<blockquote class='quote_blockquote'><dl><dt>Swix</dt><dd>Aug 13 2012, 04:27 PM</dd></dl><div><blockquote class='quote_blockquote'><dl><dt>3kul</dt><dd>Aug 13 2012, 08:13 AM</dd></dl><div>I have to admit, you both make it sound like so much fun that I'm really tempted to join you! Unfortunately being a teacher doesn't leave me with very much time for games at all, not to mention my unfriendly timezone of GMT+10...[/quote]... Err, actually 3kul, considering the times me and CP meet up in our respective timezones, at GMT+10 yours is probably the most friendly out of the three. Because that would be about 4:30pm your time, and we'll often sticl around for 3-4, sometimes 5 (occasionally even 6) hours, though not all of them necessarily on STO of course.
So that would be from 4:30pm to 7:30pm at least, up to a rare 10:30pm, to catch us on together
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Soooo, basically what I'm saying is, come and join the fun!
.[/quote]If only I had so much free time! Perhaps I should have elaborated a bit more - teaching is pretty demanding, if it's not a weekend my day basically looks like this:
8:45 - 3:15 = school
4:00~5:00 = get home (varies depending on whether or not I have a meeting/detention/professional development)
4:00~5:00 - 6:00 = plan lessons, mark tests, etc
6:00 - 7:00 = dinner (sometimes I cook, sometimes my partner does and sometimes we go out - the third option can sometimes take longer than this)
7:00 - 7:30 = free time to watch something (most recently Death Note) with my partner
7:30 - 8:00 = more planning lessons and other teacher-ly duties
8:00 - 9:00 = language practice, alternating between Japanese (brushing up my skills) and Chinese (learning from scratch!)
9:00 - 10:00 = free time to do whatever, usually browse the internet
10:00~10:30 = go to bed!
I enjoy teaching, but it basically makes it impossible for me to play any games. When I play games I like to be able to spend a lot of time on them, if it's not a casual game I find it hard to limit my play time. Serious games usually have to wait until the holidays, and then I have enough time to focus on one, maybe two games.