A few things to add

I'm typing this from the living room of my new flat. It's an old house in Grafton, in Central Auckland that I'm sharing with 5 other friendly people. My bedroom is tiny but the rent is reasonably cheap for Auckland. It's so narrow that i can touch the opposite walls at the same time. I don't know how long I can last in this space. The rest of the house is great though and I spend most of my time in the kitchen or living room.
In an effort to get fit and because parking is too expensive I bought a bike and now cycle to work. It takes me about 10 minutes to get to work (I basically just roll down the hill) and maybe about 20 minutes to get home.

It's great teaching adults. My students are so polite. They actually thank me at the end of each lessons. One even said "enjoy your meal" to me. One of my co-workers is from London so I'm always learning Cockney rhyming slang from him. Like "use your loaf" (loaf of bread= head) and "have a radox" which means have a laugh. Do you get the connection?

Sorry I've got no photos to put up. Tomorrow I'm going to make an effort to take my camera everywhere I go and take at least 10 photos so that I might have something to show you.

Are you on Facebook?

I haven't been writing my blog as frequently as I was. One reason for this is that I haven't had any big news recently except to say that my job is going well and I still haven't found a flat. I've never had such a difficult time trying to find a flat. In the past I've been really blessed to be placed in really good flats (see previous posts) without having to go through this process of searching and waiting. So far I've found 3 flats or apartments that I really liked and each time I was rejected! The people living there chose other people to move in.
In the meantime I'm enjoying living at home with my parents where I get all my meals provided and my laundry washed for me.

The other reason I haven't been writing in this blog is that I've become addicted to facebook. I finally decided to join a week ago after about 5 people had invited me and it is really cool. Already I have 50 friends (and growing), 15 wall posts and 111 friends' photo albums to look through. It's been a great way to catch up with people I know. So if you haven't joined yet, you really should.

Fios

I haven't posted anything for a while but I've been busy. I am now working, so I don't have lots of spare time anymore. However, I will continue this blog even though not many people seem to be checking it regularly.
Shout outs to Beth, Paula and Jason from Taiwan for leaving comments! Yeah
Here's a picture of the building in which my school is located (on the 2nd floor). Fios stands for Federal Institute of Studies. It's a small language school with about 40 to 50 full-time students and 6 teachers. I've counted about 9 other people who work there doing marketing and admin-related jobs. We teach general English in the morning and different options in the afternoon. I'm teaching a writing class. Everyone seems really nice and friendly at the school so I'm happy to be there. At the moment it takes me almost an hour by train to get to work so I'm looking to move into a flat closer to the city.