I'm back TOO!

Hi Steve,

Seems like a while since I was on here. In fact, so much has happened since then that I find it hard to believe that I was in Eritrea for 2 months earlier this year. At the moment I am working as a year 11 prevocational maths and computers teacher at the Australian Technical College,http://www.atcgc.qld.edu.au/ Gold Coast. However, I finish up next week and then get ready to go to... Ghana! I'm going to be volunteering there for 2 years with VSO, so I look forward to that.

Also, Noriko is coming with me, so I will have some company. It is quite exciting for both of us and we can't wait. I'll be in more of a teacher trainer role this time and will be positioned in Jirapa, a small town in the northern region.
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Will have internet in Ghana so I will be able to keep posting and upload images when I can! Keep posting Steve. How was Japan? Nihon wa dou datta?

Jya ne,
Aaron yori

Total Solar Eclipse

Last week on July 22nd at 9:38am I experienced a total solar eclipse! It was my first and maybe my last but it was quite an incredibly feeling. The sky began to become dark around 8:15am and by 9:38am it was completely pitch black. The total eclipse lasted seven minutes where all of Shanghai was in darkness and all the buildings had their lights on. It really was amazing. A picture cannot describe the eclipse as all you will see is a ‘night shot’ scene which could have been shot anywhere. This total eclipse was the longest one that we will experience in the 21st century so I was pretty pleased to have been part of it. :)