powlow’s stuff + things

I’m learning catalan at the moment, with free courses from the Consorci per a la Normalització Lingüística. I’ve finished the first of three Basic level courses and am now onto the second. At the end of the third course you take a standard exam and hopefully get a recognised Basic Level Certificate. All the basic level courses, and the exam at the end, are free, which is excellent. Now I just need to force people to talk to me in catalan, which is the tricky part

I’m going at it pretty hard at work at the moment, and between work, the course and swiming, I’ve not really had much time for myself. I’ve finally got a new decent camera and have been getting back into taking shots. A mate has a tripod so I will be out and about and sticking photos up very regurlarly now. We’re trying to get going on a project we came up with with the idea of printing up a book at the end : more info on that as we actually get going on it! I’m using flickr and the photos show up on my blog aswell as they are uploaded.

And that’s about it for the moment. Still obsesed with getting a bike but between no time and having trouble finding the bike I want second hand, its been a no go so far. James, the Jones, is here for a 4 day visit next Thursday which will be cool : somehow I think next weekend will be party party