Recently surpassed a streak of 10^3 consecutive days of learning on memrise… don’t think I’m going to be able to keep this up until I hit 10^4… and guess what, no rewards or points or anything for it.
Here’s a screenshot:
Which also means that slightly more than 1000 days ago, the app and the website didn’t work and I lost a 350ish day streak. Nobody ever said sorry about that then.
every time I walk by…
reminds me of this:
(shamelessly stolen from https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/en.futurama/images/9/96/Futurama_roberto.png/revision/latest?cb=20110619182621 )
… it took only about five years.
Here’s the proof:
Some puzzles on the Expert level have taken me weeks to solve. Now I don’t have to bother with this anymore. Good riddance!
Last week (or maybe two weeks back), the result of the CPE came in. I passed with a grade of A and with a score slightly higher than 220 although I messed up the writing part somehow. Given the minimal preparation I spent on this test, probably quite a decent result.
Oh, at my current employer I had to take an obligatory speaking test (automated): Verdant. Verdict: a very valiant 78 of 80 points.
Last week I took the Cambridge Proficiency Test, the whole package (English in use, Writing, Listening, Speaking). The result should come in around December 10th which is refreshingly quick. I’m not unduly worried but it won’t be a perfect score this time, definitely not.
Still, for anyone out there on a reasonably good level in English should take up this challenge. You can do it!
across continents. Moving to another continent at the end of the month and besides being scared shitless, there’s so much to do when you need to clean out your apartment. So much to throw away…. because there is so much that accrues over time. I found old guitar cables, not used for 15 years. They definitely need to go. And since I’m boarding the plane with just three pieces of luggage, I can’t afford to bring almost anything. Shipping is quite costly.
But then again, so much memories are buried in all that stuff.
… whereas SI means specialty instructor and I’ve made that up, I don’t think it’s an official acronym.
However, it’s only a small step and does not take much time or effort. Plus I think teaching specialties is more intriguing than the mainstream courses.
The next step is actually teaching and certifying but given my work life and the changes coming up, I don’t think I will have much time to teach people scuba diving. More’s the pity!
You wouldn’t believe it…. I certainly don’t.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle neuen PADI Instruktoren aus der PADI Instructor Examination in Bern an diesem Wochenende!…
Posted by PADI Pros – Europe on Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017
Actually, it wasn’t too hard. We didn’t do anything we hadn’t practiced before. But still…. a test is a test is a test and therefor you can fail.
Colour me relieved.
Hard on the heels of the Divemaster and the Assistant Instructor program, I completed the OWSI course last weekend.
All in all quite demanding but also fun and you can learn tons of good things.
Sad note: The IE that was scheduled for this weekend was cancelled because there are not enough candidates. The next date is mid-October so somehow I have to make sure I don’t forget anything until then.
Keep your fingers crossed for me.
The Tomy tracks are a great toy. Not only for kids, also for parents and grandparents. And with all the available parts you can create some really astonishing layouts.
One of the properties of a well-planned layout is the direction in which the trains can run. Sometimes accidentally and sometimes on purpose, tracks limit trains running in just one direction.
This one is not and it uses all the special tracks parts that we have at the moment: crossroads, switches, the bridge:
If this doesn’t sound like much too you, try building some tracks for yourself and you’ll be surprised.