"And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physcial expression, go out and explore... Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'What is the use?' For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which does not promise him a financial return within a year. And so you will sledge nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers: that is worth a great deal. If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg."

-Apsley Cherry-Garrard, from
The Worst Journey in the World



Wednesday 10 November 2010

I had quite an odd phone call last night.

A woman phoned, asked if I was Simon and then said

'I know one of your friends, but you don't know me, my name is Su Young, but you can call me Sue. Last week you got into a fight, is that right?'

I PROPER got scared at this point as I thought it was an official calling me to say that I was being deported. So I said yes and then she responded,

'Do you know the man who you had a fight with?'

'No'

'Do you know his name?'

'No'

'His name is 'blah blah' (it was too complicated for me to remember) and he wants to speak to you but he doesn't know any English and I'm his only English speaking friend. He wants to apologise. Can he meet you?'

SO ends out I'm being picked up by Sue at 8pm tonight then we're going to the mans restaurant so he can apologise.
I'm really intrigued to know what he is like sober; I say this because he started a fight with 6 people and he was by himself. He was drunk but even a really drunk person would think twice about starting a fight with 6 strangers. In all honesty I think I am a little nervous about meeting him again.

On a lighter note, yesterday in class for Grade 5 I asked em to re-write Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' and one kid called Wales (awesome name right) wrote;

I see Japan,
Nagasaki too,
I see them atomic boom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What an amazing Japan!

Korean's love Japan!

Although on a sad moment, one of the orphans re-wrote the lyrics about eating an apple with his mum. He was PROPER happy with it though so I guess it ain't so sad at all.

I gotta write some lessons!

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