Wednesday 23rd October, 2013                 2230

Not a lot to be blogging about lately, hence the hiatus.

Today though after my afternoon class I quickly went home and got Pepsi then went to the sweet pork place. I needed to be reasonably brief because I was taking Joanna and her high school friend (history major here now) to dinner.

When I arrived the male owner was manning the outside fruit “stall” a collection of plastic trays with apples, oranges, bananas, pomelos etc) and he gave me an odd look whilst nodding for what I thought meant go inside and help yourself. I do that anyway, so really I should have twigged. My camera crew were inside waiting to film my arrival. I really should stop being such a creature of habit!

After there I went to my “office” to buy wine, some potatoes and have a swift bottle before taking the dog home and going to meet the girls to take the bus. Whilst sitting having a drink I received texts. One was from Lucy the media girl. They wanted to come and film us in the restaurant downtown. I agreed and advised Joanna. She in turn got slightly peeved that I hadn’t told her yesterday when I invited her and so I had to explain I had only just found out.

Another text was from Cinny.Teaching plans for the whole of this semester need to be ready in a week! Previously I had been told I could do them retrospectively at the end of term and I haven’t even started them. Why has it changed? Because my now ex friend Kevin questioned why he had to turn his in at the end of this month and I didn’t! So instead of him getting an extension I now have a rush on. I bought the potatoes so as to make his favourite leek and potato soup (maybe tomorrow) but now I may just go and buy some laxatives to add to it!

Anyway, Joanna, Rainy and I took the bus (amazingly all of us had a seat) and we went for a prawn hotpot. The two film crew (Vivian and the boy) were waiting to film us as we entered but never kept it rolling for that long. I invited them to join us for dinner as it wasn’t going to cost much more for five instead of three seeing as there is always loads left over. The lad  had to get back as he had promised to help a classmate tonight but Vivian stayed. She kept the camera and filmed a little during the meal. I have asked her to email me tonight’s footage unedited and hopefully she will do so. I do want it in order to be able to remember Joanna in years to come.

During the meal though I mentioned that more multimedia students want to interview me after lunch tomorrow. As far as I can tell it will just be a question and answer session in an empty classroom but Vivian seemed most concerned that other students were poaching her idea. I have suggested that she arrive when I do so she can ask her fellows what they are doing. If they want to replicate her work then of course I shall be obliged to refuse. It puzzles me though that they are all asking me and not Kevin or Ollivier.

So that’s it for today, I never took my camera because I thought I might get footage instead. Tomorrow I am taking Miffy (her name to change now I have explained to the girl what it really means!) for a Japanese.