Monday, July 17, 2006

Spain and Portugal

I thought it would be best if I could take a break from the school. So, I have decided to go to Spain and Portugal. I went to Eastern Europe last year. It turned out to be quite nice. I went to Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary. Both Poland and Czech Republic were worthwhile to visit. For Hungary, it was just so so.
This year, I'm going to Barcelona, Madrid, Seville and Lisbon. These living standard of these cities are relatively cheaper than other western European countries. One thing that shocked me a bit is the temperature. It can reach almost 40C at daytime. Wow, in Hong Kong. It just reaches 33-35C at most. But it is the humidity that kills in Hong Kong. It's much drier in those cities. I hope it would be bearable. I'm leaving tonight. Hope I can sleep on the plane.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

End of the school year

At last, the whole school is about to finish. This year is a bit different. My school is going to close down. The school management said that it will still go on for 5 more years.
Well, they can say whatever they want. But the reality is that teachers have started to leave. Students will start to leave soon.
What am I going to do?
I'll still hang around for another year and see what will happen in the following year.

One thing that really pissed a lot of people off is the way the school handled matters during this period. The are afraid of teachers' leaving, that's why they offered some staff of a pay rise of HK$10,000 a month to keep them. Of course it would be great if you were one of them. But for the others, it's a blatant unfairness. This will create a big frigging problem for the teachers who are going to stay. Well, let's see what will happen then.