But first: lunch.
Marking deadline today. First class of the new term tomorrow at 9.00am. That means my leisurely Saturdays at work are probably going to switch to Sundays at work for the next couple of months. The subject is Japanese politics and I will need to have the information as up-to-date as a Monday morning class allows.
But first to lunch with colleagues at an Australian Greek restaurant in the Ginza. Really. And classic Greek food it was (at least in my limited knowledge of what Australian Greek food constitutes, and how they manage to reproduce it in the Ginza). One of those wonderful interludes talking all manner of things politics far and wide, knowing you are delaying the inevitable...resisting the dessert so you can finish...the marking.
And then to the office. On a Sunday afternoon. But I'll just have to get used to it. The grades are due in at midnight for release tomorrow. It has been a tight turnaround, with no break to speak of between terms and work commitments, so finding time to grade 100 or so exams papers and reports, well, it has been a test in itself.
Lucky for me there were some nice Autumn glimpses along the way, to ease the pain.
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| The room with a view over the Ginza |
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| Steps and leaves |
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| Grated seeds |
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| A tad overcast |
And the grades made it in in time. With plenty of hours left in the evening...(about three and a half hours, to be approximately precise).
[Camera : iPhone6s, 1.03pm, 4.08pm-4.14pm; 26 November 2017]
