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Entries from October 2005

Happy Halloween

October 31st, 2005 · 2 Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!This year Halloween won’t be that important here, so I am reduced to living it through my friends. I have to give props to one of the most creative ladies I know, Britta. Her [...]

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Tags: Holiday · Italy · Religion-Politics

Stuffo

October 26th, 2005 · 3 Comments

So, the search for a new job has intensified lately, given that there have been some negative changes at my school - new management who have cut existing fixed-hour contracts by 20% (which I don’t have), and they are making sure teachers with contracts get priority so they don’t end up paying them for hours [...]

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Tags: Italy · Milan · Teaching English · Work

Losing Ground, Gaining Cheese

October 23rd, 2005 · No Comments

It’s been raining a lot in Puglia lately - there have been mudslides and some bridges washing away. Look at this high-speed train that seemed to have stopped just in time. Luckily, where Sante’s family is, there hasn’t been as much rain so they are doing fine.
In case you saw Chinesepod from the [...]

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Tags: Italy · Pavia · Puglia · Tech Talk

Japanese, Chinese, Mojito

October 23rd, 2005 · 2 Comments

I am currently very obsessed with Sudoku, a number game that is infecting most of Europe after starting in Japan. I don’t usually play online, but there are some sites that have online games that change every day or that you can print out. It is addictive! I have a bit of history with these [...]

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