept forgetting about it. Now I am getting one for free. Only prob is I have to rent a van for transportation.

I will be in Prague indefinitely at this point. My course runs from 25 June - 27 July and I will look for a job in Prague/CR for the simple reason that they will assist with my Visa. Most teaching contracts appear to be 1 year terms, so I will be in the 'general area' for at least 1 year.

I don't know when the Euro semester starts, so I will have to get back to you on Summer Breeze. Furthermore, I will probably be very low on money at that point and focused on finding a room to rent/getting myself established wherever I am teaching. It would be great to go, but I really have to be correct with my finances first and foremost.

Good: last day of classes, only one exam and a short paper left
Good: it's an early day on top of being the last day
Good: my appetite is almost fully operational and ready for fuel
Bad: have been slacking on my exercising...the last thing I want is to hear about Americans and our bad eating habits when I arrive so I need to work hard over the next few weeks to eliminate some of this beer/belly/carbohydrate softness around my midsection. Also, I need to be in somewhat decent shape because I have an open sparring challenge I must answer when I visit Copenhagen. Yes, I will prove that my Germanic barbarian blood will defeat the viking blood. lol. Though the real challenge will be Kung Fu(me) vs. Brasilian Jiu Jitsu(Martin)...yes I am a little worried b/c I don't have much grappling experience, but I have a very solid base, fast hands, and quite a reach advantage. The key is STUFF THE TAKEDOWNS!!!

Bad: Something made my stomach upset last weekend. I don't know what. I wasn't eating anything only vegetables and a little meat. Unfortunately I ran out of medicine (pálinka). That's too bad.
Good: My girlfriend gave me a pillow-case with bears on it as a gift.

Good: My sickness is pretty much non-existent
Bad: I still have a lingering cough that can be quite annoying

Fenrir, congrats on the graduation! Damn, was I relieved when I finished.

Good: About two weeks ago, I decided I can't continue doing what I've been doing, so I renewed my passport to go teach English somewhere. The only teaching I had was a day a week for about two years, but it was experience and the kids didn't blow anything up. I have a university degree, so I should be able to find something in Korea or Japan, because I need to make enough to pay my half of the rent here in the US. I'd rather go somewhere in Europe, but I'm not sure if I have the ability to pull off teaching there. I was going to go through a TEFL course to make me a little better at teaching, but there is no way I can afford that now, due to the bad thing below:

Bad: They've been piling too many things on me at work for too many years. I knew something would break sooner or later. Something broke and my boss is putting all the blame on me. Technically, it was my fault since everyone else knew even less than I did. However, I relied on a consultant that said everything was taken care of and didn't have the chance to put him through a lie detector and/or fully understand what exactly I was to do and believed them when they said, "No, everything is done, you don't have to do anything." I asked my boss if I still would have a job on Monday (tomorrow is a local holiday) and was asked "What do you think?" Great. Just great. After ten years of working my butt off, trying my damndest to get things done and being 95% successful, the 5% I couldn't figure out just bent me over without the aid of any Vaseline. Even if he's playing mind games and doesn't fire me (he's done this to others for months before he gets around to having someone else fire them), I don't think I can go back.

[Aldhissla]

Sorry to hear that, Drinkingtea...whatever happens next, I hope it turns out for the best!

Bad: Yesterday I just accidentally six beers (three liters) and now the weekend seems so far away.

@Drinkingtea: Good luck, I am sure you can teach English very well. Wetalked about this topic some time ago, I might recommend you Celta or Delta courses at the British council of wherever place you go, they have the best reputation. Plus, I´ve got tons of books, cds, activities and videos that students love, I will share them with you of course.

Good: Free day. It is time to sleep, pop up my head in the gym and do lots of dead liftings and other exercises.
Good: Rainy and Cold day, not many people will show up at the gym, this means more space.

[Aldhissla]

Good: I managed to get up early today so I can also knock off early from work.
Good: I did the above so I got the afternoon to get ready for Walpurgisnacht. Bonfire, mead and songs.

@Drinkingtea: I will be doing this in Prague http://www.teflcertificatecourses.com/ Only 1550 Euros gets you everything minus food in Prague. I only paid about $670 for a one-way ticket to Germany.(gonna visit family and friends before hopping the train to Prague) So do what I did: sell your car, music equipment, and everything in between. It's a one way ticket to the rest of your life. Sink or swim. I would definitely like to teach in Asia sometime, but the demands are much less in Prague and I need some TEFL experience before considering Asia. For example, you don't need a Visa unless you get a job and if you decide to teach in CR they cover a trip to Berlin during the course to take care of all the paperwork and assist with the Visa. They also claim 100% job placement. No background check for American citizen, etc. etc.

Good: Will graduate this week, finally!
Bad: I have to battle with the Uni about getting my actual degree so I can get an Apostille stamp before I leave the country. Otherwise they are claiming near 6 weeks for the degree to come in the mail, when I live less than 10 minutes from the Uni itself. Makes perfect fucking sense...