This doesn't feel like November

I’m really enjoying the weather at the moment, despite many of the natives constantly commenting on the temperature being cold. I cycled to work and spent the entire day in a T-shirt earlier this week. Something I could only dream of doing in an English November. For the most part I’ve still only been wearing one layer unless it’s raining, however this was the first week that I put a jumper on. Above all its just been really nice to get so much sunlight, something I’m going to miss when I get back to the UK.

As many may already know, I recently received news from Teach First that I’ve been placed in the North West region of the programme, which is good news because it was my first preference. I won’t know exactly where my school is for a good few months yet so I could be potentially teaching in Manchester, Liverpool or Burnley next year but given the ratio of schools, more likely, and hopefully, the former.

I’m just about to head off to the Design Festival, which a huge event that incorporates hundreds of Japanese artists and designers descending on a large conference centre in Odaiba. There are countless stalls where you can buy all kinds of arty artefacts. Meanwhile there’s also music, comedy, performance art and dance going on. I’ve been looking forward to it for a while and hope to come home with a couple of T-shirts.