To do: Monday 14th April

• Type up “thoughts” notes from last week
• Add to downshifter:
  • “thoughts” notes from last week
  • “Chinese School” daily schedule
  • personal daily tasks/routine
  • work lessons learned
• Work – see it as a challenge, “what can I achieve all things considered? what transferrable skills can I learn?”
• Reading list
  • The Now Habit
  • Meditation books
• Ebay
• Budget done
• VISA transfer (move from penalty savings to Halifax) done
• Car service/MOT (schedule) done
• Shower and lights – fitting (schedule)
• Languages
  • Keep going with Anki
    • Add Chinese (HSK? Colloquial … when notes done?) done
    • Add more from Minna No Nihongo
    • When JP notes are done add from JFBP
    • Ultimately add from Pimsleur too
  • Pimsleur notes from both Mandarin and Japanese – type up and check
  • Press on with Pimsleur study II
  • Chinese and Japanese podcasts and supporting material!
  • Download notes from JapanesePod101.com before subscription renews!
• Catch up with correspondence on FB
• Stay positive! done

Links: Car leasing vs. ownership – calculations and gotchas

Car Leasing FAQs from Automotive.com

Lease vs. Buy from LeaseGuide.com

How Car Leasing Works from LeaseGuide.com

 

To do: 9th April

• Ebay stuff
  • TY book and cd sets
  • Stuff in box
  • HP Omnibook
  • DVDs
• Fix Toshiba laptop to sell or maybe keep
  • Buy air spray and soft CD case from Maplin done
• Clean work suit(s) ready for presentation in Farnborough taken in, need collecting
• Take old clothes to the charity bin by Sainsbury’s done
• Buy face scrub, toner etc in Boots done
• Get car MOT’d
  • Book in
  • Put it through the car-wash first
• Credit card balance transfer
  • Reinstate RBS direct debit done
  • Move money from penalty-savings to flex-savings
  • Make overpayment on HBOS card
• Figure out how to take the media centre to Japan? Jonathan recommends TNT, removing hard disks and packing separately in electrostatic/tamperproof bags; disk parking not required on modern tech.
• Washing up
• Clothes washing (for tomorrow!)  done
• Vitamin C done
• Passport renewal
• Query about photography course
• Get shower fitted
  • Double check power rating and requirement for RCB box done
  • Buy shower unit done
  • Call electrician to get him booked in
• Do cutting-in on lounge ceiling
• Cornwall house
  • Phone estate agents done
  • Phone solicitors done

Things to do – 2nd April 2008

Car MOT – schedule

Pay NPower final bill done

Tai chi & Qi gong done, need to find way to successfully incorporate into daily schedule

Correspondence

Meditation

Painting & tidying

Electrician – call & schedule

Money – do budget!! done

Do blog post

Add kanji to Anki done

Mandarin notes

VISA card – another 0% card switch due this month done, detailed on to do 9th April

Mortgage – check what costs will be in summer

Move cd’s into more portable soft case (buy soft case from Maplin)  case bought

Things to sort out – Tuesday 18th March

• Passport
• Shower installation
• Car MOT & insurance
• Money – pull something out of flexible benefits scheme? can’t be done until September
• Check how health insurance claims should be raised (no paperwork)
• Follow up on lack of pension paperwork
• Wish list ahead of next year:
  • Clothes: baggy combats, outdoor fleeces, base layer tops, office garb for teaching
  • iPod Nano 8Gb? 12Gb?
  • Laptop? Would it be cheaper to buy one in Japan?? items added to wishlist post
• Need money for:
  • Cost of TEFL course
  • Cost of living while on TEFL course
  • Buffer on arrival in Japan
  • Additional mortgage payments while seeking a tenant
  • finishing the renovation … cooker … fridge … detailed in a separate ‘money’ post
• Photojournalism course - accomodation/location?